First I whipped off the manky old rocker cover to reveal the shiny rocker gear underneath, and dry fitted a silicone gasket (I will probably fit some gasket sealer to the rocker cover itself on final fitment).
Next I popped the "Bodgewell" rocker cover on from the old engine, and re fitted the DSN thermostat housing with a new gasket + hardware (but borrowing the old rad bracket for now - might get a shiny stainless one soon). Since the last update, I've also acquired a new thermostatic switch to screw into the top which replaces the Davies Craig-specific one which used to be fitted, since I'm doing away with the electric water pump + controller.
The new switch is 1/8 NPT thread, and the old one was 1/4 NPT so this required an adapter to fit; I'm concerned that with the added height of the adapter + the switch, this might have clearance issues with the bonnet and isn't a particularly tidy installation, so I may need to rethink this approach...
Next I removed the water pump blanking plate, cleaned up the gasket mating face, and fitted a new high capacity mechanical water pump and a large diameter anodised pulley to match the other red DSN parts.
I've also had to consider and account for some differences between the donor car and my '65 - on my old engine, the solenoid is mounted where the coil is meant to go on the new one. So I pinched the original Mk1 solenoid bracket, gave it a quick respray, fitted a new push-button Lucas solenoid to it, and relocated the coil to sit on top of one of the cylinder head studs to make room for it.
The DSN coil bracket is lovely but it's very thick, so I don't have enough exposed thread on the stud to secure a nut onto it, and it's just sat in place at the moment. I don't really want to disturb the head gasket by playing around with the head studs or nuts so I'll see if I can figure out another way to mount it properly, but the positioning should work well. You may also have noticed the new anodised heater take off to carry on the red theme
Finally it's all starting to come together - I tried on the carbs for size and I must say I'm rather liking the look!
However I did attempt to fit the alloy rad + electric fan after all this, and unfortunately the fan sits too proud and fouls on the water pump pulley
so considering I do need to rethink the thermostatic switch anyway, I might just end up ditching the idea of the electric fan altogether and simply convert back to a mechanical fan instead. I could potentially relocate the electric fan to the other side of the rad, but with the original inner wing + shroud in the way, I'm not sure how efficient this would be and I really don't want to butcher the bodywork to make it fit and work properly. What's more is the additional engine steady coming off the thermostat is going to be very very tight with the twin carb setup, so I may have to ditch this as well! I'll need to do a bit of head scratching and work out the best approach to solve both of these issues.
Sorry to say but why all these red parts on your engine, in my humble opinion it makes it a bit out of the box and not 1965 worthy.
not wanting to risk petrol leaking onto the exhaust manifold directly below, and with less confidence in the twin setup than I began with, I finally relented and decided on whacking on the old single carb from the previous engine to at least get this one running and drivable enough to make the short trip to Goodwood.
so that needs to be fixed 
