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trying to compile on debian stretch which has qt5.7.. there are many problems. I'm using Mike's git repo. main problem is declarative class has been obsoleted. Found a script that renames functions and += in .pro files It compiles bit further and then this. I don't know qt so I'm stuck. First few er...

Progress halted as my other project car blew up. But while I'm waiting for the engine to come back from the machine shop (much delayed) I was able to do some more work. Some before and after pics of the interior. Behind is new brake and clutch masters, new reservoirs, new heater matrix, repaired ven...

Thanks Ivan. Yes rivnuts might have been better on the pipe brackets. I still can do that I guess. But I think I was justified with the belly pan seeing as I was replacing spot welds. I have a air riveter which gives me a great feeling of power and when I have it in my hands everything I see at look...

Well I've found a lot wrong with this car and lost heart a bit but I'm working on it again. Fixing one always reveals 10 other things that need fixing. For example, I replaced the headlight switch and added some relays. While there I noticed some dodgy wiring for the electric windows with an unfused...

To start the ball rolling.... Fuel pump works by grounding the relay, and has its own ground for this purpose. BRV - yes, just don't use anything that might get voltage drops across it. I'll leave the rest to the more knowledgeable.

rises from the cat hair ashes...

The finished product, car is back on the road although it will soon be taken off again to do a engine out serpentine belt conversion with a triggerwheel. And to to check the block of course. Plenty of work to do. I've also acquired a hotter cam.

Interlude: cleaning the radiator.

The pipes were then fitted and held in place temporarily with cable ties. I put some rivnuts on the inner pipe supports so when the bottom cover was riveted on I could bolt them tight to stop any rattles. I also glued some rubber to the inside of the bottom cover. pipes_in.jpg front_view_finished.jp...

Interlude: the driver's floor was rusted right through. Thoroughly cleaned with wire wheel and rust remover, coated with rust converter, sanded, etched primed and painted with anti-rust paint before being glass fibred and covered with sound block.