No combustion....

Well we went for it.... we finished the wiring with some help from Mark via email. We put the battery in and some fuel in it.

Then we spent half an hour or so taking it off the stands which was difficult with only one jack and the stands at max height.

We did this as a multi-stage process - the last stage being to rest the two nearside wheels on some wood so we could get the jack out.

Here you can see Chrissy sitting in it while it still resting on the wood.

From the front and the back....





Then courtesy of 'er indoors we pushed the car out and up the drive ...didn't want to burn the house down in case of a fuel fire.

And turned the ignition on...

First the good news...the heater fan works! so does most of the lights and the engine does at least turn over, but no sign of life as far as combustion is concerned....

Also worrying is no sign of oil pressure on the indicator dial.

Here we are trying to start it...perhaps a caption competition!....