Polished lips on the wheels look like they could do with a clean up and polishing. Interior done now with both windows acually able to be wound up with the handles.
Door finger plates arrived today but they were just a flat as the EMPI ones i bought last year. I managed to easily hammer some more depth into them as they're such thin aluminium using a rubber hammer and an old door that was lying next to the shed. Not perfect but good enough to stop scratches to the paint. And yes, the car is the same colour on both sides.
Went for a wee drive to the petrol station then for a bit of a run round. Took some piccies at the marina. I forgot how bouncy compared to a modern car (or even a stock height bay or T3) they are. Sounds like the stock length front shocks are bottoming out over big bumps as its about and inch or so lower at the front. No noises from the rear though so it looks like the mudflaps were to blame. Theres a few little niggles to sort out. The steering wheel is still off centre by a small amount and the front brake discs possibly got hot as i think i could smell them when i put it back in the garage. Got a free cadburys twirl with the Shell petrol app too.
Cheers. I think it might be running a little rich as the tailpipes are black and sooty inside. Was fun driving around with the windows down. Sounds great at full throttle. Shame theres no tunnels nearby as the Mersey tunnel used to be great fun with a glasspack exhaust until the tunnel police pulled you.
Few niggling jobs to sort. Front shocks need to come back off as theres virtually no compression as the suspension is about an inch or two lower. Bugpack short shocks are too short and stock length ones too long. Can't afford to have custom length ones made so hoping to somehow trim down the rubber top mount buffers as they are this type: Not sure how you stop the piston rod from turning while you unscrew the top mount though as the shock has a plastic cover sleeve over it so you can't get to it. I need to build a shed behind my garage so on the lookout for pallets as a quick, simple and most important cheap build medium. My wooden shed is now nearly 15 years old and rotting away. Stuff is covered in plastic sheeting inside to keep it dry. Its too far gone to fix but the base is still solid as a gallon container of creasote (the nasty stuff available before elf n safety took over) split not long after it was put up and soaked into the floor preserving it nicely.
Got the steering wheel removed and put back on 3 or 4 splines round so it should be straight now. Still haven't removed the front shocks as i can't get my trolley jack under the front kamie spoiler to jack it up. I think the brakes need a little adjustment (or maybe bleeding again) as the pedal went down quite a way when i pressed the pedal yesterday. A couple of pumps brought it back firm again so i'm not sure if its air in the system or just the new rear brake shoes being too far away from the drums. They felt fine when i took it for a run out last wednesday though.
Maybe. A couple of presses of the pedal and it was solid again. Checked again this afternoon and its still OK.
Dug the roof rack out of my shed and tried it on the bug. Not the prettiest ever made but its galvanised and was bought new in the 1970s by my dad for his Mk1 Ford Escort.
I'm tempted to rust cure it as theres a few scratches through the galvanising and just spray it with a bright galvanising spray. The bolts are all rusty too so will need replacing with stainless ones.
