Opened up the garage and found the car tucked up in the corner.
Got down to making the battery support brackets with some steel from B&Q of all places. It is amazingly similar dimensions to the original. I spent a lot of time hunting for the other two brackets and became very aware that from here on in I am going to have to look for stuff which is difficult to find as it had been stored years ago. Much patience needed I think. Anyway, some time for them in an acid dip to de-rust them and now they are ready for installation.
I decided I would prime the inside of the battery mounts so that they have some rust protection and decided to unpack the wire wheels recently acquired. Frustratingly, of the 5 I have 2 are a little too tired to use. You can see they have spokes that have pulled through the rims and left large holes in the process. Two of the others are a little jaded but should recover with a few new spokes and some TLC.
The wheel below is one of the better ones but clearly has bent spokes.
That was a disappointing way to end the day, oh well, back to eBay I go.
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