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1955 Austin A30

by Rob McCall

Having A Blast!

I had just finished work on a Saturday morning and I went in to eat my lunch. About five minutes later a white transit with a huge compressor trailer attached to the back of it came trundling merrily down the drive. I knew who it was straight away, and was down there like a shot, I had waited for this for two weeks already as the first time it was organised he decided to go on holiday instead of sandblasting my car! (Obviously much more interesting)

He then began to reel out what looked like about forty car tyre inner tubes stuck together in a line, it was huge, it was a sandblasting hose, (what were you thinking?) I then rolled my car out of the garage it had lay dormant in for the past few months and lifted the now unattached bonnet and boot off the car. He then filled up a 1 and a half ton hopper and pointed the huge hose at the car.

The noise was horrific, unbearable. I had to put my fingers into my ears just so I could hear myself think. On the occasion when I walked past whilst he was blasting, I had to keep my arms behind my back so that I didn’t get them shot at!

After he had finished the blasting I had a quick look round it, only to find that the rear doors I was half expecting to be lying on the floor disintegrated, were not, in fact they were fine, the unusually large amounts of filler that had been crammed in quite haphazardly were only to bring the doors in line with some equally as haphazardly done welding on the sill!

Then the painting began. This had been cursed to begin with as the first lot of paint that was delivered was dropped, all over my dads garage forecourt. The gob smacking moment came when the delivery driver suggested that he drove the 2 miles back to his depot, just to get something to mop it up with! Yet the primer went on equally as easily as the paint before it fell off.

So now I am left with a very grey looking shell of an A30 ready for the last bits of bodywork, and then the final paint job!

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Editors note
I would like to highlight that Rob is only 14 years old which I hope you'll agree makes this article all the more interesting and impressive. Rob will be keeping us updated on his progress with further reports in the future.

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