Removing rear springs

[Robert Leigh]

Thanks again for the offer, Nick. As I told you I was spoilt for choice and finally chose a spring from five; it had the nearest curve to my old spring but I felt it was not near enough. By taking the main leaf and bending it cold I assembled it with the rest of my old spring, giving an assembly which fitted together snugly and seemed to have exactly the profile I had before breakage. I have been progressing with other jobs which turned up during dismantling, in particular welding cracks in the floor which I had not been aware of, and cleaning and painting the usually unseen bits which are now accessible. Hopefully I will have a better car after all this.