After going to the local scrap yard for some seatbelt fittings and then the hardware store for some wire brush's to fit into a drill, I got to the garage just before 11.
The night before, we had already pushed the trailer and car into the MOT bay ready. The first thing I did was to trial fit the headers to see if they fitted, they did and looked good.
The Cunning Coupe
I took them back off, used the wire bush's to give one side a good clean, I wiped them down with thinners and painted it with BBQ black while having a hot air gun aimed into the pipe to warm it up.
While waiting for that one to dry, I took off the heads had a quick check and clean of the engine, I fitted the head gaskets and torque the heads down. I fitted the push rods and found that they seem to be too short, not sure what I going to do yet, but it looks like I need some 0.4 longer.
The paint had dried on the first set of headers and refitted them (After tapping out all the holes)
I then did the same to the other side headers and painted them.
Again while I waited for them to dry, I started on the front of the chassis. The seat belt bit are for the winch and towing duties, I welded the metal tongue to the underside at the front and fitted the receiver to the winch strap. (I have some more strap for the tow rope and a receiver will be also be fitted to this) this will help make it quicker for me to load and unload.
I bought some black etch primer the other week and mixed some ready. I cleaned and rubbed down the entire front end and gave it a couple of coats ready of the top coat. I think it looks better in the black.
After fitting the other header, we pushed it all outside and took some photos.
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
The Cunning Coupe
On the 19th they are turning on the lights in Tonypandy and they are making a day of it, don’t know why, but I have been asked to take the car down there, I’m thinking about it!
