So now the bad weather is out of the way and its getting warmer its time to get moving on the car again. I have a new plan of attack to try and get her finished this year! The crank is at the engine shop and needs a slight grind which i think was down to the problems starting her up and getting the oil pumping as a few of the bearing did have wear that looked like they had been short of oil. So hopefully in a couple of weeks, the crank will be back and i can get…

The Opel Project blog has been setup to record the rebuild of my 1974 A Series Opel Manta.

Every morning i open the garage to get the Vespa out and this is the site im greeted with. Even in the half-finished state, she does look stunning. I must get my finger out and drop the engine and box and pop in the new S10 clutch, check the bearings and get back on with the last few jobs and try to get her on the road for the summer!!