I just signed on with the Speedtalk forum - waiting to hear back from the moderator to post.
Mark, my condolences to you, Karen and the family. A remarkable, unsung hero of WWII, your mother-in-law.
To the Pom Rod - I needed to get the front suspension finished. Next weekend, the MG3 Club, The Milwaukee and Great Lakes MG Motor Group, are stopping by for what is essentially the presentation I did for the New England MG T register a few years back, except this time, it will be show-and-tell with the Midget. I'll be doing the presentation in the garage, so I need to get the junk out of the way. Junk tends to move easier with wheels on it, therefore . . .
The nose is high - no engine in it, but I'm also using a set of springs from a '76 rubber bumper Midget, which weighs almost 500 lbs more than a stock Bugeye. I've got my spring pan spacers from the Midget, so if it's too much, I can lower it a bit, but I like the idea of the heavy duty springs on the front with the V8.
The wiring is coming along . . .
Under hood has relays and fuses for ignition, starter, high beam, low beam, fuel pump and radiator fan. The inside of the firewall are turn signal relays from Painless Wiring - which lives up to their name in everything except price.
Digging through the scrap heap, I came across two pretty cool electronics chassis, both of which I've repurposed, one as a cover for the underhood electronics . . .
The other, a console, which I need to cut for a radio and cover with the Fender Tolex, but fits as though the rest of the interior was designed around it. I'm thinking a Stratocaster cable jackplate with a TRS Switchcraft connector to input the MP3 player.
I'm a month behind and falling, but it's closer now than when I brought it home.