I got the new tyres on the Camaro this week, so pulled the rims off the ’55 to swap the old ones from the Camaro on to it. The 275/40/17’s that are on the back of the Camaro fitted on one side but not the other as the body is not on straight yet, and it looks like it will be way too tight to run them on the ’55. I ended up with the fronts from the Camaro on the ’55 and the 18’s on the back with 245/40/18’s on. They look a bit too narrow for my liking, but they were free tyres so I can’t complain.

With all that out of the way, I started on the wing again. A couple of hours more of sandinig and filling and it was time to call it a day. I planned to paint the wing with etch as soon as I can, so I got the column down from the roof to strip down and checked it would fit. The rag joint I had got with the column was the wrong size for the end, so I left it all as it was and closed up the garage. Only managed a few hours on the Sunday, with Poppy helping me sand the wing again, wearing ear defenders and a dust mask. When she got bored, and while some more filler was drying, I splt the rag joint by grinding off the tops of the rivets and then hammered out the centre of the joint which then fitted the shaft on the column. Needs a bit more filing to get it to fit perfectly then I’ll bolt it back together.