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You can get ( or could ) the U shaped elbow from manifold to carb from Rally Design. I have one on mine though they are black silicone. I just made up the rest of the heater pipes using a 2 meter length of the same stuff. The one from the water pump to heater is just a straight length, the auto choke to heater I just curved it into a sort of S bend.

Yes, needed to be changed, and now rather than later. I ran a couple of mk4 Golf TDI's for about 13 years between them and I had to change the rear pads on them every couple of years yet the fronts would last forever. I used Juratek brake parts, don't know if you have heard of them but they have been excellent in my opinion.

Good progress bud. Coming along nicely.

A another new member to join us from America is Whitebuffalo. He has a mk1 project as well. You guys been in contact with each other yet?

Nice one. Keep us updated on your project.

Welcome to BSC!!! Nice mk1. Going off the LHD, whereabouts in the world are you?

Sorted. Making a thingy clicky thingy to me is not worky!

Pair of mk1 Cortina front struts on the bay at the moment. This guy will ship anywhere. Sorry, can't do links. Item number 377071534975.

Good luck with the sale bud. A lot of work has gone into that. Hope the new owner has fun with it.

I'd go for the longest one. You can "loose" some of it by just feeding it along the chassis rail in the engine bay. Too short and your knackered...You'll have to send it back and get and get a longer one!!

Thanks and thanks guys. Those wanting to know what the tube is dangling down under the bumper in front of the exhaust, it's the drain tube from the aerial. Can't run this straight down and out as the well is full of expanding foam. So I have just run it across the floor and out through a hole under the light. Needs chopping back and zip tying to the bumper bracket. This Saturdays antics ( depends on work ), will be tidying up the gutter trims and door window surrounds with the Satin black rattlus tinnus. MOT will be somewhere in the 2nd week of August as I have booked that week off. Thanks for looking.

No progress on the headlight / grille as yet. I still need to purchase correct outer / inner headlights and adjusters to make up a full matching set and also sort the grille, so for now the Cortina grille and lights have been refitted because I want to MOT the car in the next couple of weeks. And lastly...

New door / window outer weatherstrips, blacked the vinyl mirror switch holder and fitted it to the dash.

Over the past couple of weeks as work progresses around the building, the cars have been moved around so mine is now free!! Jobs jobbed are; fresh timing belt and tensioner. I used the INA kit. Got this through work so was a tad cheaper than those on e-bay. No photos of that sorry. Got it running and up to temp because i wanted to make sure the temp and fuel gauges were working ok. ( I don't trust these to last to be honest, the fine wire that is soldered to the connections are hanging on for grim death ).

Thanks for the kind comments as always folks. So an update. Not much to be honest as life, etc gets in the way. Also my friends unit has been undergoing a revamp where the landlord is going through the units and firewalling between them and this is just dragging on and on. This is how my car has been for the last 6 months...Boxed in on 3 sides! C