Week 37 - The Build

 Left it last week daring to swap the interior rear view mirror mounting. First job is to lay into it all with the angry grinder and see how it might fit together!

And here we are. A few gaps but that can be sorted out...

.... with a lot of Araldite.

Left it to set for a couple of days and it fits nicely.

Next job is to sort out the lights. Both the headlights on the donor were broken so ordered some nice Taiwanese replacements. A lot cheaper than the Ford parts but still impressively expensive.

There needs to be some minor adjustment of the mounting brackets first.

This photo shows the protruding bracket that needs to come off.

... the same thing from the other side.

 

and here it is gone!

 

They units then simplt fit into the hull and plug into the existing loom.

They do slighty foul the front corners of the bonnet but that can be sorted out later.

The rear lights are not from the donor. The supplied lights are fitted into a housing that then bolys to the inside of the hull and wired into the existing loom. 

Here they are in the housing from the rear..

and from the front.

And here is a short unimaginative video showing all the rear lights working.

... and the nav light!!

 

 

Next week it's finish off the engine bay by fitting the exhaust pipe and the ducting around the engine.