tipo 184 build diary

[tricky360]

auto electrician came today ,
i had a haynes manual with me today and it has the diagrams in it which really helped today .
my car is a year 2000 but the electrical wiring was from a 1999 which we found out after about hour and half trying to work out why certain wires weren’t the right colour to the year 2000

i also cut a few wires which i thought wasn’t needed , turns out they were !

so i now have a handbrake light,
rear lights
indicators
hazard lights
brake light i had to adjust the brake pedal so it touches the contact pin so now it works, before the light was constantly on .

he’s now not available till 11th may , so i will try to get the body panels painted .
i got another estimate for paint from painting classic cars , £6-7 k
maybe it’s me but i was expecting around £ 3-4k but it’s been a long till since i had anything painted
what does anyone else think for cost to paint ?

more negative news circulating about westfield but no definitive answer yet,

i have also ordered a seat belt direct from trs in red , a bit different
and a seat from holland
so just cycle wings and iva stuff to get

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seat arrived from holland very quickly, might have to give it a tap to get it to fit between the frame
i also fitted the wing mirrors to the dash panel

got the headlights wired up and working also
side step plate arrived also but i need to tap a thread info it to fit it to the body , darren normally does this before it gets sent out.
i bought it directly from the manufacturer so i’ll be doing that this weekend

[tricky360]

got the head rest made today , so one more thing less to get

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headrest fitted



got these little brake lights and fitted them to some mounting points next to the headrest
probably not iva compliant but i will get some proper rear lights when i do an iva



i had to order this bracket for the seat from hungary this week also , bit of a pain to get as the hungarian bank does bank charges which i quite variable, so it nearly cost more in charges than the actual part but i’ve got to have it as the back of the seat is quite thin aluminium

also it’s official now with companies house that westfield have gone, the liquidators are based about 15mins away from me