Thanks for the nice comments.

Yes a lot of people have commented I should keep the Realm wheels, they are off another car just for rego but I am sure he would happily sell me a set. I am pretty sure the wire wheels he fitted were 15” x 5” Dayton’s with 72 spokes. He did say the Realms are much heavier than you expect and about the same weight as the 15inch wire wheels. I will try the wire wheels seeing I have paid for them and see how I find cleaning them. It will also be good for me to have driven the car with both wheels so I can see if it feels any different. Maybe buy the Realms later on.

Sunday I took my son for a ride and he liked it and thinks a lot of the backfire pop noise my wife heard is actually squeaks from the suspension that should disappear as it wears in.

Tuesday I went to the MG morning tea and while most of them prefer original cars they really liked how well my car has been done. I then took my dad out for lunch in a small nearby village and he loved it, I think it is something he would like to do fairly regularly. While driving long looking at the country style houses he said what a great view from a convertible and what lovely weather, on a day like this it is great to be alive.

I need to take mum for a ride and lunch sometime but I feel she is going to have a hard time getting in and out, plus I need to find a lunch place I can park right next to as she can’t walk very far these days.

The car will probably go back for its first service and final touch ups they plan to do in a couple of weeks. It has already done 350km but I have not seen the fuel gauge move yet, I expect it only measures the bottom half of the tank and looks full for a while.

Cheers
Chris