Two months have passed, so time for an update. It's actually been a frustrating period, with most of the time taken to research issues so that I can resolve them the best way. However, after all the planning, I have made some progress. I got the Crosshead back from Terry at GEE, who's done a brilliant job of tweaking it back into shape. The top tube on one side was slightly out of line and being fussy, I wanted it corrected.

Terry also supplied me with new Hard Chrome king pins. Here's the crosshead back in place with 6 degree castor, correctly set both sides and perfectly symmetrical. Took ages!
[Linked Image]

Next up was refitting the suspension etc after checking and re greasing the bearings etc
[Linked Image]

Unfortunately, as I refitted the callipers, I noticed that one of the bolts had lots of ally on it. Yep, stripped thread on one bolt and this car had raced at Spa!
Decided not to pay £85 to someone to have a Helicoil fitted and instead bought a genuine Helicoil kit myself and did the job with an engineer buddy of mine. Easy and perfect result:
[Linked Image]

Callipers are now back on and so are brake lines. Radiator fitted and also new water pump as I wasn't too happy with the bearings on the existing one.

The car is back on its wheels and the results of the various jobs needed to return the car to a more normal ride height has meant that I now have 5" ground clearance under the sump. About an inch of that was from the mods that Sifab did. So all in all, I'm really happy about that.

Next job is to modify the brake reaction bars each side as these now need shortening and adjusting due to the chassis and crosshead being returned to standard ride height. I have cut them to length and will get them tack welded before trial fitting and fettling and will then get them fully welded.

So far, nothing has been too complicated but it has been very time consuming as I want a perfect car at the end of the project and won't cut any corners in the process.