Part 11 - The Car is a HERO (the driver, not so much)
After six month's delay due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we were finally able to complete our first UK HERO (Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation) event at the beginning of September 2020, albeit under the shadow of Covid-19 infection precautions. There were a few last minute rectifications to the car...that irritating rattle was traced back to the very first thing we fixed on the car: The front shock absorber mounting. We had replaced the bushes and reassembled all the washers and cups in the position we found them. Big Mistake! Given all the other bodges we found on the car, I should have thought to double check the assembly earlier. Doing so now, it was obviously wrong. It was a 10 minute job, that changed the car from a rattlely old banger into a swish, silent Jag. The power steering fluid is slowly disappearing (I know not where), so a quick top up and we were ready to roll. Prepped & Ready To Go I met Graham, my navigator, at the s...