Petula - time to start fitting bits and bringing some shine to her

[John A. Ross]

Bob

They are looking awesome !

Nice to see you are getting some time on petula now, and these are all the bits that make the car and take up all the time.

I am partial to black on the cam cover it was a big thing for me at one time

Black also seems to be very much in these days, especially wheels.

[Petowner]

Did trial fit of light brackets now l've had them powder coated , happy they seem to do the job , easy fit by drilling 2 holes in bumper mount brackets .

[John A. Ross]

Nice easy fit Bob.

Spots look in fine position, you fitting over-riders back on, lamps might need to go up a tad

[Petowner]

Yes happy with them , was thinking of moving overiders inboard enough to not look silly. Light will look out of place if l raise them, as they are which makes it look like 4 headlight version which l think alot of people prefer, l certainly do.
4 sets of brackets for sale now l've proved they work ,added plated bolts ,nuts & washers so all you need to do is drill bumper irons

[PMCG]

Parts and the spots looking good.

[Petowner]

More kit today, just received these 1" driveshafts , stripped universal joints and replaced with greaseable ones , also going to try this SU carb set up .pictured along with new batch of washer jets nearly completed.

[John A. Ross]

Cant beat some pre-spring bling

[Petowner]

Look what l've been tinkering with
Making loom that goes through sills , but didn't bother (CHEAT) (thought it might turn out a bit naughty ) so loaded along sill inside car under the three brackets by sill , loom still comes out where it would if it went through sill with water pipe, only thing was ,l put loads of insulation around mesh sleeving at point where it feed through into under rear seat void as it's not going through a grommeted hole, all nicely tucked away though , no possible trip hazards .
Plenty of uprated cables ,should be more than enough .
And no it's not MY wheelbarrow.

Bob

[John A. Ross]

Bob

Nice work, loks like you could wire two imps with that length !

Imp wiring is best replaced.

As I mentioned best "bundle" I have found is heavy duty trailer cable, plus 2 8mm browns, the trailer cables is already standard colour coded for stop/tail/reverse/fog/side....

13 CORE CABLE

That handles an Imp and more cable count wise except the higher power feeds and I prefer 8-8.5mm CSA for those

I think in total all the cables and eyelets for DDG was only £30-40

John

[Petowner]

Nothing being finalised , l decided l'd go with a bank of spade connector terminals at rear end , probably change to multiplug once it's all sorted , also put two heavy duty fuses to go to front end fuse boxes. Still room to put a light above connectors possibly. .

New Denso turned up today

Nice looking unit paid for by all you nice purchasers of my washers & filters , wanted to get something worthwhile to show for it rather than just buying lots of little bits 7 pieces

Bob

[Petowner]

Ok
Think i just about fitted wiper motor without modifying anything , had to put drive shaft through wrong hole in bulkhead but not a problem didn't realise the wiper mechanisms had the tubes at the top so tubes go above bracketry , l didn't take it apart you see. , pain in backside fitting heater , loosened off all three bolts and then managed to get the self tappers in through the demisting jet area. So all seems to be locked up tight, wait and see.
Need to make a coupling that will screw into heater matrix as l''m not using original valve , probably fitting both taxi valves as seen in picture as l want a permanent flow through so pipework having Y splitters just as pipe comes out of top of wheel arch

PROGRESS!

[John A. Ross]

Bob

To fit the TX valve I just cut the end off and removed the nut (dont throw nut away)

I then bought a 10mm to 16mm hose to install.

[Petowner]

Guess where l've been today? 6 hour round trip.


NO they're not for Pet , l dropped off rear hatch glass and original frame for a new one (not a straight swop though.)

Bob

[John A. Ross]

Bob, oh, looks like Jeffs panels Guest so no guessing required where you have been.

The lamp sections have been a long awaited repair panel on its own. Hat ioff to Jeff for doing those as it seemed to small fry for other places, although you can make some nice sections using a Mercedes W212 oil filter socket as a dolly and some heat. Dont ask me how i know that, its a "if needs must" option !

Its Jeffs rear parcel shelf panel I am waiting on with excitement, cutting out old ones (if you can chop enough to find a good one) is getting a chore.

Why on earth do you need those, new project ? or were you merely the transport

[Petowner]

Transport
Bloke in Westbury is owner of panels (about 15 miles away) so Jeff asked if l would help out (nasty not to) he's collecting from me later .
I dropped off parts for new rear hatch and Jeff said he would be going to Salisbury soon so could drop off ,or l could collect from there , got to be better than 200 mile round trip., Interesting to see what Jeff's up to . Good day out.