The little things take the longest, as they say. I agree, give me suspension build ups or engine installs any day. I really don't enjoy the niggly little things.

Spent the last two days sorting the interior and am afraid to say it doesn't look any different! What I've managed over the last two days is getting the gearstick and surround sorted. I looked around for a nice chrome ring to go round the gear stick hole but couldn't find anything that didn't resort to ebay or some week long wait. Raking around in the shed in the garden I came across a square rubber corrugated affair that I think was off an old Montego. My garden shed is were I keep everything else that is not directly involved in the build. Might come in handy I think looking at rubbish and this time its come up trumps! It has ever increasing square folds so I measured one of them 3 from the bottom and trimmed the tunnel cover to suit. It all fits together quite well.

Having had the final attack on the tunnel cover with the dremel it slips on nicely. I was all ready to fasten it down when I remembered the fuel pipe that needed rerouting. Luckily I had a new full length copper pipe, supplied as a return but I didn't use it so out with the old one and in with the new. Sounds dead easy but chopping the heads off rivits and running the new pipe in took forever but its done now so thats another item off the list. While I was on with the fuel pipe I changed the mish mash of jubilee clips and replaced all with nice new shiny pucka Norma fuel clips.

The seats are ready to go in now, once I've secured the side trim panels and tunnel cover that is. All the spacers are made and holes drilled to slip them in soon.

So, thats were we are, loads of prep work, niggly little bits I'm not very keen on. Never mind, its been snowing and its frozen solid now... spring has arrived!