1966 404 Coupé Injection Restoration

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I've been rather unambitious these last few weeks but a few parts have still trickled in.  Waiting for a care package from France with the washer nozzle seals before I can get too far with the reassembly under the dash.

New plugs for the 404C doors that accept the upholstered panel clips, an ovoid plug for the hole in the new front crossmember (which the original one didn't have) and ten trim clips for the stainless steel rear fender trims.

New NOS fuel sending unit, not the cheapo version sold on eBay etc.

1-6-2018

I got much of the wiring up under the dash and into the engine compartment just after Christmas.

On December 31st I visited an old friend (he's 82, plus I've known him for decades!) in North Vancouver who has this car:

....and he told me that he still has his old brake lining riveting machine and he offered to rivet the Ferodo 762 lining material (asbestos!) to my brake shoes when I am ready.  What I will do first is take the old linings off (need a respirator!) and then blast and paint the steel shoes.  It should be done in the summer.  What a nice guy Dave is.  If you look really hard in his garage, you can see a MG TC body in the air above a chassis that he will be modifying to accept an Jaguar inline six!  British hot rod!

1-20-2018

Today I painted the cad-plated side bumper mounts in POR-15.