I started but bolting on the rear off side wing which went pretty easily. I had to modify the position of the bottom of the wing to the rear of the wheel arch as it was too high. I then proceeded to look at the front wing. Miraculously I found the 4 pieces of steel that form the captive nuts for the bolts that hold the wing support trim which I cleaned up and painted before slotting them back into the wing. What was a pain was finding a set of bolts to fit into them. I have no idea what thread they are and it took about 20 minutes routing around all the bolts I have before I had found a suitable pair.
Before putting the wing on I had a detailed look at the welding on the rear edge of the wing that I had done recently having previously ground the wing back to make the door gap work. I think this will come back to haunt me at some point. Anyway I decided that it wasn't good enough so had another go at it with the MIG welder. Lost of welding and grinding later I bolted the wing on.
I also noticed that there is a bit of research needed for the A post.
I had never looked at the return checking device. When I did it was obvious something was wrong (apart from the fact that I am holding it the wrong way round that is). Having looked up the brochures on the Ahead 4 Healey's web site I realise I have the wrong one. Damn. Especially as it will be another £90 to get it rectified. I'm tempted to have a go at making a plate myself. Something to ponder over.
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