Some Repairs for e12 (at last)

Now that the season is over and there might be some rest for the e12, I thought it would be good to get to some of those little jobs we never seem to have time for. I've got the old girl in the garage for the next couple of months, so I'm hoping to get some good time at it. The plan is:

• Relocate the battery to the boot (partially complete now)
• Fabricate a front strut brace
• Paint the area in front of the radiator under the bonnet
• Paint the repaired bonnet hinge (it's only been 14 years!)
• Fix the passenger door lock that was broken by an attempted thief (this one's been 11 years)
• Remove the rust from the passenger side rear door
• Cover the holes left by all the speakers that have now been removed
• Remove the rust under the driver's side tail light
• Install larger diameter brake cooling ducts
• Fix the leak in the power steering system
• Paint the windscreen wipers
  

So far, I've moved the battery to the boot and run the new cable. Very hard to do as it is so thick and didn't want to bend around corners. It all works now and just needs a new earth cable in the boot (mainly because the blue one looks dagy).

I've taken the bonnet hinge off and underneath looks pretty ugly. Not all that rusty, but the paint is shot and needs to come off. The hinge itself should be pretty easy to paint though. It all looks in good nick and just needs a rub back and a new coat.