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So on a slightly classier note than my duct-tape door fix...
Since my plan is now to keep the MGB long term, I needed to clean up my record keeping. I'm fastidious about record keeping on my cars and like to have a good, easy to use service history on hand. I've got all the receipts in a folder, but still like to have a book in the car with all the details. This is particularly true for this car, since I've got a complete ownership chain back to when the car was new, and some level of service history back to 1995.
I could do this all on the computer, do up a nice spreadsheet, but somehow that didn't seem right for a classic car. Needed to be pen on paper, something that would outlast the digital world. So I turned to my favorite notebook, a Moleskine. I've carried one of these for personal use for ten years now, and it's a strangely satisfying notebook to use. Hard to describe, it just has a feeling of quality.
I had already gone through all the records and sorted out the data, just needed to sit down and pull out a pen and start writing.
Starts out with the details from the Heritage Certificate, and then the first owner. Includes ownership history and service/repair work. Normal stuff. I'm a geek, I know, and this sort of thing appeals to me. Hopefully when the car moves on to another owner far in the future they will appreciate the history of this particular car being saved.
Since my plan is now to keep the MGB long term, I needed to clean up my record keeping. I'm fastidious about record keeping on my cars and like to have a good, easy to use service history on hand. I've got all the receipts in a folder, but still like to have a book in the car with all the details. This is particularly true for this car, since I've got a complete ownership chain back to when the car was new, and some level of service history back to 1995.
I could do this all on the computer, do up a nice spreadsheet, but somehow that didn't seem right for a classic car. Needed to be pen on paper, something that would outlast the digital world. So I turned to my favorite notebook, a Moleskine. I've carried one of these for personal use for ten years now, and it's a strangely satisfying notebook to use. Hard to describe, it just has a feeling of quality.
I had already gone through all the records and sorted out the data, just needed to sit down and pull out a pen and start writing.
Starts out with the details from the Heritage Certificate, and then the first owner. Includes ownership history and service/repair work. Normal stuff. I'm a geek, I know, and this sort of thing appeals to me. Hopefully when the car moves on to another owner far in the future they will appreciate the history of this particular car being saved.