Scrapped!!

Well, the deed is done! Abigail has been stripped down ready to sell off all the saleable parts and this is all that's left of her. If you look closely you can see a pound coin resting on the carcass of the once coveted project. This is all she was worth as scrap metal. It probably cost 3 times that to drive to the scrap yard! No matter. The act was more symbolic than financial, it marked the end of one dream and the beginning of another. That pound shall be spent (along with several others) on building the shed and getting ready for the plan.


More to follow. Cheers.

Who's been a lazy boy then!

I confess, I've been a bit lazy as far as my blog is concerned, but that is about to change. There has been a momentous decision taken in the shed and that is to scrap Abigail! "WHAT!" I hear you cry. Yes, the project is going no where and I don't like what I've created. Truth is, she was always destined to end up an imitation of a 60's bike. What I want is a 60's bike. As we speak, she is stripped down and ready for Ebay.

So what now? Well I do have a plan. In fact it is the plan. There are three stages to the plan and a time limit of two and a half years (to coincide with my 50th birthday).

Phase 1 - create the right workshop
Phase 2 - source the right parts
Phase 3 - build the Bike

Phase 1 has begun. Lovely though my shed is, it's too cluttered and disorganised and I need to increase the shelf area and get things behind cupboard doors. General household stuff needs to come out and space has to be created. I shall keep the blog updated as things develop, but for now I'm just laying out the plan. I'll get some 'before' pictures uploaded tomorrow, but today was all about stripping Abigail ready to be sold off.

This is not failure... This is a tactical retreat!