Saturday 20th June. - Time to sort out the wiring.

 My good friend Dave Maton came up today to help with the wiring. This being an ex rally car, there had been a lot of additional equipment wired up. Wiring for spotlights, a map light, a floor mounted dip switch, plus numerous other things.
Dave set about removing all the excess wiring while I finished my throttle bracket and then set about fitting new battery cables in the boot. 
My other friend (yes, I have two!) Keith Halstead arrived to see how my progress was getting on and also, have a cup of tea. Suitably impressed with my home made throttle bracket, Keith finished his tea and let me and Dave crack on. By now, it was getting very hot in the garage, so we pushed the Lotus outside. (It's only the second time it's left the garage since I bought it.)

The original dashboard binnacle in the Lotus is absolutely knackered, so I'd bought another one. I was hoping to get this fitted today, but it needs cutting out so that the gauges can fit in. We'd also discovered that the temperature capillary gauge didn't work, (I tested the probe in a cup of boiling water.) so I have another one of those to find. 

Dave had managed to cut out and replace a lot of melted wire due to live wires being attached to the original loom, but with no relays. I do actually have a brand new loom on order, but there is a 14 week waiting time, so we are having to make  do with what we have. 
We did manage to get power to the ignition and we also got the headlights, side lights, brake lights and indicators working, so I was very happy with that. 
Unfortunately time caught up with us, and we had to call it a day, but we are getting ever closer to getting this car living again. Another couple of weekends should do it. 😉