So I have been feeling pretty guilty for a while now about not doing enough work on the Traveller, but here's a quick update about what has been done.
I have had the wheels powder coated and got some new rubber on them.
Put the back ones on the car already but I decided I would paint up the engine bay while the engine is out and I didn't want overspray going through and onto them.
Finally got the engine back together (well most of it anyway) and I got Lee at Minibitz to rebuild the gearbox to paint the assembled engine up for me. Also purchased some Maniflow extractors for it.
Didn't end up finding a Cooper cylinder head for it however Lynn Rogers did port and polish my existing head for me. Replaced the valve guides, got hardened valve seats, head was milled 0.105" to change up the chamber volume. Got Cooper inlet valves - 1.215". Rollmaster duplex chain. New bearings throughout the engine, new oil pump, and put in my MG Metro camshaft.
I ended up replacing the pistons with ACL +0.020" standard pistons and getting the block bored and honed to suit
Found some Mk1 Cooper trims that I will put in at some stage. I'm not a massive fan of brown interiors.
Also got some classic Speedwell gauges to put in - found a tacho that I thought was okay, only to find a even better one a month after.
Got new C.V.'s/driveshafts to match the diff and put new boots and new C.V. on where required.
Got some twin carbs and gave them a quick clean up. Not sure what needle they have, but I can sort that later when it's tuned.
Hopefully I will finish the painting soon and get the engine back in.