Photos from recent TKC Mag shoot.....

All done! More to follow....

IVA Complete. Bumper on and ready for final polish - Hurry up DVLA!!!!

And the finished colour!!!!

New progress

So After some deliberation I have decided to send Eleanore over to Dave Brooke's for final completion and IVA testing. After going through the options i wanted in terms of colour, Trim, wheels etc she was picked up in Feb and wound her merry way to Stoke on Trent.Dave then set to work preping her for paint. The below shots were taken at the paintshop prior to laying colour.

All being well she should be ready for the road by the end of March....

Tidying....

Starting to get the wiring tidied up now behind the dash. Using mainly convoluted split conduit and self amalgamating tape to seal it when the wires are in. Ive P-clipped the main loom into the scuttle hoop by drilling and then tapping some holes for M4 socket cap bolts.

Main loom connectors left free for future fault diagnosis or alteration. The connectors on the left are for the rear loom , heater and washer motor. These will run behind the wiper motor and then down the passenger door hinge plates. The rear loom then runs along under the passenger door, up the bulkhead and through to the boot compartment.

Battery tray has been Wurthed and then riveted down to the battery shelf floor. There are two captive nuts welded to the underside of the tray to allow the battery clamp to be bolted down so I drilled two holes into the battery shelf floor for these to locate into and then ran a bead or Wurth around them to seal the holes.

Shortened the main Earth cable and finally fabricated some aluminium plates to cover the holes where the roll bar and seat belt towers come through the body. These are again Wurthed to seal and hold them in place.

Fuel sender wiring is taped down using some 3M automotive tape. This will then be covered in sound deadening and finally the boot carpet.

Note Exhaust clamp around the fuel tank. Dax don't supply their tanks with an earthing tab (an IVA requirement is that the tank must be eart

hed) so I will run a cable from the clamp up to the right hand seatbelt tower to earth it to the chassis.

Still thinking about the best way to cover the wiring on the back of the rear lights. Also the number Plate light is now wired in at the light end and I need to connect this to the rear loom. I need to come up with some form of protection for the wiring from the boot lid to the under side of the body....hmm....

Clutch and Brakes are now bled. Normally straight forward but except for a leak in the from master cylinder fitting - bugger! Managed to borrow a decent flaring tool (don't be tempted by Ebay crap!) from a mate at the local garage and re flared the pipe on the car. All sorted.

Final fuel connections are complete. I needed to get a 1/2 inch (Tank outlet) to 3/8 inch reducer (Fuel Hose) which I ordered from Dax. Another marvel - bit of cheap plastic that they charged me 8 quid for and is available elsewhere for 50p. Live and learn I suppose.

Took the car up the (private!) road for its first drive and everything seems to be good. Momentous day!

Most of the big stuff is now done but there is a lot of work left in this car yet.....