Heater

This car is currently without a heater. Since I have all sorts of time on my hands currently, I drug out of my TR-3a stash a spare heater that I was saving for parts. It's not the same as the XK120 heater ( it's taller but it also mounts higher) but once installed, other than the identification plate which is visable under the dash, should be virtually visually identical.

So I disassembled it to check for problems. It is actually in pretty good shape. The motor was froze up but a little WD-40 and a little time and it came loose. It took a little longer to get it to run free but it now does and it runs under its own power. The core looks very good but it needs to be checked under pressure for leaks. Beyond that it needs blasting and painting, and the top mounting plate needs to have new holes drilled to align with the holes in the heater box mounted in the firewall. Piece of cake.

Wheel Trim

Look what I have been reduced to. Without the 120 in the car cave, my life has become a challenge to find meaning. And frankly, the parts left here that need work are getting scarse. Not that lots and lots of parts are not still required, it's just that there are few old parts left here that are worth redoing. So the wheel trim rings got some attention. They are stainless steel and were pretty rough with dings and scrapes. So the dings got somewhat pinged out, then sanded, then buffed. Now they are merely rough.


Also, in my boredom I drilled out all of the stainless rivets from the top structure and then took the convertible top bows and parts to the chromer.