Only got a few hours this weekend what with weddings, 'borrowing' snowdrop bulbs and watching Spurs beat Southampton but I enjoyed them none the less.

Took another drive in my Mother in Law's Rav4 to Nottingham to collect the wings and doors following their dipping and e-coating.  The outside looks very cool and I can clearly see that the rust has been removed in all the crevices which is cool.

The only downside is that the inner side of the wings have a section where the paint hasn't coated the metal and it has been allowed to rust.  Flippeneck it is frustrating.  I've spent £300 to have the wings sand blasted a while back and £420 to have the dipped and e-coated and yet they all still have rust on them.  I rubbed the offending area down and coated it in metal ready for 30 minutes before painting it.

The bonnet came up really well though.  My lovely wife helped me store them in her mother's loft which is pretty cool as I have some space in the garage to work on the car now.  Hopefully I can get some more of the welding done tomorrow.

I started the day by going to Barnet Welding supplies to get a new gas bottle for the MIG.  I used to use a friends BOC account but they gave it up so now I am buying (or renting) the gas bottle and from here on in I only need to pay for the gas refill.  This is what I do for the Oxy-Acetelene bottles and it saved me massive amounts of money however, the first purchase is expensive.  My car fund account is wiped out, again.  I have put the old BOC bottle on eBay and an old ali bonnet that I am not going to use, I may get all of £10 for the two.

I finished off removing the gauges and switches from the dash.  I know I'm not using the dash but I need to use it to work out where the mounts are welded.  I don't think the windscreen washer was a standard feature on the BN1 but the pump looks lovely, I hope I can restore it and re-use it.  The switches were delightfully detailed and well made, from a bygone age.  The barrel lock for the ignition looked somewhat butchered with a great bolt hanging out of the back of it.  However, on further inspection the thread for that bolt was lovely but the other one was ruined.

I had a go at cleaning up the main gauges and am pleased with them, they look beautiful.  I have no idea if they work but the pin hanging out of the speedo did actually zero the gauge.  The pointer on the speedo is a little tired but I like the look so it will stay as it is. 

I then removed the handle and, despite a lot of rust removal treatment and cleaning, it broke.  I guess it is a little too tired though.

I did actually do some welding after al that fun.  I installed the walls for the area that holds the battery cut off switch.