With only a few weeks to go before the Concours of America we thought we better get in stuck and fix some issues with the car so we got it into surgery:

Where we removed the TIM and BRAID stickers we have had on the car since we got it:

Put the stock steering wheel back on:

Put the stock wheels back on:

And found the right screws for the trunk carpet that covers the fuel tank:

Although it’s not really concours related we did want to replace the valve lifters in the head as one or two sound as if they are sticking lately.

Maybe this was the culprit. It was in about the right position considering where the noise was coming from.

Then off to Auto Europe to get it detailed, with a month to spare!