Project Relocation and further ramblings

Well, the donor car has finally been relocated closer to me (to the business premises, in fact) so I expect to be able to spend a lot more time on it. The interior is already mostly dis-assembled, but I have been eager to get cracking on the seats.

This is such a remarkably complete car, even the insides of the doors still contain every last plastic dust cover , the thin ones stuck over the holes to reduce dust and noise. The boot (trunk) contains all the original lining and carpeting material. The list goes on and on...

The task at hand is now to completely disassemble (to the ground - or, rather, to carefully- labeled, photo-referenced boxes) this well aged machine. I just know that it will be a lot easier than putting it back together again. But what a pleasure!

For the first time, I have been able to do a fairly thorough bodywork inspection, both for rust, and general condition / straighness. Apart from a small dent or two, everything lines up perfectly! This is great - because don't you just hate that "wavy" look of a poorly panelbeaten restored car?

Becker Europa TG (Photographed)

The restoration effort is at gaining some well-deserved momentum early in the new year, with the donor car being towed to me (for further disassembly) soon. As promised in the previous post, here is what the Becker Europa TG looks like - a real beauty, no?

This is by far the largest and heaviest car radio I have ever seen, but then again - this is also the only car radio from the late 1950s and earlier that I have seen. I can't wait to rig it up and see if it works (as advertised).