Volume 1 Chapter 11: Restoration in Progress
Looking at the wagoneer, who had moved to the door of the basement. Xing Yu picked up the spray gun and cleaned it carefully. The chrome parts have gone through the baptism of time, and there are still layers of rust, and the paint has cracked. The chassis was rusted with several large holes. Although the tires were inflated, the crack also made people not have the confidence to drive out. What's more, the car can't catch fire. In the engine compartment, the co-vibrator has cracked, and the battery is shrouded in a layer of white crystals, and the engine does not have too much oil, which is what Xing Yu is more pleased with.
The whole car was washed on one side, and there were still some fallen leaves and dust hidden in the corners. Wash away the sludge and see all you see is rust. After washing for more than an hour, Xing Yu looked at this wagoneer for more than 30 years in the sun. I can't help but think of the sentence: veterans don't die, they just wither.
Pushing the car into the garage with difficulty, Xing Yu looked at the various tools that were neatly arranged on the wall like an oasis white house. "Come on!just do it" fixed the vehicle, Xing Yu brought various boxes of all sizes, and began to disassemble them little by little. grille, headlights, hood, ...... Everything is neatly stowed away in a format box. Rust removal, polishing, digging and repairing. Accessories are delivered by courier from all corners. The whole work is carried out in an orderly manner. Classic car refurbishment is a fine work, and the so-called craftsman spirit should be brought into full play in this car. As small as each screw, it must be specially matched. Xing Yu has always wondered why the spring gasket of the screw has been canceled in the vehicle now, when I used to watch the master repair the car, one screw was equipped with two gaskets and one spring gasket. Spring spacers are used to prevent screws from loosening, while flat spacers only have one effect to increase the contact area. It is impossible for a vehicle to be free of vibration during driving, and if there is no spring gasket, the nut will loosen under the vibration. Fasteners with vibrations are usually fitted with spring spacers. Of course, with the progress of science and technology, hexagonal slotted nuts are used and cotter pins are added. It can also solve this problem. But how many car companies are equipped with the cars built now?
Of course, spring gaskets also have their own disadvantages, fragility, and low anti-loosening ability. China's military industry now uses stainless steel. Although it is difficult to buy in the market, it can be purchased for a little money. This is the simplest, lowest cost, and most convenient way to install mechanical products. Xing Yu's own Niwa spent a lot of money in the desert to solve this plan. Now refurbished your own dream car. This process is naturally indispensable. Older models, or older models. These tools are still very useful. How many vehicles now use slotted nuts, or more advanced stop washers?
It was in such a big city that Xing Yu bought the precision small machine tool he had always wanted in the oasis. The sheet metal place, try to use the machine to level, can scrape a little less putty, less putty. It also took a lot of money to find a real place for computer paint mixing, not the paint color that we usually see with the experience of workers, a little bit of blending. The engine is removed, the first step is cleaning, and the second step is repairing. Now all kinds of tools are complete, there are cranes, and there are thousands of gold...... Otherwise, Xing Yu couldn't believe that his waist pole could withstand such high-intensity labor.
With all the domestic can be linked to the inventory of old Gram parts collectors. Of course, there are also various kinds of overseas mailing. Xing Yu has always believed that now car companies have a scam, only pursuing performance and not quality, and trying their best to make your car damaged after a certain period of time, so that you have to change to a new car. To increase sales, otherwise why is the current quality not as good as the previous one? Take this pure copper heat dissipation tank as an example, it is still a product of the 90s, and the current low-end ones are aluminum, and the better ones are made of copper and aluminum. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't be contacted, Xing Yu would have thought about finding the factories that had customized pure copper and water tanks before.
And the water pump, a very simple thing. Chrysler's original parts are not broken for a long time, and the batch of BAIC cars is easy to damage. The silicone oil fan is also new, much lighter than the old one, and it looks thinner.
If you can use it well, you don't choose a bad one, and you must pay attention to a few lines in each stitch of the interior seat renovation. The steering wheel must be original mahogany, and the interior panel must also use good sunken wood materials for its own processing if it is not found in mahogany.
The heat has passed, and the leaves have turned yellow. In the feeling that the Ghost Horse Repair Shop is cleaner than the bedroom, many months have passed.
Airplanes...... Buzzing...... After a puff of black smoke. The wagoneer finally howled. "The idle speed is 800, and the oil pressure and water temperature are normal. Ask to set sail" Xing Yu sat in the cab, neatly dressed, wearing sunglasses, looking at the idle speed that dropped as the water temperature rose, and turned his head to look at the ghost horse in the co-pilot. "Permission to take off, just don't get caught by the police uncle. "The ghost horse is also full of interest.
"Don't worry, the Taipei Auto Knight I bought last time was for the formalities of this car. We are people with status. ”
"Where's the car?"
