In our last update you may recall that we installed the exhaust manifold, wastegate and turbo, made the crank position and speed sensors fit and installed the flywheel and clutch. This time we’d like to be going over getting the engine but, alas, we need some parts before we can do that. So we turned to our backup list and rebuilt the axles as they are needed to move the car should we ever get it running. Of course, we may get distracted along the way by something fun.

We were hoping not to have to rebuild our axles as they seemed sound and intact. However, upon closer inspection:

So we guess we’re goin in. Fortunately we had some boots stored in our parts stash.

Unfortunately not enough for all four axles so we went on the hunt. These are getting really rare now but we managed to cobble a full set together from around the globe. Rebuilding axles is a messy job but, upon inspection ours proved to be in good condition, only needing new grease and boots.

Good as new!

With the messy chore out of the way and no parts on the horizon we looked for something fun to do. We like shiny objects so decided to refurbish our headlight bezels, ironically by making  them less shiny! According to the pictures we found online the rally bezels had a lot less chrome on them than the standard bezels (as well as being half the size of course) We knew what we had to do: get the masking tape and  satin black rattle can out! Details matter.

and we’re going to need a new lens for the reflector too.