Back to the front again, completing the wheel hubs. First, put in the greased up bearing and press in the soaked oil seal:

Then, put the disc and stub onto the stub axle.

Grease up the other bearing and press this one in by hand. Put some more grease on top of the bearing.

Put the D-washer on top and …

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To continue on the front-suspension I'll have to wait till the oil seals have been soaked. So, back to the rear end then. I decided to tackle the mass-washer effort of the lower inner fulcrum. Every one of the four sides to do has a set of 4 rings and some to keep in place. Here's the set, layed out. …
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The missing Nord-Lock washers have arrived. This means I can, in theory, finish the complete buildup of the front-suspension. First off was fixing the brake discs to the wheel hubs. As mentioned, instead of the normal spring washers I'm using the Nord-Lock washers where applicable. This is such a place.

When …

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A friend and myself decided to exchange our ten all time favourite cars, just for fun.

Here's mine, ordered by age:

1. Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic — 1936
2. Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing — 1954
3. Chrevrolet 3x00 (pickup) — 1955
4. Corvette Stingray — 1963 (split rear window version)
5. AC cobra 427 (duh!) — 1965
6. Ford GT 40 Mk I — …

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Continued with the front-suspension today. As mentioned yesterday, the right lower wishbone needed some help, so the two arms were pulled outwards a bit with a pulley and a piece of wood placed to keep them like that. After that fitting wasn't that hard.

After assembly, I noticed that the right side fulcrum …

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