Made some more major progress over the past few days and was thinking of all the roccos meeing up and Cosford while I was putting this together.
Front arches screwed and bonded into place with more Tiger Seal and low tack masking tape to hold everything in place while it sets.
The front wings have been bonded into place and aligned before fitting the arches, as that had all set, seam sealer applied on all the joints and will be shultzed when the sealer has dried.
Front valence in place, it's amazing how fitting the bodykit makes the car look so much closer to being finished.
When the bumper skin was painted, it was separate to the metalwork behind it as I needed to straighten it out, anyway straightened and reassembled although it's still a bit low on the passenger side. A hot air gun was invaluable to soften the plastic clips to help put it back together, a few too many snapped while taking it apart cold
Strips fitted along the bottom of the doors and held in place with yet more low tack tape. Best fitted with the doors open as wide a possible to get the alignment right.
Got a few other things done which I didn't take photos of. The wiring loom for the number plate lights and rear wiper pulled through using welding wire fed from the hole in the top left and coming out the tailgate latch hole in the back of the frame. Number plate lights fitted and working.
Extended the wiring for the Corrado metering head as I've moved it further forward in the engine bay, 16v manifolds make good soldering iron stand holders as well as a flat surface for putting tea!
Fitted a new white oil pressure switch and recrimped the wire, the old one started leaking oil badly and the wire snapped off as I unplugged it. Glad I hadn't spent a lot of time cleaning up the engine now!
Things left to do:
Fit the rear window, wiper motor and spoiler. Didn't manage to get this done because the rope used to wrap around the rubber seal and pull it into the hole has gone missing.
Modify the holes the bodyshop cut in the bonnet for the later heated washer jets, currently they aren't quite big enough and sort out the wiring to the heated jets so it's in the right place, it doesn't look right at the moment.
Fit the roof strips after the bodyshop have some more issues with paint and polished the car up.
Fit the fuel filter properly and route fuel lines neatly.
Have a new air box made for the metering head so it fits nicely and isn't held in place with zip ties this time
Hopefully once that is done and after a full nut and bolt check I can book it in for an MOT and cross my fingers that emissions and brakes are ok.
Whether I get it on the road this month will depend on how much more I can get my Insurance premium down, it's still the high side of £600 currently. Add to that the cost of the MOT and a VIC, because of it's Category C status, then road tax and it'll be an expensive month.
