My Early Mk3 Interceptor Restoration project

[Pymmie]

More improvement.

Having got home early, set about tackling the lack of heatshield between bulkhead and cabin.

Pleased with the result.

John P

[montpellier]

As my car was 'born' on Valentine's Day 1972, I took the old girl to the seaside!

You can't beat the English Riviera in February ....

What a beautiful car and colour.

[Pymmie]

More progress with the engine bay.

Just put the fan shroud together after powder coating.

New nuts,bolts,washers and rubber flaps.

Slowly improving the car...

John P

[Kevin Birch]

Hi John,

What did you use to for the heat shield, and how easy/hard was it to do with the engine in place?. My heat shield is all gone now, and would like to get something in place before Turin.

Regards

Kev

[Pymmie]

Hi Kevin,

I used a product call Glassmat via EBay.

Lots of pipes to cut around so used cardboard as template.

I also used silver tape used on A/C To finish off edges.

Time consuming but worth it to tidy up.

John P

[Kevin Birch]

Thanks John,

looks a bit thick at 20mm, not sure whether it will look right on my MK1. What's left of the original stuff is only about 6 or 7 mm thick.

Thanks anyw\ay

Kev.

[Pymmie]

Had a good blast around Dartmoor today and met up with a local CV8 owner.

Also managed to find a bit more horsepower !

John P

[Mark1Stu]

Ahem, not only a Jensen owner but a Volvo 240 owner as well. You must introduce me John

[zacmarshall]

I was wondering if Stuart would notice

[shaun]

Apparently not the only Volvo in attendance as well as a 1939(?) Standard drop head.
The C-V8 is the one that appeared in a Dunlop advert.

[Pymmie]

Thought I'd grab the opportunity to remove the wheel nuts

and let the missus take them to work.

Think they look rather good after a good buff on a jewelers wheel.

Taking them off 2 at a time with note on windscreen in case I forget !

John P

(Top 2 before polishing)

[Dino Fritz]

Lovely, and very nice to see these original nuts with the "J".

They definitely look like a "J" when cleaned, and reminds me of a story of an owner who took his car in for a new set of tyres to be fitted. They saw the nuts, thought it was a symbol for a left hand thread, and proceeded to reverse the rattle gun and strip the threads to remove the wheels.........

Owch!


Cheers, Dino

[Dion]

Extra points at the concourse for lining up all nuts in the same direction

[Pymmie]

Absolutely chuffed to get a 'highly commended' rosette at 37th Bristol Classic Car Show.

Still more bits and bobs to sort out under the bonnet but the jobs get smaller

John P

[Mark I]

Beautiful car and restoration.