[RICKY D]

I’ve been racking my brain regarding the busted radiator and I can think of two scenarios which could have caused that;

1. Shortly after [ahem] slamming the car on the coilovers, the wife caught the front of the bumper on a high kerb. When she reversed the lower bumper was completely bent out of shape and the bumper was out of alignment. I had to take the bumper off and get the heat gun out and manipulate it back to shape as best as possible before reattaching it.

2. Not long before point 1 above, I had the car jacked up on the widow maker jack. I was applying some silver hammerite to the rusty brake disc centres for cosmetic purposes. Whilst finishing up the last of the front discs the jack folded like cheese and the front of the car came down on the deck. Due to the angle I was parked at the front nearside was semi resting on a kerb and the full weight of the car was on that one side for about 30 minutes until my mate turned up with a jack. Both front wheels were completely off the car and I didn’t have one underneath like I normally would.

I think it was the wife though!