Today I have fitted the hoses for the coolant system, well some of them anyway. I purchased a 90 degree reducing bend to connect to the water pump and used a combination of B&Q aerial pole and some hose I got from the scrappy a while back. I still need some hose for the top connection as none of the bits I have are suitable. It needs to dip down under the light bar then up to the outlet on the thermostat housing.
The water rail has made installation of the top hose very straight forward, and its a very neat factory looking piece of kit.
I also fitted the alternator on the bracket I made last week as you can see in the picture. I need a trip to Halfords to get a belt and some water hose and hope theres no bling wheels on offer to tempt me.....

I have a plastic expansion bottle off a Corsa at the moment but I may splash out on a nice shiny ali head tank! Gulp!

Ive moved the radiator forward slightly to give more room for the bottom hose and it now sits up a bit higher. I just hope the nose cone fits now!

To solve the problem I had with brake fluid leaking I purchased two screw in/push on connectors and got rid of the bits of brake pipe and union setup. Hope it does the trick, there was brake fluid all over as changed them!

I now think thats all the mechanical stuff done and its bodywork and trim next bearing in mind the requirements of SVA. The wiring needs tiding up and I need to think about clocks. I still haven't decided what I want to dash to look like!