Great evening on the car today! Finished drilling and riveting with p-clips the front brake pipes. The biggest issues were taking care to be sure there was no way the steering column could foul with the pipe and drilling the hole for the 4-way bolt. Ends up the 4-way bolt, that has to go from top to bottom of the chassis, is 6mm Ø. I only have 4,5mm Ø and 8mm Ø drill bits, nothing in between. Ended up using the 4,5mm Ø to enlarge the hole, which took a bit of time and lots of effort. Once more, it's proven that having the correct tools saves time and effort.
After that, started on the rear brake pipe. Spent a lot of time figuring out how to hold the pipe on the foot well wall, behind the peddles, since I couldn't fit the rivet pliers due to the engine being in place. Ended up holding the p-clip in place with some steel wire, let's see if that is deemed acceptable. At least it is well locked. Did a couple more rivets along the tunnel. No photos, those will come when the whole tunnel is done.
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