During that time we've had snow and Christmas to delay proceedings, however, work has continued and all the welding is done. Indicators have been fitted at the rear and front, the shocks have been properly located too.
The front brakes have been cleaned out and adjusted, the rear shoes are in my garage waiting to be fitted at the same time as the handbrake cable is put on. The handbrake cable has been the sticking point in this whole thing, difficult to get hold of, and complicated to ensure you have all the right parts. I'll only know when it arrives whether we'll need more parts on top of the three cables that make it up. Current location of cable: Illinois.
One thing I'm really pleased about is the lights for the roof, I've managed to find and buy some. These have been, without a shadow of doubt, the most difficult item to find in the whole project, even more so than the car itself. Hours upon hours of posting in a range of different forums and searching various online shops had yielded something that was only vaguely similar. Then, as part of my daily eBay search I uncovered a pair of these little beauties:
They will be sprayed white and have the protective grill added when the car goes in for the cosmetic work. I'll need to get some mounting brackets made up to fix them to the roof. Importantly they are the right size and shape, although the picture gives an impression of a conical shape towards the rear they are the same diameter from front to back. In fairness they aren't exactly the same as the originals, but they are probably as close as it's possible to get, so I'm really pleased.
Hopefully the next update will be to report that the car is on the road, keep your fingers crossed. March approaches fast............
Over and out......
