Well my son was keen to help today so we headed out this afternoon to the garage. I had polished the bumper up in the week and fitted it on. I’ll give it another polish when my new orbital polisher turns up.
With that done, drove the car outside and took both front wheels off so that I could bolt the bumper back on, refit the arch liners and the washer bottle etc. I discovered that both the front arch extensions were barely held on with at least four broken mounting lugs on each side so I riveted them in place from within the arch to keep it looking smart.
I don’t think I posted any pics of the arches after the repairs, but they are now looking quite fresh. There is still some cleaning to do though…
Finally fitted the new lock set I picked up from Simon, but only after fitting it have I discovered that the boot lock doesn’t seem to work. I will take another look at it again tomorrow. That was less of an issue than the ignition and the immobiliser ignition aerial, but eventually sorted that this evening. Finished up with some pics…
Just need to run through the checklist, but all being well should be in for an MOT on Monday.
Rallye Project 
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