With the excellent September weather long gone - I was too ambitious in overestimating sorting out all the last little tasks - October came and went... And Sunday 9th of November arrived. Men were sourced, bribed with promises of beer and food once the job was done, they came in their masses, wives and children too.
Given AK recommend 4-6 people to help with the task, Mrs B counted 30 at peak attendance. Not bad!
One rolling chassis - check.
(The calm face is covering up the fear of having forgotten to do something really important. Mind you it's not like launching a boat for the first time... At least this shouldn't sink. Well, it will but not in its native surrounds)
One body prepped and ready - check.
I will so not miss brushing against the holly hedge each time I want to work on it. Vicious stuff.
Trial fitting. Working out the best angles and if / where anything was likely to snag.
Thankfully it was all clear, the careful measuring for gear shifter etc paid off.
Given the weather was due to turn a bit later I gave Dave some sealant and asked him to mirror my side.
And back on again.
Some wiggling and pulling on the body was required to get all the bolts through but that was to be expected as the body continues to settle and set when it was stored but easy enough to do.
Team photo (of the ones that actually did the work)
And relax...
Only one small issue. I forgot to drop the oil cooler down from on top of the air intake where I'd left it to roll the car out. The gap between the corners of the radiator and top of the body meant I couldn't squeeze the hoses through.
Sorted now though, I held it up to drain some of the oil out back into sump and then removed the hoses, fed them through and reattached.
Job complete!
There's a lot less space in the garage now.
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