Rear Suspension Removal

Build Day 5

The last major task in the strip down is the removal of the rear suspension assembly. This should be a relatively straightforward exercise as it should all come away as a single unit once the brake hoses and various supporting brackets are removed. The difficultly was likely to be that the nuts and bolts wouldn't budge.

For once though lady luck was on our side and everything came away without too much bother.

Rear Suspension assembly in-situ

The picture below shows a close up of the near side rear shock absorber and how it fits into the rear suspension assembly. We're not going to take this out as it will come away with the whole assembly.

N/S Shock Absorber fitted to suspension assembly

The whole rear suspension assembly is removed which will be refurbish/replaced later.

Rear Suspension assembly removed as a single unit

 And here are a couple of photos of the underside of the car with the suspension assembly removed.

Rear Suspension assembly - gone!

Rear Suspension assembly - gone!

A job left over from last time was to remove the front side windows and associated trim and winder mechanisms. This was a bit fiddly but managed to get it all out in the end. The local glass replacement guys are coming in the week to remove the front and rear screens and my mate Chris is coming on Tuesday with his engine hoist so that too will be out and away for assessment and re-build.

Door glass and winder mechanisms removed

Something that amused us when stripping the exterior body trim off was the little note a previous repairer had left behind - the photo below says it all...

'I Waz Ere 6-6' Shame the year has rubbed off but whoever it was did a pretty shabby job - look at that paintwork!