Okay, starting to tear into this thing to understand what is going on here. First weirdness - POSITIVE GROUND! Okay, this is my first British car, and a quick Google search reveals that the Brits grounded the positive leads of the battery. I figured that out before I did any real damage! The headlamp raising mechanism doesn't work terribly well - that's the first thing to tackle!
Photos are slightly out of order, so here's a random shot of the interior. So cool...
Took the headlamp off to take over to the paint shop for them to match the paint. I hope they don't lose it and I hope the shop doesn't burn down. There's only three of these in the world!
At my house, in the garage. Random photo that captures random stuff. I took off the front turn signal lens in order to get access to the headlamp lifting mechanism.
Took off the rear center lock hubs - more on that later...
So, I heard through the grapevine that one of the other cars was damaged when they lifted it incorrectly. So I'm paranoid! The chassis is made of wood (when this photo was taken, I wasn't too sure what that meant, but I know now - more on that later!). So, I used to AC Hydraulic jacks to lift the rear of the car from the suspension "leading" arms. They are "leading", not trailing like on the 911. I think the 911 design is a bit better, but this car is not about track performance per se...
Rear shot with the two jacks. I just love the four tailpipes. Almost like a six grader designed it. If it were a 12-cylinder, it would have twelve pipes!
Cozy blankey for the night!
