The Final Fitting

We offered up the nose and tail sections.

The nose fitted perfectly and looked really goood - although some internal panels have to be modified.

The tail looks equally good but fitting will require a bit of fettling!

The tail carries the bag tank which is the last major item to complete the car.

Hopefully, it arrives next week.

Bodywork

The last pices of our "jigsaw" have finally arrived.

No we are not building a tractor - this is how the crates containing the front and rear bodywork arrived in Norfolk.

Unpacking the crates was better than Christmas!

The tail section shows the panel behind which the bag tank is to be fitted

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The last posting dealt with some of the work we had to do before we could try out the car (minus its bodywork)

We could think of no more reasons to delay so we booked alocal airfield (Tibenham) and took the car there on Tuesday 6th Feb. It was very sunny and very, very cold.



But, as the pictures show, the car looked good - and Jerry's happy face tells you that it worked fine!









Now back in the workshop, we have to fit the bodywork and get it painted!

Brakes and Bits

We haven't been idle since our last posting!
Our plan was to get the car running before finally fitting and painting the bodywork.

The first task was to get the brakes fitted and working - easier said than done.
Here are some pictures of the front calipers showing the various parts including the retractor pins.

The only way the rear brakes can be bled is by running the Plessey pump. This means that the car has to be on stands and driving the rear wheels! (The design of the braking circuitry was described in an earlier posting.)

Before we could drive the car, we needed to make the cockpit safe by fitting our smart transmission tunnel. And before we fitted this, we needed to fit the clutch interlock - a device which prevents the car jumping out of gear.

We also needed to fit the engine breather pipe.

For interest, here is a picture of the starter button we have had made as originals are now unobtainable.