Next up was rear wheels, now i had already fitted the front beam and CSP brake kit, but the rears needed a torque multiplier and more time than i currently have, so Jay came in to do the work. In a day the rears were on with a cry of,..Rob you need studs, so it was a 24 hour date as i dug some out my garage and ran them up to the workshop. I got a message later that afternoon, come and have a look, my might have an issue with tyre width using the MH. So i dived into the car and rocketed through Northumberland to have a look.  With no engine Jay filled the back seat area with tractor weights to get the back down to ride height.

I'll let the pics do the talking, and you can also see the lights fitted.

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You can see that the MH Dots are just a little to beaucoup for the rear arches, so we fitted the Michelin XWX from my 67 and for 2025 they will do until we decide something more drastic to fit the MH Dots

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So next on the list is wire in the MSD, (thanks Jo and Richie for getting this sent through) wire up the rest of the gauges, clean seal and fit the fuel tank finish off the oil lines.

Ok so this will be a double update as there's a few pictures.

First off small job were done like fitting the engine bay seals oddly enough no pics of that, and no help from the lad  , but it's a step in the right direction.

Next on the list was purely cosmetic, with this car i am constantly aware of it's heritage and not wanting to return it to being replica of the one. With a limited budget this has been a task, the next thing on my list was the headlights, absolutely beautiful with machine turned inserts. But again a nod to what it was made to be, so I thought how could i give a nod to it's heritage and move the game on. Carbon fibre inserts obviously...but how to do it, making moulds would be hard and getting a consistent curve fairly diffiicult and i certainly didn't want to use a cheap sticker. In the end i found flexible carbon fibre, with a 3m backing, that would do to the job i thought. Next. i wasn't going to butcher the original lights, and i ended up buying a set in California and having them sent over. Then it is was onto the mods, stripped down painted matt black and a card board template made up. I soon had them back together and then it was what to do with the lenses, i wanted flat to mimic the original design, but wanted a more menacing look. I ended up making a set of clear and a set of smoked lenses, the smoked ones won. The pics below show the progress:

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Wow 75! Now that‘s an really early pic 
Thank‘s for sharing Keith!

Superb work with the IRS jig & conversion done.
A very good way to get some IRS brackets is even to slaughter a typ-3 IRS rear end. More handy than a floorpan, and the brackets are superb easy to cut out. Did some T1 van IRS conversions that way.
Go on & on with that project.
Cheers, Felix

Thank you very much gents I appreciate that very much!  
@rob: Yeah it is a good working strreet beamer.
Some pic from the past
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The work area at our house is going strong till some years now. To get it to this state was a lot of work cause the surounding timbering walls were totally done to the bone. Had to build new one from ground up plus thick concrete for the car lift. Work now makes so much more joy and the inner bones even clapping applause esch time  
Now the concrete is a bit more used, that was nearly in virgin state, no museum work area even for the dailys & good fellas.
Enginelift was even a gamechanger to make that wirk more enjoyable, coupled with a matra holder and claw that‘s makes it so easy.
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BEST greetings !

Looking great Felix, the perfect do anything car 

Sounds like a plan, if I am passing that way anytime soon I’ll drop a line and see if I can collect

Still a stunning ride after al these years!  Keep on going guys.

Nice work on the IRS brackets, they take a lot of time and careful trimming to get to fit nice and not leave big gaps

cheers Richie

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