Next on the list?

Carpet. It's definitely cashed in. I am going to start looking at some carpet samples and move on to that piece next - then possibly the seats/padding after that.

Center caps

I finally received the center caps from the person I got the wheels & tires from. I will take a better shot once its outside but here is a quick pic for now.

Pinstriping

I decided to put my first striping down on a car tonight, it's not perfect but I like it. I have been practicing off & on on things around the garage, this is the first time I had the nerve to put paint to body.

Driveable. Finally.

I just got back from a day out on the road with John and we had a blast, and the only issue that resulted was a broken weld on the lower shock mount. A quick trip back home to my MIG welder fixed that right up.

As of 10:15 tonight its ready for the road..

However, it's raining - alot. I got the bucket insured and plated today, finished all of the little things (too many to list) and while some things are not exactly as I want them, all the functioning bits are, well, functioning. The rest will come piece by piece and updates here will be few and far between but I will try to keep the blog alive with new items, additions and show/meet pics.

I do have to do some updates (after the fact) that didn't hit the blog, tail lights for one and I know there are a few others.

It hit's the road tomorrow.

The overflow/recory tank COMPLETE.

A VERY BIG THANKS to Matt for donating his time & materials to make the bracket to hold my overflow bottle. As with anything that we do around here, it is wonderfully excessive. Built from Delrin and securing the bottle with set screws.

License plate bracket

License plate bracket and light were finished up, the plate on it is just one from my old MG that's been hanging around the garage, it will probably end up with a historic plate once complete.

Seatbelts

Another sign that the end is near, seatbelts are in.

Wiring

The pic doesn't show much, but it's just a glimpse of the connectors, relay and wiring that handle the fan and lights up front. The rear is getting done today

Shock mounts

Not the best pic, I just snapped it this morning with my camera phone. I created the rear lower shock mounts and got them mounted up. Somewhere in the mix the rear end rolled to the point that I couldn't get the bolts back in to lower tabs so I had to remove the spring, loosen the rear end hardware, rotate it forward again and button it up.

Driveway joyriding

John was over and brought his paternal entourage to play outside with my 2 delinquents so we could have a day of hot-rodding and somewhere in the mix we ended up taking the kids for "spirited" driveway runs, this is going to be a fun ride when we get it over 20! John snapped this pic of me in the bucket, outside finally.

Stripped air cleaner

4 days of stripping the air cleaner to be exact. It was powder coated (poorly) from the manufacturer and I decided I didn't want it black anymore. After every chemical stripper I could find I finally gave up and just lit it on fire and let it burn, tehn I would wire brush away the charred bits, rinse & repeat. I still need to satin clear it, but this is the new look

Turn signals

I finally decided on turn signals, I ended up ordering a motorcycle style "bullet" lights that went well with the headlights. After much deliberation about location John & I decided that the headlight stalks were best.