Brakes, driveshafts everywhere and a few English classics

My mates 73 XJ6 on Sunday after a heavy shower - a snip at $7500 - very nice it is too

Working on the white PI Wednesday night with Ken before driving out to site Thursday at 5.00am - not enough bloody hours in the day. Scrutiny for Vintage stampede is Saturday 17th and I fly home on the evening of the 16th so it was now or never.

Two basic jobs - 1. bleed brakes and rebuild offside front caliper which had sticky pistons.

2. Assemble Nissan half shafts to replace worn current items

3. Used non-greasable (stronger) Nissan Hardy Spicers from Datsport on NSW. Spider are machined Triumph ones to accept the metric uni's

Nissan Skyline alloy 4 spot stripped and resealed. Pistons polished up OK . Note Nissan halfshafts everywhere - I am in the process of stripping them all to bare units

PI up on stilts

Lurking in the corner awaiting final assembly is the PI estate - getting there. Starting to feed the leather now the weather is warming up. Nice and supple and the colour is growing on me. Furflex fitted (total sod) and all the door glass. Just the tricky ones now.

Newly assembled driveshaft and rear caliper adapter ready for reassembly.

Slightly blurry shot (it was getting late) of my new Gareth Thomas progressive rear springs (380/900lb)

10pm and its all bled and ready for VSCC scrutiny - thanks Ken!!