Still on cloud 9. I've spent the last day soaking up stories from my grandparents about the car.

I found out if you remove the rear seats it used to fit 6 railway sleepers in the back. I'm amazed how the interior was all still very good.

Also if the rear seat was out it used to sleep 3 kids. One in front and 2 in rear. The adults used to sleep in some kind of "auto tent" joined to the car.

Also they've found some 50 year old black/white photos of the FC when it was near new. I will try to post them up on the photos page soon.

Another tip is if your radiator fills up with lucusts badly and you can't remove them from tight inside the fins, remove the radiator and pour petrol over it and ignite. The last bits of the lucusts will burn away.

Today I cleaned the blue protective film off the tyres to reveal the narrow white wall on the kuhmo radials. Now the car has hubcaps and white walls, it looks quiet good. I had to scrub with AJAX powder. It took a bit of elbow grease, probably since you should clean them before you drive and heat up the tyres. The spare was a lot easier to clean.

Cheers
Peter