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Thought I would start off with the easy job assembling castor arms. I am using the power flex bush here which has steel crush tube inside. I prefer this to the 105 series castor arm balljoint for road use. The polyurethane bush is infinitely better than the original rubber sponge. I use to race with...

A nice big delivery from Highwood Alfa has arrived. These include all the suspension bushes, engine service kit, steering rack service down to new door rubbers. I thought while gearbox is out I will change two synchros even though it still not to bad. Some times when we go of on runs I let my mate t...

Always exciting to get all the bling bling - plating back and Powdercoating . Must say the guys took good care in wrapping every item to parts don't get scuffed and chipped. They also supplied touch up paint and hardener. While familiar with all the parts I thought it would be easier to bag them ear...

Thanks Bteoh, it's not the easiest on this slope and surface but I loads of cardboard to put under to make it comfortable. About two weeks ago during the strip down I pressure cleaned the underside initially to get any loose dirt off. Very little degreasing was needed but I degreased and high pressu...

Finally all the parts off to the platers and powder coaters. This should take a few days as its been pre booked . The condition of the parts is really good so the quality once the items have been coated should be dead smooth. The nuts and bolts going off to the platers was split into the front of ca...

With a few more hours left of the weekend I decided to try strip down the dedion. Even with a rattle gun the lock nut was not coming loose. There goes my theory on dry climate cars ! A one metre lever bar and tapping shock waves into the bearing the nut came loose. The hubs were also very tight and ...

The lower arms are always a tough job even with the correct tool to remove the inner bushes. It's not advisable to try pull both bushes at the same time as you will strip the threads . Plan is to loosen the nut off on the opposite end of the locking caps. This means you pull the closest one out firs...

I started stripping out the upper arms first. You have to grind the pressed rivets flush then drill them out making sure you have punched them dead centre first. The inner arm bush I just drilled loads of holes around the centre and then pressed it out with a socket. These came out really easy. The ...

The beauty of dry climate cars is that none of nuts and bolts are rusted on so stripping down is pretty easy. You can see the condition of the body work is good by the seams in the arches but the under seal that was sprayed over the body colour has got hard over the years . Some areas where it' has ...

I got some good detail pics of the suspension strip down before it wentboff to powder coaters which I will put up later.
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One heavy weekend and all the suspension is out . I guess it would have been a lot quicker if the car was in my store and easier work surface but there are no barbie facilities ( Braai ) and cold fridge ! I like the original ride height so I made marks on the torsion bars back and front with referen...

Work started very promptly last month jacking up the car on a slope with correct support work under all the axle stands. I thought if I'm lying under there striping entire suspension, pressure cleaning , scraping and painting then this car must be safe and higher enough up to work . I used two jacks...

Finally the car arrived last month. I was really angry with the extra scanning charges I was forced to pay . This was £620 which is totally unfair if port authorities decide to scan my container I was sharing with two other people. My question is why should I pay some one to do their job ? Thing is ...

Fast forward a bit . Having done quite a few miles in this car in Sunny South Africa I have decided to take the car back with me. Even though this is a low mileage car the suspension feels really tired. Sadly this is a reality in a lot of SA cars as parts are not always readily available and when yo...

The engine bay starting to look really good now and time to get on the road to see what this car is all about !