Its been a a busy week. As I worked on cleaning the engine and gearbox I came to the conclusion that I was not going to be able to get the hoist and attached engine/gearbox combination down the side of the car to the front of my garage. Its was obvious but there you go!
My build plan is based on starting in the middle of the car and work outwards meaning the suspension etc would be a fairly late part of the build. A fundamental of the plan is to build the car completely from an engineering perspective so that I can be comfortable that every thing would fit, parts made or modified as required. When the car was complete, strip it down and re build it in its final form.

I think I can still achieve this but I was going to need a rolling chassis to get the car outside to get the engine in.

So, the week has been about assembling the suspension and putting some wheels on.

I used my engine hoist to push all the metalastic bushes in place and a vice for the rubber bushes. The rest of the assembly was straightforward although I will need to shim the wishbones on final assembly to get all the suspension lined up accurately. However, everything fitted very well with no problems along the way. I had been talking to Peter regarding dampers, he was proposing Protech as a supplier so I felt this was an opportunity to pass on the GAZ dampers. I was certainly pleased with them visually, time will tell how they work on the road.

By the end of this week I expect to have a rolling chassis. This means an initial engine fit at the weekend.