Teeny bit done this morn, fitted up a few bits to the axles, did the brake pipes on the rear.



Till next weekend folks!

Is it my eyesight, or has the anti-rattle rubber on your steering rack escaped?

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ken

I take it that's the rubber piece that sits under where the track rod arms are bolted? if so, it's your eyes Ken

Update time..

I got sick of giving myself a hernia every time I moved the engine, so I gave it some wheels.

You can do it if you B&Q it..


A bit of hacking and welding later..



I was seriously considering mounting the engine on the trolley and fitting the body over it, but someone pointed out that due to the wheel size, the speedo would be out, so I decided not to bother.

In other news, Got the chassis cleaned up and repainted. I don't have a before pic, but it was smothered in underseal. Cleaned off the worst of that, and set about removing any flaky or dodgy looking paint. Discovered some funny foamy type rubberised paint on the inside floor section, which made me think it might just be an original Citroen chassis..


This confirmed my suspicions..


I shone a torch inside one of the top holes, and it looked like it had been brush painted INSIDE and waxoyled.. which was a bit mystifying until I realised that someone had cut off the lower belly pan, painted inside, then welded it up again!



I thought it went against the laws of physics for an original chassis to stay this good..



I then soaked the whole thing in Gunk degreaser, to remove any remaining underseal residue


Prepped and hung up in le Auvergne.


Etched..


Stone chipped the inner floor section..


Primed..


Painted




I set my gun to pinpoint setting and squirted some chassis black right up the legs


It'll be getting thoroughly drowned in Waxoyl as well, so should last a few years yet.

That's all folks!

This is going to be great.
Proper thorough job so far.
I love shiny bits underneath regardless of what the top side looks like.

It does, what you've got there is a very rare occurrence, you're a jammy sod and no mistake!

will be a shame to stick a shonky D*lly body on that

Haha, there won't be much D*lly left by the time I'm done with it

"dats my boy...."