Week 27/28/29

More work on the other car in the evenings (and most of the weekends), so no progress on the yellow peril...

Week 30

At long last, the thing runs again, and I can get back to the Six. (Wed) Spent most of an evening tidying up the garage, putting tools back where they should be after all the other work and generally finding the Tiger under the dust and piles of bits. Finished drilling all the holes for the front brake lines. Unfortunately, got one in the wrong place, so I've got an extra hole in the drivers footwell panel which needs filling and covering. Then it'll be on with the brake lines (which are already shaped and ready). I'll hopefully get round to fixing the tub on some more this week.

Well, no more fixing of tub, but I've filled the hole and sprayed it over, fixed the front brake lines on (at 3.30am on Sunday morning - couldn't sleep - my neighbours probably couldn't either.... ;-) and fitted all of the rear brakes. I now remember why I hated drum brakes so much (been a while since I had any to contend with). All those s*dding springs, levers, cables and "automatic" adjusters.... Thanks to Sue, I got another outer for the centre handbrake cable, so that went on, along with the new hefty cable clamps around the balance bar and lo-and-behold, the handbrake works! Well, could be better, but the "automatic" adjusters need some adjustment and the drums are a little rusty - nothing that some bedding in won't cure. All the shock absorbers are set to fairly good initial positions, based on Neil's experiences, and the collars are locked in place (using his c-spanner).