The 66 series VI Minx has pushed to the front of the work priority list again. What can I say she is a pushy little Minx and is or was currently running and road legal Just went over the brakes with all new seals to master and slaves. Found a blocked hose to the rear brakes which may have explained the poor braking. Jim Withers to the rescue and new hose to complete the job. Some pictures of it as work progressed The self adjusting rear slave cylinders had been played with by a previous owner and were non functional so a little re-engineering to make them work as they should. The design of the little ratchet adjusters seems strange to be with parts that look like they should be assembled differently. Some creative work was also needed with the handbrake  as it had also been "improved" by a previous repair. I think I slipped in a new inner to the handbrake cable ten years ago when I first got the car which seems to be about 15mm too long to get the adjustments r...

Been tinkering again after a long period of distractions. Traveling, visiting, eating and all that time consuming stuff old folk seem to do. First task was to get the Californian running and back in the front shed. The overdrive had been causing issues and I decided to refit the original four speed to get it back on the road, with the help of a set of 3.89 gears I pulled out of a Hunter some time ago. Had always believed what I was told, that they would not work in the original Mk VIII housing. Seems I was misled and the Hypoid bevel centre section goes straight in, just changed the dif spider gears to match the coarse spline axles.  Clean out half the shed so I have plenty of room and popped 66M1NX in the middle up on stands Next step to refresh memory of where we  had got to. The rust trap under the front guard being the most obvious starting point Drivers side front guard Passenger side front floor Leaky rust holes in the rear screen opening. had been previously "fixed" wi...