This was another eventful week. I installed the front suspension, engine, transmission, and drive shaft. It is really starting to look like a car now!

Front shock w/ compressed shock:

Front shock compressing tool:

Front shock installed with front axle hub:

Complete front suspension finished:

With the suspension complete, It’s time for the tires!!

I then installed the powertrain:

This week I started to rebuild the frame and got quite a lot accomplished (or so I think). I was able to install the rear suspension, differential, axles, leaf spring. On the front side, I installed the a-arms and sway bar.

This page shows my progress and is quite graphically intensive (many photos). So here goes:

Installing front suspension towers:

Rear hand brake cable installed:

Rear differential installed:

Rear leaf spring installed:

Left rear axle installed:

Both axles installed:

Left Front a-arm installed:

Transmission mount and engine torque cable:

Front a-arms & sway bar installed:

I had initially planned to start rebuilding the chassis this week but I didn’t get all the necessary nuts and bolts in time. Ahh, planning. So, Nothing happened. We’ll just have to wait until next week.

I got the frame back this week!!!! British Racing Green and it looks good! So, I am setting up to get everything installed next weekend:

I have the following items ready to install:

Steering Rack
Sway Bar
A-Arms
Front suspension
Rear differential
Rear Axles
Handbrake Cable
Shocks
Wheels

Here is the frame:

Re-assembled the steering rack and painted the following items:

Horn
Rear Spring to differential mount

Rebuilt steering rack:

Front suspension and steering rack this week. I finished assembling the new front suspension assemblys. This included: New major trunnion kit and new ball joints. I also took the steering rack apart into it’s component parts and cleaned them. Re-assembly will be next week.

With the frame taken away last week, I started to do some more painting. I have painted the engine, coils springs, and the front suspension components (after I had taken them apart that was)

Well, I did a few things this week. First, with the help of a few friends, I took the tub of the car of the chassis, the chassis was then taken to be sand blasted (I have not gotten this back yet).

In preparation of removing the body from the chassis, I have removed all of the bolts that hold the two pieces together.

No photos this week. I did not work on this car this weekend, and in fact, spent my time taking apart the rear axles for the other spitfire. It’s crazy working on two cars at the same time, but hey, it’s a lot of fun. The steering rack is still a focus of concern for me and I will attempt to do some work on this during the week. This will more than likely involve taking the steering linkage apart and cleaning the gears.