Did some dynamat work today. Don’t believe anyone that tells you that the 36sqft pack is enough “for the whole car".
36sqft did about 3/4 of my floor. I still need to do the roof, the trunk, under the bonnet, and the doors.

Cleaned up the welds today with the tig and sanding disk, then put a quick coat of etch primer on to seal it.

I found some left over galvanised angle from when I fixed the top of the firewall, so just decided to give that a go instead of re-doing the whole lot considering it was at hand.
It’s getting a bit late (ok only 6pm) and don’t want to annoy the neighbours, so I’ll clean up all the welds and cuts tomorrow. Hopefully it will look ok once its all cleaned up.

Fitted the radiator in today. I cut the top of the radiator support so it would fit as far forward as possible.
Afterwards I wasted an hour standing there looking at it for two reasons.
Firstly I wondered how you will ever fill the radiator up fully with the filler being recessed like it is.
Secondly, I’m trying to work out a way to get some strength back into the radiator support. I think I’m going to weld some plate to the sides of the bonnet latch support that will run along the front of the radiator support, and then bolt through the radiator support.

It’s either that, or I re-make the radiator support to go over the top of the radiator again, but I’m not sure how much room I have under the bonnet. It’s only the top corners that really stick up above the original, so I might just be able to make a new top for the radiator support.

I’m also going to make a fan shroud from plate aluminium rather than bolting the fans straight to the radiator.

Getting back to the filling issue… I came to the conclusion that although the filler neck is recessed, the cap seal still sits high enough that the radiator should get a complete fill.

(pics tomorrow.. have to go get ready to hit the town!)

Got my radiator today. It looks pretty good, but looks like they have sprayed some parts with silver paint for some reason. Maybe it was discoloured. Also, the welds are not superb, but as long as it doesn’t leak I’m happy.

Football was cancelled this weekend, so got a bit more done than I normally would have.

Firstly, I finished reconditioning the door hinges with new brass bushes, pins, springs etc.

Also fitted the Shelby bonnet scoop. I mounted it a little further forward than it was done as standard. I’ll cut the hole in the bonnet some time next weekend also I think.

I seam sealed the join at the top of the firewall where I welded a new top on (the old was rusted), and also de-greased the engine bay in preparation for paint.

Hopefully I will receive the radiator during next week so I can cut the radiator support to fit the bigger radiator. Once I’ve done this, I can prime the engine bay and paint the colour on it.