Bolt ons

 It was high time the car was tagged, the vin plate had arrived and I knew where the pop rivet gun was. Carefully offered up the plate to double check the marked but blank holes lined up, drilled and riveted it on.

I moved round to the dials after that. I had twin dials with mounting frame but the triple didn't have the frame. Lots of checking, measuring then off to the friends work shop to cut and fold some metal. Then round to father-in-laws to Rob some rivnuts in stead of welding in captive bolts as per the original, easier to line up and a little tidier in the engine bay. 

A little paint and ta dar, dials and set back so at 6' I should be able to see the dials through the steering wheel, with the bonus that the sun shouldn't blot the dials out. Something I suffered with 20 years ago driving them.

The mini specialist had finally visited and been subjected to a lot of routing questions, also he pointed out a nice list of parts (correct varients) I need to finish up the engine bay. He checked over the engine loom, replaced some potential bad terminals, supplied correct nuts for a few items .... and spotted the speedo I borrowed from the twin cluster was the wrong colour (grey background instead of black) which he had a spare for me to swop with him. Nice.

Today has been wiring up the starter motor and using the standard set up for marmite, a wing mounted solenoid, but converting it to a junction box as the solenoid is now on the starter motor. New feed wire and ignition wire extended then taped I to the loom, in what can only be said as a very smugly tidy manner.

The loom could be a little bit less flappy, but I was told an extra earth is often added to the wing and seems like a good chance to add a P clip while the bolt is out to mount the earth to engine, and pin the loom down at the same time. Earth ends cleaned up and area that will not be bolted is painted. So time to get that on.

The lower front engine steady was next, nicely powder coated already and new bushes fitted, wow that was a bit tight and largely done by feel!

Then axle stands are out again to take the front hubs off, only fitted to check wheel scrub on the new wide wheels. Then take the hubs to work and swop over the studs ready for the new spacers... then they can stay on and I can finally fit the brakes, yay