With some lightness
and coating added to the headlamp pod's mountings, I started fitting everything
back to the car. But not before some final coating. With the pods permanently in
the "up" position there is a fair chance of being blinded by
(sun)light reflecting onto them. So they were duly coated matt black. I had
hoped to finish this little project in the few hours available today. The right
hand side went pretty smoothly ...
But while
refitting the left hand headlamp support and pod I was reminded of the fact
that while restoring the car many years ago, that had been a bit of a struggle
too. The complete assembly was sitting to far to the inside, clearly visible in
the pictures below. The right hand side ...
... and
the left hand side ...
As a
result of this the pod was touching the edge of the aperture in the front panel.
At the time I thought I had fitted the pod incorrect onto the lifting
mechanism. But it turned out that the mounting panel was fitted rather badly to
the car's body shell. So the spacers I used than between headlamp support and
bulkhead were duly refitted. This improved the positioning of the pod enough to
give fairly even gaps, although I did use a rubber strip between pod and bodywork for extra peace of mind. After
that it was time to refit the headlamp bowls (also treated to a new layer of
black powder coating) and wiring ...
Remains fitting the
headlights and the rubber headlight surrounds ...
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