The start of the journey.

Since I last posted, I'd hoped to have an update for the blog a lot sooner. As it happens the company I had arranged that was responsible for collecting the car had dragged their feet a bit, and ended up taking nearly three weeks to collect. Initial indications were around a week, and I was told it was rare for the collection to take as long as two weeks.

I'm happy to say that now that car has been collected, and as you read this it will probably be sat in New Jersey docks, awaiting a container. It's likely to be another few weeks again before it's put on a ship, and another few weeks again for it to arrive and then clear customs in the UK. I imagine another 6 weeks would be a realistic guess as to when I'll actually see the car and be helping to load it onto a flatbed in the UK for the final leg of it's journey before work begins on it.

Todd, the seller, was kind enough to take some photos to document the start of the car's journey from Hudsonville, Michigan on Thursday night:

This is the first time I have seen the rear end of the car, it's all a bit of a novelty for me at this stage as I purchased the car 'blind'. I was fortunate enough to deal with a genuine guy who didn't seem to mind me calling him throughout the whole process to ask various questions and check on the progress of his contact with the shipping company. It seems Todd is just as interested as some of the KLF fans in the UK as to what happens with his car. He says it'll be missed, however knows he'll be able to check the blog for updates.

So, that's about it for now. I've not purchased any more bits and pieces for the car yet, and now the hunt begins for those elusive lights on the top. What I can say is that they are not proper police lights, they are agricultural lights. They are vintage tractor, or possibly more likely plough lights. I did see some and missed out on a pair on Ebay recently that went for £92, and have trawled the internet only to find nothing even remotely similar yet. You can see the ones that I missed here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOS-BUTLERS-VINTAGE-TRACTOR-LIGHTS-FORD-DAVID-BROWN-/170542428121?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item27b51eefd9

If ANYONE has any ideas on how to get hold of something like these I'd be very interested in talking to you, so please message me.

That's all for now folks. Thanks for reading and fingers crossed for a safe crossing for the car!

Over and out.