Another light day in the shed today I put the diff up on some axle stands it is from a Standard 10 made some time in the 1950s the same diff was used in the early Lotus 7s, the first series 1 lotus 7s used a BMC live axle from the Nash Metropolitan until they sourced a supply from Standard Triumph for the series 2 they cost less at the time and were lighter and came with a choice of ratios [4.1:1 and 4.55:1] the down side was that they had smaller 7 inch brakes but by using the Triumph 7 inch front brakes the wheel stud pattern was the same both front and back for the first time.
I removed the brake drums and the brake shoes are near new and the adjusters are not seized and the square screw heads are not rounded off so it looks like they have done little work since a rebuild, the rubber cups on the slave cylinders are aged so to match the new front disk brakes they will be replaced with 11/16 cylinders as used on the later Spitfires, Vitesse and GT6s the drums are quite worn so I will replace them with a pair of new ones as the cost is not much more than having them milled. the arms for the hand brakes are still there but a hand brake lever is not fitted on the car, I am not sure if I will fit one although the weight of adding one would be minimal and it would be handy when working on and loading the car on the trailer I am open to suggestions on this.
The diff seems free and there is not much lash on the pinion so a coat of paint and we are good to go.
The gearbox also got a clean down and a repaint today and the cottage green color I am using for the frame and a few other parts such as the engine and driveshaft is very 60s so the car should not look too modern.
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