Day 70 – Monday 21^st April 2008

      Cleaned and checked inside of gearbox

      Cleaned and inspected main-shaft and lay-shaft

      Sourced new gearbox bearings and differential bearings

Day 71 – Tuesday 22^nd April 2008

      Dismantled main-shaft and inspected synchro-mesh cones – ok

Day 72 – Friday 25^th April 2008

      Applied first coat of paint to engine bay – BMC TARTAN RED

      Also painted offside sill

      Trial fitting of off-side rear brake drum. All drums require skimming

      Car inspected by paint sprayer to get quote

Day 73 – Sunday 27^th April 2008

      Skimmed all 4 brake drums removing approximately 10 thou. from each

      Made up new spindles for handbrake cable attachment to rear radius arms

Day 74 – Monday 28^th April 2008

      Applied 2^nd coat of red to engine bay. Problem with reaction to previous coat

      Flatted down with 120 and 240 paper prior to applying barrier coat

Day 75 – Tuesday 29^th April 2008

      Sprayed top coat to boot – same problem as with engine bay

      Flatted down ready for barrier coat

      Experimented with aerosol lacquer – not successful

Thursday 30^th April 2008

      Picked up gearbox bearings from supplier

Day 76 – Thursday 1^st May 2008

      Sprayed engine bay and boot space with barrier paint to prevent reaction with top coat

Day 77 – Friday 2^nd May 2008

      Applied top coat to engine bay and boot space (this will be lightly flatted prior to spraying with clear lacquer)

      Carried on rebuilding gearbox with new bearings

      Fitted main-shaft, followed by lay shaft

      Checked gear engagement before fitting pinion. All gears engaged except neutral.

Day 78 – Saturday 3^rd May 2008

      Unable to get neutral because of sticking synchro-cones. Lubricated generously and all well

      Fitted pinion, selector gate and gear change rod

      Fitted new carrier bearings to differential unit and fitted to gearbox with new gaskets

      Adjusted crown wheel/pinion mesh with shims to give correct engagement backlash

Day 79 – Tuesday 6^th May 2008

      Transported engine from workshop to Wolseley’s garage

      Loaded engine onto small trolley for ease of moving around

Day 80 – Friday 9^th May 2008

      Fitted engine to sub-frame with new mountings

Day 81 – Saturday 10^th May 2008

      Fitted new brake cable quadrants to rear radius arms with new pins

      Fitted split pins to drive shaft couplings after torquing up

      Fitted suspension and drive shafts to engine and sub-frame

Day 82 – Monday 12^th May 2008

      Fitted radiator fan and fan belt

Day 83 – Tuesday 13^th May 2008

      Fitted radiator and hoses

      Painted bulkhead with final coat of stone-chip and sprayed with di-nitrol.

Day 84 – Thursday 15^th May 2008

o   PROBLEM – How do you fit the engine without a hoist?

o   ANSWER  -Fit the car to the engine

      Put engine and sub-frame onto trolley

      Pushed engine and sub-frame assembly under car using the trolley

      Carefully lowered the car using 2 trolley jacks over engine and sub-frame

Day 85 – Friday 16^th May 2008

      Fitted rear wheels and supported car on ramps

      Removed rear body jig

      Supported front of floor on tyres and removed front jig

      Carefully jacked the sub-frame the last 2” and aligned bolt holes – alignment perfect despite much welding

      Fitted front off-side shock absorber and radius arm bracing arms with new rubbers

Day 86 – Thursday 22^nd May 2008

      Painted solenoid, mounting plate and distributor mounting

      Made up leather gasket to fit underneath brake and clutch master cylinders

      Removed masking paper from wings

Day 87 – Friday 23^rd May 2008

      Fitted new brake master cylinder and old clutch cylinder

      Fitted pressure valve to rear brake pipes

      Fitted new clutch slave cylinder

      Began making new front copper brake pipes

      Temporally fitted front wheels to support car

Day 88 – Tuesday 27^th May 2008

      Fitted new front brake pipes and off-side front brake shoes

      Fitted exhaust with new mounts and clamps

Day 89 – Wednesday 28^th May 2008

      Fitted nearside brake shoes.

      Made up gasket and fitted distributor carrier

      Fitted solenoid and bracket.

Day 90 – Tuesday 3^rd June 2008

      Fitted nearside front shock absorber

      Attached cables to handbrake

      Drilled out body trim clips

      Cleaned interior of car and rubbed down prior to painting

      Applied seam sealer to front bumper mountings, and to previous internal welds

      Started to mask up ready for interior spraying

      Painted bottom of front panel with tannic and rust treatment

Day 91 – Wednesday 4^th June 2008

      Finished masking ready for interior spraying

      Sprayed isolator to front and rear interior

      Sprayed stone-chip to bottom of front panel

Day 92 – Thursday 5^th June 2008

      Blew out and vacuumed interior

      Dry sanded isolator

      Sprayed interior in beige undercoat (2-pack)

   Sprayed interior with TARTAN RED – 90% complete

Day 93 – Friday 6^th June 2008

      Removed front grille from bonnet

      Removed chrome trim from doors

      These items to be taken to platers to re-chrome stripping, polishing and re-plating.

Monday 9^th June 2008

      Removed tyres from wheels (local tyre service)

      Took them for shot blasting and powder coating

      Took chrome work to platers for chrome stripping prior to polishing

Tuesday 10^th June 2008

      Collected wheels from blasters

Day 94 – Wednesday 11^th June 2008

      Stripped paint from bonnet back to bare metal

      Cleaned and repaired water channels under the door windows with fibreglass resin (heavily Corroded)

      Treated bonnet with tanic acid prior to painting.

Day 95 – Thursday 12^th June 2008

      Removed defective filler from off-side rear panel

      Bled brake system

      Fitted new tyres to wheels and then fitted them to car

Day 96 – Friday 13^th June 2008

      Continued to repair door water channels

      Welded repair patch to front edge of bonnet

      Small welding repairs to door channels

Day 97 – Monday 16^th June 2008

      Final resin repair to door channels

      Surplus resin used on boot floor to seal any porous welds

      Repaired corrosion in door bottoms after de-rusting and treating with tanic acid.

      Sprayed bonnet in primer

Day 98 – Tuesday 17^th June 2008

      Fitted engine stay with new brushes

      Rubbed down doors

      Rubbed down primer on bonnet

Day 99 – Thursday 19^th June 2008

      Dismantled starter

      Fitted new brushes and Bendix spring

      Cleaned, treated and painted starter in top coat

      Began fitting new wiring loom

Day 100 – Friday 20^th June 2008

      Fitted regulator box and fuse box, starter motor, flasher unit and speedometer

Day 101 – Friday 27^th June 2008

      Fitted clutch hydraulics

Day 102 – Saturday 28^th June 2008

      Cleaned an treated heater unit

      Bled clutch

      Fitted battery for circuit testing

      Fitted HT cable from battery to starter