Chassis strip

Looking at the chassis and respective components it looks like the previous owner went mad with a tin of Hammerite! Everything is covered in the stuff. To keep the car and the build 'all mine' I decided to strip the lot and rebuild it all, firstly because I don't trust anyone else's handy work with a car that is going to be capable of the silly speeds this will be but also because I want to learn as I'm going along.

After stripping the front near side suspension etc I'm glad I made this decision as the two bushes in the lower wishbone are supposed to have a washer either side and there is only one on one side. This doesn't bode well.....

Same on the other side. After a couple of hours I've stripped them and taken off the horrible paint.

One thing I have noticed is that the nuts on the upper wishbone aren't the correct depth and ill need to replace them as they aren't shallow enough. Ye Olde IVA inspector will pick up on this as the requirement is a minimum of two threads showing. 

I think a phone call to Ed at Wards is in order.....