Tetanus shot...check.

It's been a while since I last worked on the Triumph. I've been either out of town or busy the past few weekends and haven't had a chance to work on the car.

Today, we finally got the bonnet (british term for hood) off, so things appear to be slightly more productive. Only a few bolts held the hood in and the majority of the time was spent tracking the wiring to the headlights and indicators.

Before taking the bonnet off we built 2 sawhorses out of 2x3 wood (I would recommend using 2x4 in the future and following instructions online for the ultimate sawhorse using an I-beam as the center structure) so that we would have something to prop the bonnet on.

We didn't start working on the car itself until after dinner, and were only able to work on it for a few hours until the sun set and the mosqitoes started biting.

Now about the title I chose for this blog. As we were moving the car back into the garage for the night, I managed to scrape my hand along a piece of metal that once held the side mirrors, and since there's so much rust on this car elsewhere, I'm pretty sure there's a lit of rust on the little piece of metal. Lucky for me, I got my last booster tetanus shot last year and although painful at the time (I hate needles), I am grateful for it now. Lesson learned: make sure you are up to date on your tetanus shot before starting a restoration project.