Is it a relief, depressing or just funny – after a long and exhausting day I only ticked of four items from my OneNote task list. A while ago Mark H. (who is restoring pretty much the same Morgan) mentioned that he happy to have a car lift and is using it a lot to restore his car. When I replied that the Morgan is easily restored without it – I must have been under drugs or something. Yesterday I thought that getting the front wings back on will be a walk in the park. Today, after spending hours of laying down and getting up from the garage floor for a gazillion of times – I admit I envy anyone that has a better location (well – especially a car lift) for the hobby.
While the left wing went on quite easily – fitting the exhaust with the heatshield I made was everything else but straight forward. Even without the aluminum panel I built – there is not a lot of space between the wing and the exhaust. Doing this on the floor is juts awful. Knowing that I must remove it at least once more to get the paint job done is a pain already. The wing piping (for now I am using the old stuff)had to be fixed – so I had to loosen the rear wings again. Not much fun.
Before moving on the right side of the car I finally was able to screw down the Weber with the new K&N filter – the last gasket I needed arrived this morning. It is remarkable that the heater valve is just held in place by the water hoses by design. I have an open item on my task list to build a bracket for this. In the end I just attached the heater cable and fixed up coolant hoses that haven’ been properly attached before. The engine back is kind-of complete. I need a new washer motor and hoses – the old plastic crumbles when you touch it. The new PCV valve I got is still with my son in the UK – so I cleaned up the old one from the outside for now.
The other wing took longer as expected. The drill holes did not line up as expected – everything is off by 2mm or so. Not much – but enough to make it an annoying job to complete. Getting the hood back on was quite OK – once it is painted it is certainly a job for two people. So is installing the windshield. My wife and daughter wanted to help me with this tonight – but in the end we decided that this “team-setup” is not ideal for drilling holes into the scuttle panel.
Anyhow – there are still several tasks to complete tomorrow. But I have reserved a trailer for the afternoon and are determined to get the Morgan to the technical inspection.
Weber and filter finanlly in 
exhaust mainfold and heatshield are in 
the only way to put the hood back on is to join both pieces while they are not on the car 
The cowl has some “adjustabililty” – this determines the fit of the hood. 
A problem I need to fix tomorrow… the 10mm but is stuck on the M6 stainless screw – and the nut has a bad thread… 
Windscreen, grill, wheels and a few other thing still missing
Fixing C6622 
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