Catching Up - Part 1
Although I haven't posted any progress, I have been chipping away at my build.
This is a belated catch up covering the last few days, but not following a strict time line.
So in no particular order...
Moorcoft Motors
Went to visit this company, a small, back street, Triumph specialist near Potters Bar.
I had a great chat with them and they will collect my "Moon Rover" and do some work on it.
I
just need to finish all the construction work first and then arrange a pick up date.
Then I can leave the engine work to them so that every thing runs as it should.
They will also suggest some upgrades to improve reliability if required.
Heater Control Value Mounting Bracket:
Before I bolted the bracket to the bulkhead, I went back & checked my old photos to find this.
As I remembered the hard lines ran across the bulkhead, but I couldn't remember where.
Thankfully they all run in front of where this new bracket is going, so I drilled some holes in it & test fitted it.
Then I treated the metal bracket and gave it a coat of primer.
Then all the welding got a coat of filler.
Before that was sanded down and another coat of primer was applied.
Rear View Mirror Mounting:
I still need to work out how the Cordite body will be extended to cover the Spitfire bulkhead / dash area.
This was the "gap" when I was test fitting the body over the cut down Spitfire tub.
This photo had given me the idea that the ash tray hole could be used to provide access to mount the rear view mirror from below.
However this was the current view of that hole from above.
The ducting would be zip tied out of the way (see below).
So I just needed to take my angle grinder to a small section of the original heater control mounting panel.
To Be Continued...