Wednesday 1 September 2010

More cleaning up and some new bits

I used a wire brush thing in a drill to get all the rust off some more bits. There was lots of grease still inside the hub but dad says well put a new bearing in there anyway.



This bit is the vertical link and it has a trunnion on the end that is actually made of brass - it looks much better now




Some Superflex bushes, new bolts, new discs and the POR15 arrived today.


New discs look nicer than the old ones. so do the upper balljoints.




Some painting to do and then we can put this side back together and do the other one.

Saturday 28 August 2010

Taking it apart

We need to take the front end off and clean it all up and replace the rubbish bits with good ones. It's a bit rusty.





I stripped the drivers side upper and lower wishbones off and the wheel hub and brake. I've cleaned up the wishbones, but the shock and springs are knackered so I'll need new ones of those. Not sure about the brake and hub, they might be able to be reconditioned.


The wishbones look like this now




Getting the old metalastic bushes out was fun




Now I need to paint the old parts with POR15 to stop them going rusty and fit some new polybushes to help keep everything nice and tight so it's not all over the place.

Friday 27 August 2010

Getting it home

My dad went to get the car from his mate Rob. Rob has given me the car as he wanted rid of it and thought it would be nice for me to fix up and use.



When we got it home I drove it off the trailer.


And now we've started to take it apart and clean it all up.

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My name is Toby, I have a 1968 Triumph Spitfire that I'm restoring ready to drive as soon as I'm allowed to. I'm 13 now, so I've got plenty of time to do it all, but there's a lot to be done!