Spent the day painting the chassis around the engine and all the front suspension components. Every thing is now ready for me to start reassembling the car when I return from a training course on Thursday. The photo below shows the engine bay looking much better with its fresh cost of paint.
The engine bay of the car was looking in a very poor state and everything was covered in over spray from when the car was at the paint shop. As I’m unhappy with how it was looking I’ve made the decision to strip the front suspension and engine bay so I can repaint everything. With the bonnet removed and the suspension stripped I also took the opportunity to make and weld a bracket to mount the heater blower motor.
If every thing goes as planned I should be off work till the 12th June so if all goes well I should be able to get the Marcos completed and MOT ready for the Marcos Annual rally. Today was spent working out how to mount the ashtray into the car. once this was completed the remaining carpets were fitted The photo below shows the carpets fitted.
I’m back at home for a couple of days so its time to continue with the car. I’m starting to have my doubts about weather it will be completed for the 50th anniversary event. As I’m short of time I plan to spend my time on getting the mechanical side completed so I can get an MOT and then if I have any time left I will spend it completing the interior. The weekend has been spent recovering the center section of the dash, and then fitting it to the car. I have also cleaned all the glass in the gauges and polished the gauge chrome surrounds before refitting them. Although its taken most of the weekend I’m happy with how the completed dash looks.
There has been a dramatic improvement to the car today as I’ve managed to get three of the four original Marcos wheel that I’ve had powdered coated fitted to the car. This has improved the looks as the offset of these wheels is slightly different to the alloy wheels I had fitted. The only reason I’ve managed to get three of the wheels fitted is that the steel inserts are missing from one of my wheels. I’ve already arranged to get some made at a local machine shop and with a bit of luck they will be ready when I return from work in a few weeks time.
