Change of Plan

Our last posting talked of the next milestone being to get the engine running.
That remains our objective but we got sidetracked by having the opportunity to show the car at the Goodwood Revival Meeting!
That meant that we had to get the car rolling - rather than rumnning -which meant suspension and wheels.
Here are some pictures of the front suspension:
this is the O/side showing the oil cooler now piped up.









Here is the N/side showing the unique top wishbone and upright plus disc and caliper - although the brakes are not connected up yet.

And this shows the mounting pin for the top wishbone which has an eccentric bush on it to enable you to adjust the camber, plus a screw thread to enable you to adjust the castor angle.




The bottom suspension arm carries the torson bar and this is anchored to the frame as shown. You adjust the ride height by taking the bar out of the splines and carefully moving it round bit by bit!
Incidentally, the early E-Types fitted the same size torsions bar.





Here is a plan view of the rear of the car with wheels on it now - - -

- - -and a view of the rear disc assembly







Before we loaded up the car to take it to Goodwood, we sorted out the carburettor linkage and fuel supply.

And we fitted the instruments and steering wheel and starter motor - - -










And finally, on the trailer off to Goodwood - - -