I bought all the bits to rebuild the 4L60-E and was waiting for a slot with Zannetec to get it built when I blew the 3/4 clutches on the Camaro. That left me with two identically broken gearboxes, one rebuild slot and one set of parts. As the Camaro is my daily, that got done first leaving the ’55 to wait for another slot and some more parts. It finally got it’s slot a week ago and was collected on a trailer for it’s rebuild. While Zane had it, he made me a parking brake arm so that they worked correctly which left it ready for it’s MOT test, the last but one stage before getting it on the road and driving it legally.

Zane offered to take it to the MOT station for me before he brought it back, which suited me perfectly. I’d forgotten to put the motor on the washer jets but apart from that it needed nothing else before he took it in. That’s the MOT tester’s son at the wheel, who now wants to get a ’55 Bel Air!. It also passed its braking efficiency test, and heres a camera phone video to prove it, but you have to use a lot of muscle to stop it neatly with the single diaphragm 7″ booster. When I got home from work, the certificate and the car were waiting for me. I tidied up the garage and put it away before testing the brand new S&P alternator and declaring it dead. It’s removed ready to get it rebuilt which I’ll hopefully get done in the next week, along with replacing the booster and getting the registration done. Feels great to be getting somewhere with it again after a long wait.