At the body shop

Well not much to report, the car has taken another trip after many hours of sanding and is now at the body shop.

I hope that this will now really start to move as its been a long time in the making

guide coat

Just another update of some of the guide coat going on the read half, as you can see the shape is looking as it should

Also on another note I also started to cut the foam for the seats I am going to be making

Sanding smooth

Since the last few updates not much has changed that is worth updating but it's been a while so a progress update is due. The hours of sanding have now left me with an almost perfect roof and soon it will be done I'm sure.

One of the biggest issues was the filler was not thin enough and was dragging so I thinned it down with GRP resin which makes it much more workable. This helped a lot

I had a couple of issues when I mixed too much filler and then applied it in an area which was dented, unfortunately it was too much and produced too much heat, this caused the roof to sag, once dry I had to press the roof out which meant the filler had to be broken out and replaced.

Smoothed rear section in progress

Front section 

More filler being added 

This will continue for a while but once ready I will get an update going.

Engine build P2

The engine build continues with the hussey copper head gasket being annealed and coated with wellseal to ensure a good seal.

With the gasket in place the cylinder head was bolted and torqued down the chain guides, chain, chain tension, and the cam went in.

I then set about rebuilding the oil pump, I cleaned it all and then installed all new parts to ensure the pump is as new. The pump was installed followed by a new light solid mass crank pulley. (managed to get it in the oven to help it to fit, was still quite tight but its on, the other half wasn't happy as I squeezed the pulley in while the dinner was in the oven...)