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Time to rebuild the front brake calipers. Split the caliper and found it needs new pistons and caliper kits. Sandblasted the two halves in prep for the zinc plating .

My paint drying rack looks like some sort of automotive wind chime ...

Before and after..

Painted one strut in the ( almost ) correct colour. It's a British Leyland colour called Tahiti Blue. The closest to the factory Bilstein blue there is.

Have finished both hubs. New bearings etc etc. Have ordered a crack testing kit and have crack tested one strut. So far so good.

One done.

While I was working in the Uk i collected various parts for the rebuild. So I stripped the discs from the hub and have some alloy group 4 hubs to go on. As well as being about half a kg lighter they give the front a wider track.

Stripped and sandblasted the strut.

Morning peeps. Have got the front struts out of storage and will start on rebuilding them. They are genuine Bilstein / Ford units that you could buy from Ford Motorsport dealers. Complete with roller top mounts, vented discs and standard M16 calipers with spacer kits.

After having a mare of a time with the last post I did I thought I'd try again. The panelbeater spent all of yesterday here and is here again this morning. Lots of panel work progress is being made.

Also I dummied up the pedal box to check for clearances and pedal position. As the car is all masked up I had to offer it up in my Mk1 van for a test fit . 20211023_185231.jpg 20211017_131216.jpg

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Long weekend update, my panelbeater came by for another 4 hours today and started on the filler stage of the bodyshell.

This pedal box is a very old school build, plastic bushes were replaced with steel sleeves, everything is either gas welded or brazed, should be a case of cleaning, painting, re-greasing and reassembling... fingers crossed

Needs quite a bit of love... so it'll be strip, sandblast , setup, etch prime.... etc

Evening all, started on rebuilding one of the last pieces of this automotive puzzle... Found and stripped the pedal box...

Finished assembling the hydraulic handbrake this morning. Another job ticked of the list

All checked, lubed and reassembled....