I have the dash wiring done, which was a big job. I added a third dash light for the turn signal indicator. Apparently the prior owner intended to add turn signals, which were not added to production TD's until about 3000 cars after this one. The new wiring harness he had purchased has provisions for turn signals. I had to make sure my front fender lights were setup for two filaments, plus had to purchase a turn signal relay and blinker unit. Also had to drill a hole and install the third dash light, it's the red one right in the middle of the dash. Hope it all works!
I did have to use a wire nut in one place. The original design apparently had four red wires all being trapped under one screw on the back side of the ignition switch. I did not feel this would be reliable, so instead I put three of them together with a wire nut with one pigtail then connecting to the switch and the fourth wire.
I made a trip to Jonesboro Arkansas on January 10th to visit Don Bridger of MG Bits and Spares and brought back a whole bunch of either new parts or good used parts. Here's a picture of one of the used hubcaps that I cleaned up and painted the medallion, looks pretty good:
And here's a picture of the license plate light I got from Don (this is a NOS Lucas part, not a reproduction):
The gas tank and radiator are repaired locally, will be picked up tomorrow. I installed 8 new brake shoes, the prior owners friend Howard expressed concern over this work in riveting the brake lining to the shoes. I got all new shoes with bonded linings on sale from Little British Car Company.
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