I gradually worked my way round the car putting the panels on for what I hoped was the last time.

Having done that it was pleasing to stand back and look at it as a car.  With all the panels the same colour it really looks like it is getting closer to the end.

I checked the cockpit trim and discovered that it was original as the numbers match the body number.  When I have changed so much of the car it seems a little daft to worry about such things but it felt nice all the same.

I started work on the rear trim which is something I have been a little worried about as all three sections I have are all miles out.  However, I found that two of them were much more malleable than I first thought and started to take shape.  I eventually settled on one and started to screw it on.  I added a couple of holes on the corners so that I could use extra screws and it is starting to take shape.

A lovely sunny Sunday in London can mean only one thing in January, it is freezing cold.  I had about 8 of the M3 bolts to tighten on the bottom of the rear shroud and to do it I had to have the garage door open.  For once I was fast.

Once done I set about the rear wings.  This is, I hope, the last time I see the inner wheel arch.

I have the small cross head screws on the front edge of both wings to fit tomorrow as I need some paint to dry.  Off for a bath I think.

Having enjoyed the new daily driver so much I am starting to think that the policy of keep modern vehicles for years is flawed.  Now say, if I were 24 and in possession of a brand new Porsche 911 I might be tempted to keep it for a life time but I'm not 24 and I don't have a 911 so I am going to change the car regularly.  I got to thinking that perhaps I should change the motorbike a little more often as well.  This killed Saturday.  Only window shopping now but everybody knows that is how it starts.

Sunday meant a little garage time.  I have watched a clip of the wonderful Australian chap who restored his 100/6 and video'd the lot and in it he modified a G clamp to install the rear shroud rivets so I thought I'd have a go.  I just couldn't get it to work and, well, I got bored and gave up.

I spent the day screwing up M3 flat head screws, it was particularly tricky to get the nyloc nuts on the screws.

I am pleased with the foam tape that I installed between the shroud and the boot floor.

Whilst working near the fuel tank I had become concerned that it stinks of petrol so I put a post on the AH Experience site to see if this is common.  A chap from California sells a stick on kit that effectively takes the fumes from the cap vent hole and exits them out of the boot area for $15 so I bought one.  Frustratingly the postage is also $15, flippineck.

I have three cockpit trims for the rear shroud and none of them fit well.  The first pair of photos are from the best of the bunch, I have some work to do here.

I met Rob in the pub last night and he is happy to paint the car at half term, 6 weeks tomorrow.  This feels really exciting.  I need to get the panels on properly and get all the cockpit trim on in that timeframe.  I probably need to get a move on with it all.

Take a look at this Daddy, not really designed for the London commute.