Excellent thanks. Interesting that it faces sideways as well rather than forward.

Well Rob at Amazon cars has pulled the rabbit out of the hat and has a e bracket and cable.. Fantastic.

That is the hot ticket. Looks a little crusty; but, a trip to the abrasive blaster and some powder coat will probably have it looking new.

The crank part of the mechanism pivots in a synthetic bushing of some sort that presses into the firewall. It is that beige coloured piece in my photos and appears to be no longer available. If Amazon cars can't supply the original (which may have disintegrated), you will probably have to have a replacement machined from one of those oily engineered plastics such as Acetal or Delrin. The bracket part is attached to the firewall with nutserts / rivnuts.

Yeah will tidy up everything and make it all look nice when the car goes for paint is the plan.

I assume the bush in he bulkead is the same for the linkage for the carbs. Mine was missing but I got a replacement off ebay but it wasn't secured with rivnuts. Part number 25 looks like what I bought, didn't want to go in without a struggle. I have some Delrin so can turn one up if needed.

Probably the same bushing as for the carburettor linkage. It is just push to fit in the firewall. My comment about rivnuts was for mounting the bracket. The original application uses a nut held in a metal cage which is pushed into the hole in the firewall. The cage falls apart or the nut starts to slip in the cage so you can't tighten it. Rivnuts are the quick solution.

Yep will just use rivenuts for the bracket.

Started stripping the 142, she's off for a full respray at the end of the month. Such a fantastic old beast the 142.

How is your center grill and headlight surrounds? On my 142 the center black ribs were pretty bent up and the surrounding bright trim was also pretty dented. It is all rather thin aluminum. Nice that it doesn't rust; but, a hard stare will create a dent in the aluminum and my car had seen a lot of action on gravel roads.

Many hours with a tiny pick and hammer managed to get the black parts looking good. A little spot filler in a few spots around the headlight and then some satin black epoxy (or maybe it was powder coat since I have used both) on the black parts had them looking very respectable. The bright trim was an absolute pain. Hammered out the dents and filed down and polished. In a few spots managed to file right through the trim. Where the hole was on the flat part of the trim I got a tig welder to put down a dab which was filed flat; but on the highly curved front part of the trim the welder did not want to put a dab. He couldn't really see well from the back side and didn't want to risk blowing right through the trim. Had to use some silver grey epoxy to fill from the back side and then dab in some bright silver paint from the front. Not perfect; but, they are pin holes so not really obvious.

Bit more progress. Delicate bits getting trim off. Looks solid but a good few of the trim clips missing or knackered. Need to see how how many spare ones I have.

The ones fitted and sides are really decent but I have a NOS grill and one NOS headlight surround to fit. I have NOS front wings, the front panel was virtually new and have a spare boot lid, the side trim are NOS as well as the mirrors and have one NOS door handle. Pretty much all I could source.

Forgot also NOS bumpers with rubbers. A lot of hens teeth parts here in the UK.