Zero Life

 When I took the nose off to fit the new throttle cable, I noticed it was in quite a state underneath : Having seen a FB post of someone who...

Time to try refit the front wheel arches - first, some gunk on the underside of the arch as a first fix, arch positioned, tin of paint on to...

Holy cow, it's cold and just when I wanted to spray paint, an activity that requires reasonable temperatures! Getting bored of waiting...

With the weather being so cold, I haven't been able to get the painting of the wheelarches done. I was finally at home during the day th...

So with the arch damage repaired, time to try out the wrap... ... And let's gloss over that because it was a disaster! I thought the a...

With P40 filler, I filled in the damage on the arch: I've got P38 filler to go on top and I may have just been able to use that alo...

So, on with the repairs... first, take off the N/S front wing. It's attached in the same way as the O/S so it may also make an escape at...

I had an early start to meet up with a group from the SKCC forum and had a great 80 mile run on some lovely roads. With a couple of V8 power...

So the bunting has been put away,  the dancing girls have left,  time to return to work. I found someone local to cut louvres in my bonnet...

Fortunately,  the main beam flash problem was just a blown fuse and the horn was simply the fact that it only works when the ignition is on ...

It's amazing how slow progress is at this stage - when you're putting an engine in,  or bolting on suspension units,  you feel like ...

Well,  the boot panels took me a little longer than I expected but,  man,  was it fun. The left side was simple as the piece fitted with n...

Short session today to finish off the ECU map switch: Will need to add a wire into the ECU plug and a short connection to earth and done....

Well,  my shroud was looking OK in bare metal and plastic but my vinyl covering skills have gone South for the winter and the final result l...

Well,  my column shroud is turning into a (relative) masterpiece. Obviously,  for anyone with a modicum of skill,  it's a pile of junk b...

Well,  the ice age returned this week - just too cold to be out in the garage in the evening,  even with my little heater doing its best. So...

To complete the wiring for the front side indicators,  I ran out of black heatshrink so I had to resort to the smaller, multicoloured pack I...

A tricky job were the bonnet catches; apart from the fact you don't want it blowing off at speed,  it's also a large sheet of metal ...