6 July 2022
Covid appeared and wiped out the weekend. I've been (over)?) thinking the drip drip whilst I've been laid up. The bottom of the fuel tank dips down quite a bit and so the drip tray has to dip down too. I've been trying to come up with ways to make the drip tray that don't involve a 500 piece jigsaw of aluminium that has to be joined together and fixed to the car somehow. My current favourite option is to make a template out of foam board then cover it in fibreglass, or take a mould from it and cast it in fibreglass. More thought to be had about that. Meanwhile in the garage I spent an hour reattaching one of the handbrake cables and searching for the bracket I had made before. I failed to find it so ended up making another one, got it cut, bent and painted. I trimmed the driving light pods flush with the bodywork. First I trimmed it closed with a cutoff wheel in my dremel, then finished it off with a flap wheel. 9 July 2022 I started by sanding back the edges of the pods with a block sander, there were some gaps so I made up some filler and filled them. Whilst I was waiting for filler to cure I fitted the handbrake cable bracket on to the PPF. That took way longer than it should have due to the awkward position of the hole in the PPF frame but eventually it was done. I then also finished fitting the handbrake cables to the calipers and making the manual adjustment at the caliper. I then turned my attention to the exhaust which has been sitting loosely assembled for a while. I undid the the centre joint applied a bit of paste and refitted it with a new gasket and torqued it up. Then I removed the backbox and sealed the flexi section with paste and clamps. I repositioned the rear support and clamped the tailpipe in position after a bit of trimming. Pretty happy how this looks and hopefully it is gas tight! Long term I'll probably get a custom system made for the car, once it is IVA'd. Back at the light pods I sanded down the cutred filler then masked up and applied som high build filler/primer. There is still one small hole I've missed so I'll need to mix up some filler for that. 10 July 2022 I mixed up some filler and filled in the holes around the driving lamps. I sanded down the filler and applied the colour coat in several layers. I also applied filler and paint to the end caps that the lamps will bolt to. I extended the wires, added a grommet, and terminated with a superseal connector. I drilled out a hole to accommodate the grommet/wiring. Whilst I was waiting for filler and paint to dry, I worked on getting the radiator expansion tank. I will need to mount the tank in a position that isn't obstructed by the body and doesn't foul the bonnet. I cut some lengths of aluminium to length, drilled holes and mounted M5 rivnuts to mount the expansion tank with. I'll finish fitting that when I take the body off again and I have better access to the firewall
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