"Scrap metal sold"
"Ou Yo hey, you are really a loser, why do you feel like a rich second generation than me" followed Xing Yu for a while, and the ghost horse also learned a lot of Xinjiang vernacular. "If you knew how much it cost me to refurbish this car, I'm probably going to have to fight with me. What is a knight? This car has long been worth far more. Xing Yu didn't care about Ghost Mazi's question.
"Then why don't you run faster? Don't you say you're a race car driver? I don't feel this speed, it's not exciting at all" Ghost Mazi obviously doesn't have this feeling, and he is also a person who pursues excitement.
"Speed does not mean excitement, there are thousands of roads, safety first. The driving is not standardized, and the relatives are in tears. I don't drive on normal highways, I'm a good law-abiding citizen, or find a venue, lend me your dung fork, and I'll show you a drift, turn around on the spot, and drive unilaterally?"
"Why don't we go climbing the mountain another day, I know what Wulong Mountain is, the modern pentathlon center, and the second runway of the airport to play tricks. ”
"Yes, when I have time to drive Lada to take you there, let you have a good time" It seems that Xing Yu can't be persuaded to drive this car to get into trouble, and the ghost horse is not in the mood.
"At the beginning of the night, the concubine walked alone beside the ancient city. Lao Ji is still strong, and he is reborn in a prosperous year. Xing Yu sat in the main driver, opened the small triangular window, and lit a cigarette. "I can't see it, but I can still write poetry?" "Talent......" "Many years ago, I bought the first original one I bought when I was cutting it. Not bad......"
At sunset, Chengdu Second Ring Expressway, there are few cars. It's a great place to test the car. Of course, Xing Yu was distressed. I was not willing to find a foot of the mountain, a dirt road. Let's try this once favorite vehicle of Chinese off-roaders.
Automatic transmission, electric cruise control, electric seat, outside temperature detection...... Lao Mei has had these equipment in the car for more than a few years. When Lao Ke and BAIC cooperated. None of these high-tech equipment were given. Xing Yu vaguely remembered that when he was a child, this was a car that could only be taken by the county magistrate, and it seemed that it was just a four-handed car, after so many years. Xing Yu once again drove his own refurbished wagoneer, and he also felt a lot of emotion.
The Cherokee entered China in the 80s, and in 06 Chrysler terminated its cooperation with BAIC and stopped producing the last model with the JEEP logo in China, the JEEP2700. The Cherokee Cherokee, a classic model that has influenced two generations, is gradually fading out of our sight. However, tens of thousands of Cherokee fans in China use various channels to want to own a childhood dream car - Beijing Jeep Cherokee! This model, which has been discontinued in China in 03, has a simple and universal nickname among Chinese Cherokee fans - Xiaoche! There are a lot of people who love this car and are willing to pay energy and money. Of course, there are not a few people who specialize in earning these emotional money.
Scrapping a car, driving a car, seems to be a lot of Chinese car lovers have no choice, the new car procedures to buy back, and the old car to exchange an identity, and then go in vain, seems to be the best destination for these models that cheat money with feelings.
The Wagoneer itself is not all original, it belongs to the last generation of products from 1988 to 1991, and the design of the four major lights on the front face has been replaced early. The whole appearance, except for this set of solid wood anti-rubbing edge strips, there is basically no place to distinguish the difference with the Cherokee XJ.
After running around the city and seeing off the ghost horses who were shouting for a treat, Xing Yu drove back to his house alone. After stopping the vehicle and checking that there are no oil or water leaks. Beckoning this to buy hot wood together and go back to their bedrooms. I opened a bottle of beer, put it on, looked at the worn white cable hanging from the bedside, and pondered, if I really died, what would it be like now?
Ghost Mazi was very dissatisfied with the decoration of the cable placed in the house after the renovation was completed, thinking that it destroyed the decoration of the real house. I asked the reason many times, but Xing Yu said: It was a rope with a story. As for what the story is, although Ghost Mazi keeps asking, Xing Yu just doesn't want to say it.
This is a rope that determines life and death, this is a rope that says goodbye to the past, this is a rope of humiliation, anger, and unwillingness, and it is also a rope of timidity, evasion, and inability to face.
Where wagoneer cherokee has something to do with rope, for others it might be tying up luggage, or a rescue trailer. But for Xing Yu, Wagoneer Cherokee is the reason why the dream started, the original impulse to collect it in his heart for many years. rope, but he chose to end the past without success, but it was the end of a crazy and absurd time.
Continued to drink alone, busy for the past few months. I repaired my dream car, and it seemed that I was idle again. Idle, empty, no goal. Xing Yu couldn't think of a reason to connect with the past, and he couldn't save the courage to face the past. Keep drinking the bar.