A rolling chassis gathers no moss.

Before getting round to making the chassis roll once more, I cleaned up the check-straps. These are part of the select band of parts to have been brought into the house to be soaked and scrubbed. I am somewhat tickled by the Hi-Speed reference, but the Dunlop yellow looks good and is period appropriate.

After bolting on the bump stops, and adding the check straps (half only) I put the rear axle in with a little more ease than the front despite the increased weight of the springs. I promptly made the chassis roll free again! I have chocked it up so it is sitting on the U-bolts ends rather than on any paint. This allowed the wheels to come off and the brakes to be opened up once more. This will allow painting of the hubs and a check that they are in fine fettle. The springs need to compress a bit to let me get the check straps fully on and to install the dampers. Hopefully the weight of the engine will achieve that. With that I let the chassis do the talking .