took out for another test drive and theres no backfiring.
ran lovely but a bit smokey.
fuel guage was not working so removed clocks and checked all wiring.
no fault found so removed fuel tank.
found that fuel sender unit was siezed and float would not go up or down.
tried to loosen with some wd but no luck .
tank was full of rust and fuel looked like muddy water so have ordered replacement tank and sender which should be here tomorrow along with other goodies i need.
tomorrows shipment should be,
90 spec original rear tint lights
parcel shelf (uncut)
boot carpet
passneger c/l motor
fuel tank and sender
door seal
and many other small bits and bobs.
should be like xmas morning lol
next stage is to get all the welding done
its not that much ,.but enough to to halt any further work.
only really got weekends to do this and a few evenins in the week so doing what i can when i can,
loving every minute of it though.
its like being 18 again lol