A Small Number of Liberties Taken
In order to accomplish my base-line presentation, I bolted on some missing parts that I'd sourced, such as a steering column cover, and a correct cam cover. For the few Works-specific parts that were either missing or not yet mounted to the car, I did my best to mock-up a prototype with what I had available. I've listed these “Liberties” below, to minimize any confusion over which pieces are authentic to the car, and which pieces I've contributed. Car car is largely parts-complete, so the list is thankfully short:
The front and rear spot lights look fairly correct at a glance, but are not the originals. I made them up from other spot lights, and rigged them to the bumpers in their approximate final locations. Having them in place helped me debug all the lighting circuits from the original wiring harness. Thankfully, the two original harness trunks were in place, and functional.
The bumpers the spot lights sit on are not original, and probably incorrect.
The Kobe Seiko wheels are fairly accurate modern magnesium replicas. I have a few originals, but not enough for a complete set. And as to finding a set of mountable Dunlop SP44 snow tires? Foggedaboutit!
The headlight buckets are correct 1970 Works buckets with heater vents, but they may be from any one of the three Works cars brought to Holland in 1971. The story of their acquisition by the prior owner is a tale onto itself, for a later time. So — they are correct, but possibly not original to the car.
The jack plates are bolted on with modern hardware, using the mounting holes already on the car . The right-side jack plate is of the correct type, and the mounting holes lined up well. The left-side one is definitely not correct looking, but I installed it anyways for effect, and will modify it properly during restoration.
The rear mud flaps are hung using Ace hardware materials, utilizing the existing mounting holes already on the car. When the car is eventually lowered to Monte-Carlo spec ride height, these mud flaps will be too tall, and I’ll substitute in shorter flaps.
The car is missing it’s sump guard, front jacking points, and original front spot light mounts.
The competition struts are Works parts, bearing Works part numbers, but are off-road ride height. Shorter struts will need to be sourced (or made) and substituted, in order to lower the car to it’s original Monte-Carlo Spec. Contrary to the belief of some, at least a few (possibly all?) of the early Works rally cars did not incorporate adjustable ride height struts. In order to change the ride height, service teams would need to replace the strut towers and/or springs.
There are a few other small items, but those I've listed above would be the most noticeable to Works Z rally enthusiasts. I'll go into each of these in more detail later.
Those pieces aside, most Works-specific parts and intricate details are present, which will make the restoration much more straightforward. That said, there are a few random things which have gone missing, of which there is no known documentation or surviving examples to reference. One such missing piece is the ignition harness adapter, which brings the ignition wires and fuel pump power together at the ignition switch, and adds a control switch on the steering column. This previously unknown switch can clearly be seen in period photos of several of the very early Works cars. Unfortunately, but both the switch and the harness adapter are no longer with the car, making it’s true function and internal design unknown, and unrecoverable. For the moment, I’ll have to take a guess as to the function of the switch and how the harness adapter was wired.