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[leaky]

Cheers gents! I do have some head studs I just need to find them out. I am sure there will be some bits I need at some point though.

[lawrie124]

Cheers gents! I do have some head studs I just need to find them out. I am sure there will be some bits I need at some point though.

I have a set of new head studs too. Bet I can't find em though!

[jamesmpi]

Love those hinges. They are a tempting purchase. Where does the other end of the gas strut attach to?

[jamesmpi]

Scratch that I can see now. Can't view photos properly when using the mobile version of the site so had to swap the desktop version

[leaky]

Well once again Ross gave up his day and came and lend a hand fitting the subframe back over so a huge thank you too him. Top banana!

 

Anyway we got the subframe on and built up although we were struggling to get the subframe bolts in the heal board to line up so those 2 still need fitting but all the rest are done. It didn't help that my trusty old trolly jack I bought when I first got the car gave up today which made it harder then it should have been.  A mate popped round with his jack so 2moz as long as its not raining I'll try and get them in.

 

Anyway some pics!

 

Her she is for the first time in 4 years sat down on her own wheels.

 

 

 

 

Wheels have some lovely poke!

 

 

Then Ross had to go and with the jack broken I thought I would have a fiddle and sort out the washer bottle.

 

A boring plastic one would not have suited on this car so I had to drink a bottle of Jack Daniels so I could make one from that. Hard life.

 

Pretty pleased with it.

 

 

Simple really just drilled out the cap and stuck some silicone hose with it and then filled the cap with plasticine to keep the hose in place and too stop it leaking from the top on bumps. Next task is making a bracket to hold it in place.

 

Other good news is I am back on working mornings which means I have afternoons/evenings to do bits yay!

 

Thanks for reading as always. 

[alex-95]

looks smashing, coming along nicely. I like the jack daniels bottle and the rattler gear knob, I've got a small budweiser one for mine

[leaky]

O yea that was the other thing I did today. I found a thread for the gear nob. I'm gonna fill the snake with potting compound and drill out a hole and mount the thread in although I have more important things to do first.

 

Thanks for the comment though. I am really pleased with how its coming along.

[rodandtom]

Got the switch panel in today and did a test fit of the seat mounts.

 

 

 

I gonna get some bolts and mount then in to the back on the crossbar as well.

 

 

 

One thing I have found is that I really don't like how the heater sticks out so much as I don't have a padded dash rail so I need to look in to ideas of how to solve that.

 

 

 

If anyone does any ideas on that let me know!

 

Thanks.

If you can't move the unit backwards then why not add a brushed aluminium box around the exposed area so at least it will look tidy.

 

Rod

[RossKnight]

i'm gonna pop over and finish this tomorrow night

[leaky]

I think I am just gonna fit a kit car heater tucked right under the bottle dash rail. Will make the car looks more open as well. I am just gonna stick that one in as it is for the time being as I just want to buy the bits I need to get the car on the road for now. I can fiddle with bits like that at a later date.

 

Cheers Ross. Optimistic, but thanks anyway haha.

[lawrie124]

You won't need a heater for IMM, and less pipework to leak for now!

[leaky]

Yea true but you are meant to have a heater in to clear the windscreen for an MOT :)

[leaky]

So again Ross came over to lend a hand, Cheers man.

 

We mainly spent the afternoon doing small odd jobs but the car now steers which makes moving it around a million times more simple.

 

We fitted the wiper motor and rack and made a start on some of the brakes lines and hoses.

 

I managed to find some head studs so there all on and fitted and just need tightening up. 

 

Found a few bits that need sorting but otherwise a pretty good afternoon.

 

Few random pics.

 

 

That steering wheel won't be staying don't worry haha.

 

Wipers!

 

 

Starting to look a little more complete but still missing the main part haha.

 

 

Keeping this clean should be fun!

 

 

Random pic but I love this look. Shame I don't have any bumpers so complete the look.

 

 

Also massive thanks to Mike for picking up aloud of stuff from mini spares for me which means I can crack on with more jobs this week.

[lawrie124]

Top bloke that Mike fella. One of the best

[Ben_O]

Looks fantastic guys! Really smart

 

Who dented the scuttle!?