Another evening in the garage. And not a massive amount to show for it, although it was all bits and pieces that needed to get done and I can now tick off the list.

I started by removing the incorrect trim I’d put on the side panels the day before. I remembered seeing a roll of trimming in another bag and then it clicked that I’d used the wrong type. The riveting was tiring and painful at times! But it’s done now. Penny and Carole were troopers this evening and took it in shifts to help out.

Once the trim was all in, I had found some nylon washers that the manual says are used in race car builds on the rear A-Frame bolts… as this is a race car, I figured I’d put them in! It wasn’t massively easy to get the bolt out and it was far harder again to get it back in. However, in it did go and despite not being able to get a socket in to tighten properly, it went on enough and the manual says to leave it lose ahead of fitting the dampers.

Final job for the evening was to fit the two catch tanks to the bulk head. A job complicated by the fact that you have to drill backwards into the dashboard compartment and straight towards a tonne of really fine wiring… I ended up putting cardboard and a stip of wood up behind the wiring to try and prevent any accidents. It worked a treat and I’m glad I did it as there were at least a few wood shavings in one of the holes!

The catch tanks have the added benefit of giving the impression of the bulkhead now having boggle eyes!