Just what you NoCal folks need now....rain. I'll respond point by point:
1) I'll look at those sites, THX
2) Wow, I'm trying to remember what British cars I've had...5 TR3s over the decades. Last one I completely restored incuding floor panels and trunk panel, new everything, balanced punched out the pistons etc. Hard top. Broke my heart to sell it. Had an Austin 1100, 2 Spridgets (still have a 73 MG), an MGA... Hmm, I'll have to change my obviously false memory of owning over a dozen British cars. Seems I can only recall 9...
At any rate, I really wish you lived next door. I'm having a beast of a time starting to put the used dash in 'Midge'. I have a British friend coming over soon who is good with electrics.
My present dilemma is really the 58 Nash. I bought a 'cable tracker'. Neat tool, which should help me speed up the torturous job of tracing many bodged wire repairs. I really don't want to get a whole new loom but may go that route to make it more dependable.
3) no rust found on the body so far, floors are a bit thin and already have f/g patches so I'll continue that proud tradition. This car will be a nice looking ride but I don't have the energy to build it from scratch as the TR3.
4) I'll sort out the wiring first, so as to be able to have it start and run dependably, then I'll look at the suspension and finally paint it. Is it a beast to put a loom in these cars? I teetering on that one and I did it on the TR3...
Oh, and the reason I walked in was to get a pic to ID the back of the ignition/light switch. There are no markings on the aftermarket one that 'dear PO' installed badly. Any thoughts? I'll post a pic here.
Cheers.
Thom