Restoration Restoration: Bau 3 01/25/202601/26/2026 The most unexpected thing happened in 2025: we decided to leave behind a restoration facility that had been in use for barely over a year, and within just three months…
Restoration Restoration: Big Apple’s 119.981 12/07/202512/09/2025 After completing the bodywork on Big Apple, I wasn’t in a rush to apply the paint but instead began working on the engine and chassis. The chassis of 140.043 was…
Restoration Restoration: Furi’s Revival 11/09/202511/30/2025 Reviving an overlooked ultra-low-mileage car—a task that was initially expected to take just one month—ultimately consumed six months of work. As a result, I had to delay more important projects,…
Restoration Restoration: Big Apple’s body 09/14/202510/07/2025 After finishing up Furi and a few other minor tasks, we finally returned to the Big Apple. We're still hopeful of completing everything by 2025, as long as we can…
Restoration Restoration: The Car Bedroom 05/04/202505/05/2025 Every spring, I grow a constructive heart. Walking down the street, there are construction sites everywhere. See, I am not alone, or I am just inspired by them. Why spring?…
Restoration Restoration: Pre-preliminary of the 9966 km S 320 03/09/202506/14/2025 After a long reflection and precipitation, I decided to keep and preserve this 9966 km 1995 S 320. Not an easy decision, I had to dig up some positive motivations…
Restoration Restoration: Big Apple’s interior 01/25/202501/25/2025 I've been taking it pretty easy with Big Apple since December, and now that we're heading into a long holiday season, it's a good stopping point to take stock of…
Restoration Restoration: Big Apple’s correction 12/21/202412/21/2024 Big Apple is a new member of the family in 2024. In the order of joining the fleet, there are two cars ahead him, Chimera and Cougar, waiting to be…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s reward moment 11/23/202405/27/2025 I have been on a diet since August, giving up carbohydrates, and successfully lost 10kg of fat. The drastic reduction in sugar intake did something to my brain: I wasn't…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s early 104.994 09/29/202409/29/2024 Working on the earlier 104.994 is a job full of fun. As the earliest Motronic it retains some of the original old-time vestiges from 80s compared to the later updated…
Restoration Restoration: The second half of Nonna 09/07/202409/07/2024 Since March 2024, we have been working on Nonna's interior and exterior. I've had two long break and worked on other vehicles from time to time, so it may not…
Restoration Restoration: Persian Kitty 08/17/202408/22/2024 Persian Kity is by far our lightest working vehicle and is a true preservation rather than full restoration example. This is an older article that I drafted for the Persian…
Restoration Restoration: New Core Workshop 08/03/202408/04/2024 Halfway through the 2024, the priority project for this year is not any car, but the new restoration facility. In theory it won't take up much of my time, but…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s paint job (2/2) 07/19/202407/24/2024 After about 90 hours of pre-sanding, we have completed more than half of the work. Next comes applying primer, refined sanding and painting, all of which will be covered in…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s paint job (1/2) 07/13/202407/19/2024 After a technical summary of the past Persian Kitty paint job and an analysis of Nonna's current paint, the work officially began. I 'm responsible for the disassembly, sanding, assembly,…
Restoration Restoration: Prelude of Nonna’s paint job 06/22/202407/13/2024 After finishing the interior, I decided to adjust the order of work on Nonna. First, we did dry ice blasting on the underbody, it's much worse than we expected. It…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s leather 04/09/202404/10/2024 Nonna's interior repairs started first, so I'm willing to sit in it for a test drive. This is because aging cars are always full of signs of use. In addition…
Restoration Restoration: Nonna’s rear AC 03/31/202403/31/2024 Nonna has tons of works lined up, since this is not going to be a full restoration project, we will be doing the work piece by piece rather than completely…
