Andy Mathers's Journal

It is now just over three months since I found B2 and brought her home. She has fitted well in to the family and looks gorgeous sitting beside the Mazda 3 "family car" in our double garage. It is almost a shame to put a cover over her to protect her from the dust and gecko droppings that are unavoidable.

We have bonded well, I absolutely love driving her and she draws looks wherever we go (as she should too). As a beginner in this field, I spent the better part of last week putting spacers under the right engine mount to help alleviate the proximity of the steering universal to the distributor. In RHD Mk II's, this is a known issue as the rotating universal joint can actually wear or pull on the plug leads. So much to the extent that it has actually pulled #1 right out of the dizzy socket. Hopefully that is fixed now, although they are still quite close.

I am hoping to take her to the Australia Day Rally at Ormiston School this Thursday. The club I belong to (Bayside Vehicle Restorers Club) hosts the event and we are expecting more than 500 vehicles from all over the country. Unfortunately, the weather for the last few days has been bloody awful and we have had lots of rain causing local flooding. There is no let up in sight. Time will tell. I will still attend and help out, but if we still have torrential rain, the Bstays in the garage.