[Dave Bilyk]

In the last few weeks, while I prepared the car for the road, I fitted traditional style wing mirrors over the wheel arches, and replaced the front body mesh with alloy mesh, the effect of this on cooling is very significant, since the old steel mesh was very tight, and the new alloy mesh is much more open, there is a lot maore airflow through the rad, she now runs at 75degC instead of 90degC and only heats up when stationary.
My 'number plate' was painted on the old grille, but in the interests of moving a little further towards legality, I have put a stick on plate on the top of the nose. While not legal, it is the only real option, and since it has the correct white reflective background and black letter size, and is easily visible I believe it to be legal in the spirit of the law anyway. Any comments?
A dose of Tcut and a good polish, and I am quite pleased with the result of the front end makeover.
p.s should I continue the black stripe down the grille by painting it on ? mmmm