My December task list wasn’t necessarily the longest. But taking a few evenings “off” from the garage and building a new workbench last weekend have thrown me back a little. Time to catch up. I started off by removing the scuttle panel, steering wheel, dashboard and steering column again. As I am currently not planning to add the padding on the scuttle again, a new dashboard that is about 2-3cm higher is required. The plan is to create a template out of thin plywood by taking the outline from the frame. In hindsight I could have done this quite a while the frame was not on the chassis and I certainly recommend creating such a template early on if you do a restore.
Next up were the demister funnels and vent hoses on my task list. The funnels are riveted to the scuttle panel and one the driver side the plastic was already broken when I disassembled the car. A new funnel with hose costs 10£ – at Mogparts plus tax plus shipping – hopefully the deliveries will not take ages with Covid lockdown and the Brexit deal aftermath. So this task cannot be completed now. In the same crate that the demister vents were in I found the stainless steel bulkhead screws I got from MogParts a couple weeks ago. Replacing the temporary screws was nice and simple and something I forgot to add to the task list.
Talking of delivery problems: Autosparks shipped the new wiring loom just before christmas – but even though I called them multiple times, sent emails and had the correct address updated in my order on their website – they still managed to ship to JB Engineering instead. (The original plan was to pick it up with the rear axle….) Billy Bellinger was so kind to immediately send it on to me – but the travel restrictions kicked in on the day the packaged arrived at Heathrow where it is stuck now.
My hope was to install the rear wiring loom along with the fuel lines before the New Year. As this will not work out I decided to test fit the front left-hand wing. I need to drill new holes into the replaced door sillboard. Following a recommendation from Michael Rost I will use drive-in nuts and M5 bolts for this. This way the wings can be removed later without damaging the interior. While fitting the rear wings (which had to go in first so that the front wing can be attached to it) I thought about doing the same for the rear wings. However – this is a bit more tricky as the screws need to have the exact length. My current assortment of stainless M5 bolts is not sufficient right now – another tasks which requires a bit of a shopping tour.
Last item on my list for today was the new Facet fuel pump. And again – I could not completed this one. I bought the pump when pickung up my Weber from IOZ. If I would sell somebody a new Facet fuel pump – I would always ask if the person needs fittings – as those are not included with the pump. Well, maybe I just have an old-fashioned imagination about how sales and customer service should look like…. I know have to order those and wait a few days.
Fixing C6622 
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