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Well after an interesting week sorting out earths and failing ignition, today I finally got the car to the wheel alignment after replacing all of the suspension and other works.

The car had 16mm of toe in, so previous owner in Boston had no idea. The rack needed to be centred and once that was done we set it to 3mm toe in on the front and 4mm on the rear. Castor ended up at 4'30" on the left and 4'25" on the right. Camber -00 43' left and -00 45' right.

Springs are a bit stiff and even the new Alden's can't control them enough so I may have to look at revising the spring rates.

BUT:
Apart from a few trips down the shops or to repair places, I've never really driven it. So tonight when the good lady wife got home, we jumped in and did 162 miles through the hills on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Quite a bit of bump steer on bad holes, and not overly precise steering with those 11" front wheels and 275 tyres, but the car is actually pretty nice to drive.

No Testarossa mind you, but I was pleasantly suprised. So nice to finally reap the fruits of the labour after over a year of working on it.

I reckon Bob would be pretty happy with it, and sad he sold it if he drove it now.