January 10th 2018:
Did I get the wheels on over Christmas? No not really as the festive season took its toll on the build progress but I did get a couple of days in the garage and looked at a few things.
The first thing that has and continues to worry me are the shrouds. The rear one is particularly bad and needs a fair amount of repair caused by a combination of corrosion and butchery. Seems the panel has been subjected to some abuse over the years as there is an old repair that no needs some attention.
I have started to make some headway into these repairs, I tried welding them but have taken advice from a specialist welder so watch this space - hoping that my effects work - will update in a week or so!
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| Right of the rear shroud corrosion damage |
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| Corrosion damage |
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| Old repair |
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| Butchery |
Other progress was made on a couple of fronts. Completed the rear end build by adding the brakes and drums. Had a few issues to resolve on the brakes, not least replacing all the cylinder seals and drilling out one of the shoe spacers - had to make a new one of those! Also cleaned and painted the engine mounting brackets and fitted new rubbers in preparation for powertrain install - engine is very dirty though!
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| Left side brakes |
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| Right Side Brakes |
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| Engine Mountings - Pretty - Now! |
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