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[Mito]

Last weekend I painted the petrol tank, ticket cover, the servo, and a few other parts gloss black.
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I also made a start installing the new facet pump.

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I need to make a bracket for it, so I've left it there for now.

This weekend the manifolds have gone on and the carb, as well as some ignition related components.

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As the engine is all together, and the wiring harnesses are connected up, and the oil pressure was good, it was time to attempt to start it. After messing around with the spark plug leads for a while, I didn't realise the distributor goes anti clockwise, she started!

Whilst this was going on, my brother sprayed the bonnet.

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[colinf1]

Great progress! Looks like its coming together quiet nicely

[Mito]

Lower dash rail and switches installed.

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Added some econoseal connectors to the front indicators as the bullet connectors were part it.

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Fitted the brake servo and pipes.

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Fitted the rear screen. As this was the first screen if fitted, it was an absolute pain to fit until I realised I only needed to push the screen close enough to the seal to feed it over and not tight up to the seal.

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Upper dash rail fitted. There's a little red led that is unused, presumably for an old alarm, that I'm going to use as a warning light for the inertia switch.

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Last night, the windscreen was fitted. This was much easier than the rear, following the lessons learnt.

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[Mini_MikeG]

I've only just seen this project. Good work, your at the exciting stage now! I've got a long way to go with mine still 

[Mito]

I'll add the rest of the updates later but suffice to say, it passed its MOT and made it on the London to Brighton run

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[slidehammer]

Good work,, looking really smart. I was there what was the que like onto Madeira Drive?

[Mito]

Good work,, looking really smart. I was there what was the que like onto Madeira Drive?

we got there about 10.30 and I think we were queuing for about 30 mins, so not too bad.

Edited by Mito, 15 May 2022 - 09:28 PM.

[slidehammer]

 

Good work,, looking really smart. I was there what was the que like onto Madeira Drive?

we got there about 10.30 and I think we were queuing for about 30 mins, so not too bad.

 

we had to que for 2 hours which was a pain.

[Hpal]

I'll add the rest of the updates later but suffice to say, it passed its MOT and made it on the London to Brighton run

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Congratulations! You had it going by May as you had hoped :)

[Mito]

It looks like in my rush to get the car ready for the London to Brighton run in 2022, I didn't take many pictures.

 

A couple of the interior (actually the cat making himself at home)

 

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Engine bay

 

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Moved into its new home

 

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Fitted works lamp bar

 

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London to Brighton 2023 (the finale )

 

Arrived at Cheam

 

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In the line up

 

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Ready to go

 

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On the way to Brighton

 

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Madeira Drive

 

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Hit 70k miles on the way home

 

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2023 The Breakdown - East Coast Run

 

RAC Attempted Roadside Repair

 

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Unfortunately it could not be repaired at the roadside and had to be towed home. End of this run for this year. We were only about 1 mile from our destination (Sewerby).

 

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The damage

 

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The fly wheel pulley bolt had fallen out and could be heard rattling around between the pully wheel and the engine mount. The woodruff key channel has been damaged, so I decided to buy a replacement.

 

The replacement...

 

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Think I'll paint it before I fit it to the car, so had a go with my new shot blasting cabinet,

 

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I'm going to put a duplex timing chain on it since I have to remove the timing chain to replace the woodruff key that has sheared in half.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Designer]

I see from your third picture that you engine does not have a CAT so I hope it is ULEZ compliant.        

[Mito]

I see from your third picture that you engine does not have a CAT so I hope it is ULEZ compliant.

nope. I don't live in London though and there are no ulez zones currently that I'll be frequenting.

8 years to historic status!

[stuart bowes]

I'm sure I sure a cat in the earlier pics though did you remove it 

[Mito]

I'm sure I sure a cat in the earlier pics though did you remove it

yeah, it started to get a bit noisy

[johnR]

painting your radiator shroud would improve your engine bay no end or are you going for the patinated look? :)