28 Feb
Things have moved on a little, although I need to build up motivation to start cleaning some parts, as this will hold me up soon, also I need seats and seat runners so I can weld the cross bars the seats mount to until I get this done I can’t fix the floor in etc......
All my wish bones and rear uprights turned up the other day so today I fitted all the bushes and crush (or anti-crush) tubes then fitted all the wish bones to one side of the car. Next I loosely fitted the front upright and wheel which made it look better, and then promptly gathered the family in the garage to have a look. Surprisingly Nicky and James were quite impressed (I had the rear wheel on aswell) Sophie my youngest just asked if we could go for a drive!
The wheels are 14” and don’t clear the rear lower long through bolt. Not sure whether to make up some spacers to get the chassis ‘rolling’ or wait for 15” alloys.
The following pictures show the front and rear suspension. You will notice I have gone for the cheap shock absorber option for now, that’s another big purchase to get the proper suspension! I have used full nuts for mocking up and will swap them all for nylocks later.
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I need to get the 42mm socket as I started to strip the front hub carrier to remove the bearings before cleaning and found the big nut under the dust cover!
I might start painting Wish bones and rear up rights also some electrolysis during the week. Could be tricky as I am on exercise for a couple of days. Ordered my reamer today as well
Enough drivel for today thanks for reading.
Cheers Ginge