Another few little jobs completed. I got hold of an old steering wheel centre, so with a little bit of lathe work and a piece of aluminium hooked out of a skip have the 'mota-lita' wheel fitted. Have started tack welding up a box section steel frame which will support the steering column, gear lever & handbrake. The gear lever has a nice 'short coupled' feel! Awaiting delivery of a five gallon petrol tank so the rear box section frame can be made up. This will support the tank & battery. Pedal box is also progressing, so may have that finished by the end of the week......maybe...
Oh, and had to cut the bottom of the dash out for the gear linkage. A good job as I wasn't happy with the modern switch panel that I fitted anyway!

And plenty of room for the water pump and alternator..... battery may have to go in the back though.

At last, now looking like a car again. Engine in place & body back on. The main reason for putting the body on was to set the steering column at the right angle. Having placed a bit of chipboard across the chassis rails so I could sit in and make a engine noises I found just how much of a tight fit it all is! The steering column is going to have to be moved towards the centre slightly to give a bit more legroom. The body will be left in place while I fit hand brake, gear lever, pedals etc.

Not a lot of room at all!

At last, Rear brakes & hubs fitted. The pressed steel rear brake plates I was hoping to get hold of turned out to be so rusty, that the plate had become detached! New alloy ones hence fitted along with new Morris Minor slaves & shoes. A bit of work involved in fitting the diff & components in the later axle casing, but it did need less modification to fit the brakes. I now have a rolling chassis again. Engine in, Steering and pedal box next job. Have some old Mini pedals arriving in the post to play with...........