Took a few weeks for them to get everything in but today I received a box from Heritage in the UK for my Mk1 Golf. New front and rear windscreen rubbers, chrome insert and clips and tool to insert the chrome.

Now to chase down some new front glass.

Just got Erik's birth certificate in the post, from Austria. He was originally beige, came with roof bars for a canopy, the PTO, wipers, such a fancy boy. And it officially confirms his VIN and Engine # both match and is an actual Steyr Puch build, which will help with registration.

Oh my, yes.

Haflingers have a shelf, not a glovebox. The one for Erik is quite knackered so making new one.

Had attempted to take Harry for a spin this morning, but he was flat as a pancake. Some deeper investigation required. Looks like voltage regulator is worn out, but there are electronic ones you can get nowadays, so will order one of those.

For now, have swapped in another one. And now to see if the elderly battery is ok or not, it's taking on 16v to charge, higher than it should.

Haflinger engine parts have arrived.

Just been to buy a battery for Erik. Haflinger battery box has this tray which slides into the box, so you need to make sure the battery will fit.

Stocked up on some degreaser, we do go through that a lot around here.

This is a Haflinger battery box. Unlike Harry, Erik has all his original components. It's a bit rusty so currently undergoing sandblasting to remove some rust before doing some rust repairs. A battery sits on a tray which slides into this box, the cables pass through a hole in the rear. There's also a door, so it's quite sealed up. Unfortunately, the latch is broken, so another thing to repair.

Erik is finally back on some wheels, this time some Fiat wheels. Slightly wider than Harry's Haflinger wheels, different tyres. Found these tyres locally.

Some parts still required.

Box full of freshly powder coated tinware for a VW Beetle and a Steyr Puch Haflinger has arrived.

Nipped to the supermarket to buy a box of the cheapest dishwashing tablets available. When cleaning up old car parts the best start is to get an old dishwasher and chuck parts in there with cheap tablets. Those things will strip paint and take off caked on gunk and oil and grease! Parts come out looking fantastic.

In today's Haflinger adventures we have some brake drums and shoes back from the specialist. Drums have been lightly machined, shoes are relined. They also redid the clutch disc with new lining.