31-05-2023, 05:46 PM
Years ago I was friends with Derek Chester who was a well known and certainly an "impecunious" owner. I'm fairy sure he did this by somehow testing old 12 volt batteries to determine which cells had failed then, having found one with three cells in good condition he cut off the rest.
In his case this was simply to get a free battery.
Out of interest, at one time he owned a French Blue "Ulsteroid" which he'd built to look very Bugatti like. He even had an elliptical country plate on the back carrying the letter "F". One day he pointed to a number of spare holes in the floor explaining these were from the sheet materials previous life as a street hoarding!
I miss that approach to owning a vintage car for very little money.
In his case this was simply to get a free battery.
Out of interest, at one time he owned a French Blue "Ulsteroid" which he'd built to look very Bugatti like. He even had an elliptical country plate on the back carrying the letter "F". One day he pointed to a number of spare holes in the floor explaining these were from the sheet materials previous life as a street hoarding!
I miss that approach to owning a vintage car for very little money.