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14/06/2009 First fit of the windscreen. The filler piece beneath needed a lot of work on it to make it a reasonable fit. I don't know what car Marlin made it for but it wasn't my Sportster!	14/06/2009 Bolting up the windscreen under the scuttle. Actually a pretty good fit here. You have to pack out the lower mount and mine was reasonably symmetrical (3 washers one side 4 the other)	14/06/2009 Little escutcheon covers hole where screen support passes through scuttle. I had to polish these myself as Marlin had forgot to do it. I made a gasket out of some leather cloth to stop the water pouring in.	14/06/2009 Grab handle for the nervous passenger... I made this from a standard door handle from Screwfix, cut down and titivated with some heat shrink and base made from nylon washers.

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14/06/2009 New wing bracket. The improvement is amazing. The wing still bounces up and down- but not nearly so much - and no sign of coming loose after the first strip of 40 or so miles. Why Marlin couldn't have come up with something like this I don't know.	14/08/09 Dash eyebrow trim. I gave up with the U-shaped foam and just made this from ply and covered in leathercloth. I may reduce the width sometime in the future as it looks a bit heavy.	14.08/09 Matching door top trim	14/08/09 Fitting the tonneau. I fitted it at the rear first and then stretched it using some cord tied to the front fasterners to get the position correct. Masking tape has centreline.


14/08/09 Final fitting. Not perfect but it will keep the rain off.	14/08/09 You can zip out just the driver panel. Hopefully should keep the rain off the rest of the car should you be caught in a shower.	14/08/09 I had a brainwave. These curtail hangers help to support the tonneau and stop it sagging. I think they will be very helpfull when drivng with part ot the tonneau on.	14/08/09 I bought this new rubber section from Woolies for the windscreen closing panel.


14/08/09 Fits much better than the simple U trim supplied by Marlin and fills all the gaps.	14/08/09 I wasn't happy with security of the bonnet so I have fitted a switch tied to the alarm. I re-used a BMW door switch - fits a treat!	05/10/09 Wiper motor mounted on ali plate under scuttle. I had left the BMW wiper wiring in place and it all worked first time (well second time actually...)	05/10/09 I managed to buy 2 wiper boxes and bundy tube (for a mini) from ebay. I bought a third wiper box from mini spares. I cut n shut the bundy tube to give me 3 pieces of the corect length. You can see the join I made (silver soldered). I made a little jig to remake the bell at the end of the tubes that had been cut. Total cost - about £35.


05/10/09 I made some mods to the heater box while I was at it. Elbow directs the hot air to where you want it. The light (A GT6 number platre light) illuminates the footwell when the door is opened.	05/10/09 Ali drinks bottle from Wilco makes a fine washer bottle. I wanted ali because of its proximity to the exhaust manifold.	05/10/09 Non-return valve is essential if you do't want to wait 5 minutes for the water...	05/10/09 WW pump. This is a Lucas vane pump. The first one I tried from Mafco was useless as it wouldn't self prime.