First radius arm ready

Had to run out and check the ceiling at my sister's place tonight-I'm going to repair some water damage for her starting this weekend. Didn't leave too much time for the Mini but I spent an hour or two on it. Got the first radius arm backplate painted, and reassembled the lot. Started cleaning and disassembling the other arm, hopefully I'll finish it tomorrow.

Left to right: Refreshed radius arm, old drum, new spacer drum.

Started going through my boxes of spares, and found the spacer drums that are to be used when running discs at the front. These drums give a bit of a wider track to the rear, to closer match the wider track of the disc-braked front. I trial fitted them, and will have to fit longer studs in order to use them. They are also a bit heavier-I have minifin drums that I was using up front, maybe I will use these at the rear with spacers. A decision for another day.

The garage is getting crowded-I need to get rid of the old shell. Anyone need a rusty, partly fixed shell? Good  starting point for a fiero-based kit, or maybe a trailer project...or the coolest urban chicken coop this side of the pond.

Some crowdiness, today.