I lusted for so many Smith's gauges. My first Midget came with a Vacuum gauge fitted and that was so distracting, as the needle danced around the dial. As the 8 track cartridge blasted out Slade through two giant speakers on the rear shelf. Always ended up with ringing ears.
Hammeriting wire wheels was never going to work well.Hammeriting anything rarely works well, unless its inside and never moves.
Driving to the spares shop with cooolant pissing out of the radiator was certain to get attention, and Plastic Padding was a remarkable fix, despite blocking 10% of the vanes.
I could so easily go on at length. Inexperience and limited tools are a recipe for disaster.
