4259R. "The Yellow Peril"
I cut off all the rusted parts of the chassis, took the chassis to the local garage to get plates welded on.
The Y where the frame splits around the engine was badly rusted and the bottom front where the closing plate bolts to 3 captive nuts was also badly corroded.
No way could those be welded in situ, so it had to be frame off.
The suspension was a complete mess on all 4 corners, so new bolts everywhere, ( I had to cut the bushes off the bolts) new arms on the front, and new shox all round.
When putting the front hubs back on, I had mixed everything up. It should be noted that the trunions (bottom swivel joints) are handed. Left hand thread for the left side, and surprisingly right hand thread for the right side.
I had to use a 20 tonne press to get the driveshaft UJs out of their housings. The circlips broke when pulling them out which became a challenge.
I bought a hydraulic press which became very useful when pushing the felt seals into the hubs on the inner wheel bearings. That took 2 tonnes of pressure.
New discs, new pads, new brake shoes, new master cylinder, and next new Cunifer brake lines. When finished, this will be a very good "Yellow Sunshine" car.
The rear of the engine bay had some fibreglass damage, but luckily I have spare shell parts, so I just cut out the bits with a battery powered angle grinder for the bodyshop to piece in.
I wondered why 4688R and 4259R came with so many spares. Now I know.
I had assembled one front hub with a GT6 hub by mistake. The GT6 stub axle is bigger, so the wheel bearing would not fit. I learn all the time.
