It's taken a lot longer then anticipated but all is good and looking fine again, well better than fine I guess as it now has new half chassis rails, king pins, trunnions and tie rod ends. Oh and they tried to remove one of the universal joints from the tail shaft and basically the end of the cap came away and the sides of it seemed to have self welded to the housing, so to save too much grief they just installed a second hand tail shaft which hopefully has fixed the problem. I am sad though that the universal joints in the "new"tail shaft are not able to be greased, I was told that most universal joints are not greaseable now, though that is not entirely correct as it is actually very easy to get universal joints for Morris Minors that are able to be greased. Oh well project for another time I think.
I now have a few more things to install, the rear shock links need to be changed and I want to get some panels made up to form a parcel tray and then install the stereo and relocate the CB from the passengers side to the drivers side if the aerial lead is long enough and install the remote speaker for the CB so hopefully I can actually hear it over the noise of the car.I think the I will run a power lead to the boot area as well so that I can install a power outlet for plugging the mini compressor and maybe a rear view drive recording camera as well.
The biggest thing I guess is that I am hoping to get the car back to the inspector this Tuesday arvo and given everything that he pulled it up on last time have been changed it should be given it's roadworthy and then it is try and get it through VicRoads and then officially get it re-registered so then it is pretty much almost ready to go for a wee bit of a drive. It's quite a money spinner for the government though, you have to take your car to a VicRoads office to be inspected, where the have a quick look and see if the chassis and engine numbers are what you have said they are and that is it., but to have it inspected you have to make a booking, which costs $16.40, and if you can't attend you lose the money and have to make another booking at another $16.40. Then just to have someone look at the chassis and engine numbers you have to pay another $26.20, so basically they are getting an extra $42.60 for every new registration in Victoria for in reality nothing. You just have to love indirect taxation don't you. I know, I know, it isn't a tax, it's a fee. There is a difference you know, isn't there?
Anyway getting there! Slowly but definitely getting there...
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| Old chassis rails, looking a bit second hand |
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