title	A Car in Bits and a Trip to Diss Tandoori, Diss, Norfolk - 12th April 2004
intro	Whilst in the beer garden of the Nelson pub in Southwold after a day at the beach, it was suddenly decided that a nosh-up in an Indian restaurant was required. Cue a few calls around on the spur-of-the-moment to see who was up for it, and another phone call to the restaurant itself to book. Before that, Nosher, with Marc's help, replaces a blown head gasket in the engine of the trusty Mark 2 Astra. The engine was actually a replacement fitted into the previous Astra, in which it had only done about 50,000 miles, but it had added another 90,000 in this one, with the car itself approaching 200,000 miles. Not bad for something bought from Eric Hawes the neighbour for about £600.
dcp_9268	The 1300 k-series engine as it was
dcp_9271	The cam cover has been removed
dcp_9274	The entire cam is now off, exposing the springs
dcp_9278	All the engine bits are scattered about the drive
dcp_9279	A cleaned-up cyclinder head
dcp_9281	The pistons
dcp_9282	Marc bolts the valve block down again
dcp_9316	Mikey-P has got the curry-sweats on
dcp_9317	A smoky restaurant
dcp_9318	The Boy Phil looks up, as Jess gives attitude
dcp_9319	Mikey-P sticks his tongue out
dcp_9320	Jess and Gov
dcp_9324	Food is on
dcp_9325	DH looks up from his well-stocked plate
dcp_9326	Mikey P arranges all the mint wrappers
dcp_9328	Nosher
dcp_9329	Jess scopes out the bill
dcp_9330	The Boy Phil checks the bill