Wednesday 20 June 2007

Stainless Steel Grill and old bumper

Fitted the new grill this weekend.

Bought on eBay and made from stainless steel it looks absolutely wonderful.
The stainless surround was fitted with screws and only needed slight trimming and bending to fit. The grill itself also needed some tweaking and adjustment to the last two slats at each end.
Trying not to scratch the surround with each trial fit was difficult; the slats are very sharp and easily cut through my masking tape protection.

Next I offered up the front bumper. It is in OK condition but looks awful under the grill. A test patch was cleaned with solvol autosol. It's not going to help much. I took it to my local plater (he did my TR5 bumper 6 years ago) who said he has stopped doing "that sort of work". Then looked on the sussexclassiccar website and found its only £80 new!

There won’t be much of Jemima left at this rate!

Other jobs done
Fitted magnetronic coil and ballast.
Fitted Kevlar reinforced hose set (Why isn’t the straight heater hose kevlar reinforced?)