Donor Parts have Arrived!

Bit of a catch-up needed on the blog front!

My donor parts from Simply Performance arrived back at the beginning of August.  

A very securely wrapped pallet was delivered all as arranged with Ben Thomson.  Having fought my way through the plastic wrap and undone the rope used to secure the spare wheels and parts to the pallet I could examine the axles and parts that will provide the running gear to our build.

Pallet unwrapped and slave wheels / tyres removed

I have a complete front and rear subframe assembly from the donor car from which Simply Performance had cut and removed the coil springs.  The differential unit has been removed from the rear subframe and refurbished; which has the slight advantage that the rear hub carriers and drive shafts are already partially disassembled.

Refurbished Differential - looks like new!

I have set up the front and rear parts on separate pallets ready to start stripping down fully.

Front Subframe

Rear Axle - minus differential unit

(A quick health and safety warning - as usual it's an obvious warning, but then most accidents are caused by overlooking the obvious.  The disk brake shields on both the front and rear axles do get severely corroded and this can leave them with extremely sharp edges.  When moving the heavy axle assemblies around you should wear a pair of heavy duty gloves.  I didn't and upon lifting the first rear axle assembly off the pallet by grabbing the disk brake shield I managed to sustain a particularly deep gash in the palm of my hand!  My son was quick to demonstrate his First Aid skills, learnt at the local ACF, and managed to patch me up and save me a trip to A&E!)

Now to spray everything liberally with penetrating oil and start stripping down the parts!