Wings

Now its go a bit warmer I've been doing a few of those jobs I've been meaning to get round to and others that needed finishing off. This weekend I managed to finish off the brake lines and fuel line, a bit of work on the rear hubs, repainting the rear chassis and spring plate and fitting the new rear shocks. Last week I got the front wings on, I had a problem with the captivated nut to retain the headlight ring on the left front wing. The old bolt was stuck in, the paint shop was supposed to remove this but instead they just cut it off, this mean I had to drill it out and fix in a new nut with epoxy.

Wing Drilled Out

Nut Glued in with Epoxy

I also fitted the drop glass in the door and the window mechanism. Finally on bank holiday Monday I fitted the rear wings and the CSP LED lights.

The next major job with is a minor cause for anxiety is to get the doors to fit correctly. I found an article that takes drastic measures in which you adjust the body using the main body mounts, I'll post a link when I fit the doors if all goes well. After that is done I can fit the running boards and bumpers once they have been powder coated.

My plan for the next couple of weeks is to fit the stereo (once I figure out how to fit the glove box liner) and speaker wired, new carpet and finish off the wiring.
I'm happy with the way that the black handles and headlight rims and quarter light posts are working with the green, but I am starting to think it needs the bonnet and side trims adding to break it up.

Glass at Last

After ordering the new tinted glass in July 2013, the last piece finally turned up in January 2014!

So far I've managed to fit one front opening quarter light in the drivers door but cant fit the door windows because I am missing the channel guides.

Then this weekend me and John fitted the main windows, this is a job I've sort of been dreading after hearing that the windscreen can break! The hardest part on the whole process was fitting the rubber seals to the glass and we ended up fitting the rubbing in the middle of the alley way in the pouring rain!

As well as dreading this job, I've been wanting to get it out of the way so that the padded dash can fitted and finish off the electrics. Also the big protective boxes the glass arrived in have been taking up space and now they are gone I can have a sort out of all the parts to be fitted.

The read quarters went in without and trauma, as did the rear; the one that cause a lot of swearing was the front windscreen. We proceeded with caution with this as I didn't want to wait another 6 months for a replacement. To explain the lead time, the glass is tinted and turns out is special order. I revived the rear windscreen a couple of day after ordering it, then the majority of it turned up in October but when it arrived at the suppliers warehouse it was cracked so had to wait another 3 months for a replacement.

The front windscreen finally went in after 4 attempts! After big sigh of relief and a quick trip to the tip to get rid of the boxes, the next stop was the pub and celebratory pint (or 4). I was hoping that my idea of de-chrome with black handles would work and I'm happy how well they look in contrast to the green. 

Fitting the windows is one of those jobs like the headliner that really transforms the car and the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel is glowing ever brighter.