Project hubcab. End

Got some bonus time down the workshop which was mainly to get the Austin started but i also needed some closure. Project hubcap has been in the pipline for quite a while now, and i have spent many and hour mulling over how best to attach the ye olde hubcaps to the more modern wheels, the two just weren't meant to be one. So after getting the clips all the way from the U.S.A. via Canada (thanks to my north american courier for these) and having a false start involving some glue that just wasn't stong enough i needed a plan B. This would inevitably be more work but meh, thats where the fun is right?. I needed 20 grub screws (M4 x 12mm), a M4 tap, a 3.3mm drill bit, 20 M4 stainless steel washers and 20 M4 stainless steel nylock nuts, and the rest of the previously discarded glue.

I expertly and super accurately marked out where the holes would be drilled, just so happened that this paint tin was the perfect diameter.

I drilled the holes, and cut them to M4 thread.

and screwed in the grub screws to check for fit.

the glue was then mixed and applied to hold them in place. I could have welded them on the backside, and i might still do that, but i didn't really have time for that on this workshop trip.
the clips were then fitted using the washers and lock nuts.

Cap in place, finito.