A labour of love
Quick post today on installing the rear brakes after getting the axle and suspension fitted in the last update. After considering the various alternative options – such as the off-the-shelf disc conversions available, or adapting discs and calipers from other…
This is a follow-up post to my earlier coverage of the dry run at fitting the 5-link suspension kit, which includes more detail of the trickier aspects of this job, so do go back and read that one first if…
This was it, the big moment I’ve been having sleepless nights about for so long. Can I respray my own car in a garage once again, and somehow manage to make a better job of it than last time I…
With paintwork nearing completion, I’m planning ahead to getting the wheels back onto the car as quickly as possible, to enable moving it around the workshop again as needed, and the last big refurbishment job necessary for that to happen…
After a good amount of practice painting all the areas of the car that won’t be very visible when it’s finished, I now have the high stakes task of painting the bits that will be very much visible, starting with…
With the underside and interior now all painted and looking pretty, it’s time to shift my attention to the exterior, and the next big job is to fit the front wings. You may have seen in previous posts, I did…
OK, I need to start this one with a confession. Way back in my first post after restarting this site, I swore that I was going to pay a professional to paint JBY this time round. Well it turns out…
Not many progress updates for a while, but I have still been busily working away on the car whenever I have time. Very pleased to have started on getting the bodyshell into shape for painting, so here’s a quick summary…
Here’s a job I’ve been looking forward to, and one that has to be done before I start prepping the bodyshell for paint. This modification is definitely a bit of an extravagance, but it’s all part of my master plan…
Having spent what feels like months replacing both front inner wings with shiny new panels, it’s now time for a little job I’ve been a bit nervous about undertaking. As part of my V8 conversion project, I will be fitting…