Planning the EFI conversion
Why the original fuelling is going away, what's replacing it, and how the car keeps its soul in the process.
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Front brake overhaul: discs, calipers and braided lines
The first system finished end-to-end — with stopping power a 1970s driver could only dream about.
Chasing electrical gremlins: it was the earths all along
Dim lights, wandering gauges, a horn with a mind of its own — half the car's electrical faults traced back to one cause.
Cutting out the rear wing rust
The bubbling paint was hiding worse underneath. Cut back to clean metal, patched properly — no filler over rust here.
Dash out: new veneer, clean gauges — and a hidden USB feed
The wooden dashboard comes out for restoration, and quietly gains a little of the 21st century on the way back in.
Engine out: strip-down and first inspection
The 2.5-litre straight six comes out and apart — and tells us what fifty years of driving really looks like.
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