I spoke to Zane in the week, and he told me that he may be ready to do the car this week. I decided to finish up putting the front end on, and do a couple of bits and bobs while I was at it. The grille needed to be on so that Zane can measure up to weld the tabs on to the radiator for the AC condenser. I gave it a quick clean but it’s quite badly pitted in places so I’m not sure if I’m going to replace it at some point. While I was at it, I got the front bumper down from the roof, and gave that a wash over as well. It’s pretty rusty in places, but is in good condition overall. I gave that a quick going over with a scuff pad and it’s cleaned some of it up but it doesn’t look great up close.

Both headlights had broken tabs for the surrounds, and at some point in the past they had been drilled for really long screws. After a lot of checking and double checking I put the seals on and screwed them into place to stay. Next was the passenger side wing. It took a lot of messing about and shimming to get it equal top and bottom on the door edge, but it’s a few millimetres too far forward now. I need to get someone to push it back while I tighten it up, but it’s fine for now. A quick tidy up, and a real struggle to push it back up the little ramp into the garage and I was done. I put a cardboard barrier against the wall, and gently pushed the bumper tight to it. I was convinced I’d shut the door with both bumpers on before, but as I closed the door it hit the overriders and kept the door open a few inches. After a bit of thinking about it, I took the overriders off and the door shut fine thnakfully. Looks better every week to me.