I'm reading a book that collects the "Letters from America" of that great expositor of them to us, Alistair Cooke.   His letter of 24/11/1963 was on the Assassination of President Kennedy.   He quotes Kennedy's Inaugural Address, in which he said, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill,that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty." While Trumpism rules, so I believe does Kennedy's view still exist among Americans.  They did, and will again another day, have such a generous view of their role in the world. John

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Sign of a good holiday  Trust the return isn't too grim

Wow that did fly by ? Sounds like you had a great trip

Update on the rear driveshafts, length, diameter and spline of the shaft i have found is all good and the subaru end is perfect however the end that goes into the MGF outer CV spline is rather short so would have to cut a circlip ring into the cv to retain it which is not ideal. I have ordered a differnt shaft for a similar car which has the same spline and off the photo the MGF end's splines look longer at 35mm opposed to the 20mm ones currenty on my  bench. Fingers crossed that eventually sorts the issue of the lack of Rover 100 shafts.

Back in Perth and now sat at the airport awaiting our 20 odd hours of torment. Been a great 4 weeks. The looming prospect of real life is unappealing   (understatement!)

Yep its billet, fairly reasonable pricing given that lumps of ally that big arent cheap plus the complex machining.   Yep there is a counter bore on the outside. I was thinking about the issues of the canley one and wonder if its a common casting with the other one they do with larger bearings (same bearing inside and outside sold under a bearing upgrade hub)

Studs will form their own spline when fitted. Presumably there is a counterbore on the outside for nuts for the disc holding bolts? Seems to be billet from the pics?