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Pictures of Austin's 130

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posted by  sdewolfe on  Sun Aug 24 16:14 CST 2008
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Howdy all,

I posted some pictures of the '64 130:
http://www.cricketlady.com/images/amazon/austins_130/austin's%20car/

I towed it home last Friday after repairing the bumper bracket mounts on the frame. The actual repair of the blind nuts only took a couple of hours. But everything else turned out to be hugely time consuming. I did not get the car hooked up to the mule until dark. The Mule never balked pulling the load even though the left rear brake on the 130 was frozen and I had to stop after just a few miles to let it cool. After that it was worn down enough that it was no longer a concern. I just kept the speed below 60 MPH. I got about 20 MPG, not bad.

The car has a lot of surface rust where it had been sanded and never painted. Today I bought some sealer primer and had Austin sand the left front fender and paint it with a brush. He will do one panel a day while I'm off to work. I hope to see it done when I get home next week. This is just a stop-gap measure to prevent more damage before I can get the car apart for rust repair.

It looks like someone backed into a utility pole. The left side of the rear panel and trunk are bent. The impact pulled in the left pontoon about an inch at the bottom of the tail light mount. I do not yet know how I will pull that back but I am sure I can figure it out.

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Mr. Shannon DeWolfe -- (I've taken to using Mr. because my name tends to mislead folks on the WWW. I am a 52 year old fat man






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