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1st January 2013 – Interior panels filled with expanding foam
We haven't had much of a chance to get on with stuff for the last 2 months due to christmas and other things, we hope to get the build back on track again very [...]
3rd November 2012 – Final picture of the day
After we had tidied up we took and couple more pictures that show the progress made today. We hope more progress coming soon.
3rd November 2012 – Making inner door panels
The final job for the day we decided should be to start the interior. Having spoken to Gerry and a few 289 members a while ago, they suggested to get the best possible finish [...]
3rd November 2012 – Fitting the Roll bar
The next job of the day we decided would be to fit the roll bar. We were very excited to take delivery a week ago as we had been waiting for it to arrive [...]
3rd November 2012 – Fitting the rear lights
Its been 6 weeks or so since out last build instalment, in that time we have been patiently waiting for parts to arrive, but we managed to arrange another day to get on with [...]
5th October 2012 – Fuel filler cap and flanges arrived
We received the fuel filler cap and all the connection flanges but I hadn't added this to the blog til now. These pieces are custom made and hats of to Gerry again as they [...]
15th September 2012 – Front lights
The final job of the day we decided was to install the front lights. For the sake of the IVA test we had ordered some budget “e marked” 7” lenses with H4 lamps and [...]
15th September 2012 – Reconditioning and fitting the steering column
We are using the standard MGB steering column and steering rack. The rack we fitted on the rolling chassis way back so now it was time to get the steering column in. First thing [...]
15th September 2012 – Heater demister vents
We've been having some supply problems with some parts over the last few weeks which has held us up a little. Even so we decided to get another day in on the build as [...]
4th August 2012 – Fitting the Windscreen
We had ordered the windscreen from Gerry a while ago and arranged to go and collect it. We were keen to fit it straight away so got to it. As we are building the [...]
