Finished... Actually, this time

Happy to report that I have indeed finished.

The last two jobs on the car before it's ready for the automotive equivalent of crufts... A throttle return spring and the front number plate.

The throttle wasn't quite returning to home properly, possibly because of the routing of the cable giving extra friction. So it was a simple case of drilling a hole in the throttle body and looping a strong spring around:

Spring in position, just below Throttle body at rest...

And at full stretch. Snaps back beautifully now, need to trim the extra coils off though.

And with a bit of aluminium plate, a hacksaw, some satin black spray paint and some rivnuts, the front number plate was mounted:

So that's it then!

First of the tests will be a bog-standard MoT, which is booked in for next Saturday. Hoping to learn what the brakes, headlights and emissions are like - pretty well the only things I can't check accurately myself.

Step 1 in getting the project roadworthy. Exciting times!