Bonnet struts

It's been a few weeks since my last update, so I best fill you in on what has been done recently.
The radiator I am using is from a Peugeot 205, a common upgrade for the Triumph Spitfire. While it fits nicely due to it being quite short and very wide, one problem incurred is how to fit in the bonnet support. The original support folds away forward when the bonnet is down, however with the new radiator there is not enough space for it to fold away. To get round this I am using a pair of gas struts from the boot door of a Rover 214.
I made sure that when I got the gas struts from a breakers that they came with the ball joints used to attach them to the car, these ball joints have a M8 thread on them, which I used with a locknut and washers to hold them onto the inner wheel arch of the bonnet. The other end of the strut is attached to one of the front quarter valance mounting plates, via a right angle bracket made from an old number plate bracket.
The whole bonnet is a lot easier to lift up now as, past a point, the gas struts assist the lift and once up holds the bonnet quite firmly, well worth it I reckon.

I have had to move the GT6 around the barn recently, so the steering column was fitted again and much to my annoyance, I found that the steering shaft was touching the exhaust manifold. Fortunately, this problem is easily overcome by moving the steering rack over again, this did require though a little extra clearance for the steering knuckle joint as it passes through the suspension turret.

Around the car, some of the smaller jobs have been completed, with the clutch slave cylinder serviced and connected and the brake hydraulic system also connected although neither have been filled or bled yet.

In the footwells, the sound deadening has been laid down, with the rest of the car yet to do. One thing I do not want to do is to cover the rest of the inside of the car and find there is not enough material left to cover both sides of the gearbox tunnel, that area being a major source of heat.