Not much to show for it.. There has been work, on and off between fitting a new bathroom and trying to get the house ready for a move, oh and plan a holiday. Anyhow.. Since the last update I’ve disassembled the rear half shafts*, fully assembled the front near-side hub and fitted a temporary brake disc and wheel and drilled one… Read More
Another weekend of work, surely not! Now I have a deadline in sight (although I don’t have a definite date yet it looks like the car needs to be on it’s wheels before mid June at the latest) and a number of weeks taken up with the holiday of a lifetime driving Route 66, I’m putting as much time as I… Read More
Front end, nearly there.. Having had a hectic month or two with a lot of weekends away, planning a big holiday (that’s now only four weeks away with a lot of planning left to do!) progress has been slow but eventually I finished the dry run fitting, re-fitting, fettling and final fitting before taking everything apart for the final… Read More
Bushes, springs and ball joints Ball joints, indeed. They turned out to be a bit of a head scratcher when fitting, but more about that later.. After poly-bushing the front lower wishbones I set about assembling the various other sub-assemblies that make up the front end; springs & shocks, bush & ball joint the upper wishbones etc, and pressed the… Read More