I've been away on hols (narrow boating on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal), but JJ tells me he's been busy while I've been gone. He's our main body-work man and has been playing with filler, sanding and spray paint. He's also touched in some of Mademoiselle's heraldic coats of arms, and has, I gather, added a small red pin-stripe along the length of her, though I've yet to see that.

Frustrated though, by finding thet the old girl's old-fashioned dynamo (mounted at the front of the crank) is not putting out any current, so needs removing and the special tool needed for this is was not to hand. (Ian has it, we think). Once that is off, JJ can take it to his old-car-electrics expert to get it diagnosed, and if necessary, re-wound or re-commutatored. This guy is a whizz, and has impressed us with his repairs of JJ's 1920's Citroen CV5.