Drivers side floor: I assume the wire to the seat is a seatbelt warning thingy. Tacked down as usual.
Footwell, which I couldn't leave like that.......(including new organ pedal).
Pedal out for painting:
And refitted. Also fitted a small leather cover over the brake lamp switch.
Back together apart from a few long bolts!
This is the steering cowl bottom half. The location holes are rough cut and I've slotted them to get a bit more adjustment. The edge is bent over to clear the steering wheel boss, and I've removed a crescent shape to get rid of the rough edge. This needs more work when time permits. The Inca Yellow paint I used on the organ pedal.....
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I also had an offcut of Mohair, and a few tools:
Not perfect yet and needs edging but cost nothing to knock up!!!!
Following Jays tip I've ordered some Dinitrol to touch up the edges, but my mudflaps will take care of this when I get time to make them up.
For the record those wine bottles are all empty
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The cowl is horrible, but interestingly the Motolita on Bumble has a much thicker boss than the earlier version. I'm still thinking about how to fix this, it's not insurmountable.
Nigel, definitely no wood on later cars and I reckon it's because the column is an inch lower and fat thighs won't fit between very easy!!!
Now then, Bumble has tested me today. I started on cleaning the underside and couldn't shift the centrelocks!!! I sorted the front nearside with Hulk like violence....... I hate the nearside because being right handed, it's an overhand hit....... Anyway, on the other three, I heated the nut with Mr Blowlamp which made it easier.
The long bolts and Dinitrol arrived today - perfect timing.
I decided to fit the reaction bars, but couldn't restart the first top lube bolt in the thread. It's an unusually fine thread for a big bolt, and I lost an hour this morning farting about with it. I was on the verge of dropping the kingpin, but decided to persevere without the reaction bar for now. I had to file the starter thread in the end but got it back in. Very frustrating.
That will have to wait for winter now!
So on to todays jobs:
Front wheel off and alot of surface rust after just over a year.
This sums up well my view of taking care of things because leaving it like this will just make things worse........
Anyway.............this one shows how the grease can build up on the rebound spring, and needs checking fter greasing.
And here is the raw track rod and end.
If you don't clean the inside of your wheels, you can't be in my gang.
I've had this can of Tectyl 506 for years. I had two for a reason that is lost in time, but I donated the second one to the son in law.
Decided to paint the spinners - spivvy or what?
Just could not resist the temptation..........
My weapons of choice.........
Now licked over with paint, the flash weakens the colour.
Debris from the outer edge of the front wing: Yuk.
Anybody got a budgie?
This is after cleaning and reapplying Tectyl.
Chassis and floorpans. Clean up well don't they!
Some of the seat nuts are just visible as gold blobs.
Mmmmmmmm!
The rear after a bit of effort. Confirmed it's an LSD today.
Final job today was to strip the exhaust.
I don't like to see a dirty exhaust, and it had to come off to get access to the running board on that side.
So for today, that's it 0900 to 1900, so ten hours with a short lunch break, and good progress.
The Dinitrol has allowed me to repair the rear wing erosion. I still have to do the offside half and refit the exhaust, but after that I can start 'enhancing'.
I now have two days at work, so limited time is available until Saturday. Sunday is spoken for, so Monday will probably see the hard and dirty work completed.
I'm having a lot of fun though. Being OCD can be fun....
