Looking good is it going to be registerable? Are you happy with the paint job?
 

Brake calipers back from being coated. Been away a lot lately but now I have some time off so hoping to kick some goals with the car.
 

Spent some time on the tools today. I ordered a handbrake major service kit which came with everything to overhaul the handbrake so I fitted that today. Must confess I had some issues as it is the first time really putting the whole car together.
So I attempted to fit the handbrake shoes only to find that they fouled on the screw in wheel stud locking nuts. I thought the easiest solution would be to wind out as few of the studs as possible and sneak the shoe through. Undoing the studs is a pain of a job but I backed three out, put the shoe in only to realise there was no way possibe to do up the clip holding the shoes in place. Bugger. So I ended up pulling the axle which I was hoping to avoid. Then I had to reinstall the damn wheel studs. Side 2 went much smoother as I just pulled the axle straight up.
I experienced some issued with the rear brakes as it seems the shop who rebuilt the calipers didnt clean the sandblast media out of the rear caliper slides prior to greasing them and putting them together. Seemed like mostly just one side tbh. So I pulled them apart, washed them and regreased. All good.
The handbrake cable is off being shortened (a lot! ...) and should be sitting in Garry's sweaty hand already. Once that goes on I just need to get the brake lines sorted on the rear calipers and hang the reservoirs.
 

 

Been doing lots of wiring which isnt particularly exciting to see. I put some stripes on the back to see how the size looked. Just didgy ones so not concerned with overall quality.
 

A small update, although not on the car.
 
I have had to travel for work and thus progress has halted :( I was trying to get it together before going away but just couldn't get it done.
 
Hopefully get it going at Christmas time when I return.
 

Small drive
 
Been a while since my last post. Many updates since this small clip taken on a camera. I had to turn the car around and this seemed reasonable. Seems much darker in the video than it was in real life.
 
Wiring is almost all finished and working. Lots of small tidy up stuff on the car. All the gauges work. Need to get into the combination switch stuff and tackle the outstanding matter of the wiper motor.
 
Turns out one of the motors I have is too small to reach across the car so I am guessing it is an Escort unit.

Surprise! This project still goes on. April 3rd today so totally not April fools.
 
As many of you would be aware a project car is a great way to destroy your soul and this one is no exception.
 
Things like a wheel alignment. Easy you say! I have eccentric strut tops and after Bob Jane telling me they do wheel alignments on race cars and space shuttles it turns out they had then never seen an eccentric strut top. So even after I told them the front suspension was adjustable in every way I was astounded to be told they couldn't get the alignment right when I went to collect the car. I noticed the strut tops were still aligned the way I put them in and then had to explain them to the wheel alignment guy. Then I had to have an argument with the fat ****er behind the counter who was telling me they don't do these cars, the boss is an idiot, we didn't charge you enough for this job until I was finally able to get the job redone. It still isn't right but I am told the angles are all good.
 
My Wilwood remote brake reservoirs leaked and took a bunch of paint from my manifold with them. Couldn't stop them leaking and consulted the internet where plenty of others have a similar issue. Changed them out for the black anodised ones you will spot in a picture.
 
I added a radiator catch can under the passenger side guard. Windscreen squirt bottle is same spot on the drivers side.
 
My rocker cover breathers connect into my chassis rail kit and exit at the rear of the car. I installed a custom catch can between the rear mufflers. Could be a pain to flush the rails if I lose a head gasket but it looks tidy. 
 
My choice of wheel doesn't sit on my hub correctly so I ordered some hubcentric rings. Clearly they wouldn't just make something in my size so had to custom order. Only cost four times as much.
 
Installed the roll cage padding and the carpet. Cleaned things up a little and then added my race spec nylon pull handles. A few areas of the interior are a bit ratty but I intend to replace things like door cards with carbon fibre (the dream) and retrim after the body. 2027 perhaps.
 
I cut the bonnet some time ago .. well now it is really cut (cry more, it's my money to waste). I then had some bits fabbed up to allow me to seal the carby into the scoop. Supposed to be worth horsepower so I did it.
 
I am sure there are lots of little things I have done that weren't update worthy. The car is now complete and everything works with the exception of the bonnet scoop that needs some glassing to finish it off.
 
Once the scoop is finished I need to get it tuned and start the rego process.
 
















 

 


 


 

that looks awesome well done