End of Year Update

It's time for a quick end of year update. Work has been slowly progressing over the past few months.

Front Brakes Fitted

First up: front brakes. The brake kit has turned out really well and fits nicely under the wheels.

For a bit of a laugh, Tim gave the wheels a quick clean and polish. Yep, we know they're ugly. They will be replaced one day. It was surprising to see how well they cleaned up. I don't think this car drove many kilometres in its past life.

Brake and clutch pedals now have non-slip pads.

Aluminium Panelling

Now it's time to turn the corner with this build and start the aluminium panelling. This is something we've been looking forward to for a long time. It really will make the car look a lot more complete. We picked up a sheet of 3m x 1.2m of 1.2mm sheet. A big thanks goes to my mate Harley at All Inn Brewing Co for assisting us with a truck to pick up the Aluminium sheet. 

So here's the progress so far. Tim and I are still getting used to working with Aluminium, so we've chosen a few easy panels to start with. I picked up a bending brake ages ago and now it finally sees some work. It will be awesome to see this panelling finished.

Tim recently started riveting some of the panels. The brand new rivet gun failed after 10 rivets! Time for an upgrade...

In other news, we finally have the rear left stub axle back with a repaired thread. About time! This means we can fit the other drive shaft. The rear brake pads are also here, so once the panelling is done we might finally be able to drive the car down the driveway. Hopefully that'll happen in 2015. Fun times ahead!