As part of trial fitting all the parts supplied in the chassis pack got round to the handbrake. It quickly became apparant that there was an issue with the operation since the eyelet on the end of the handbrake itself wasn't welded on square:
Following some angle grinder work the eyelet was thinner but square - still sufficiently thick to do the trick:
Next a standard Sierra handbrake cable (drum) trial fitted and operation checked:
As others have found the cable itself rubs against the middle pillar on the nearside of the transmission tunnel. I'll need to sort out something to attach to the pillar for the cable to rub against instead of the chassis metal - probably some sort of rounded plastic bar (anyway that will need to be sorted later).
Next, attention turned to trial fitting the steering rack (Escort quickish rack - 2.9:1) - nice alloy rack mounts:
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