16/7/08
another page. i dunno if these pages are too small for some of y'as.. but think about the 56k'ers! ..just so they dont have to load 100pics.
anyway, glass went in monday/tuesday this week. effin finaly.

^in that pic you can see the black urethane (??) rubber glue stuff, aswell as the clips that hold the stainless trims on.
biggest pain in the ass was after digging out and cleaning up the demisterless rear glass i HAD, was finding it had two horizontal marks across the middle from a visor or something. so i bit the bullet and bought a brand new rear screen to match the new front. they DO look really nice when new though. :)

.new..

shame is, the rear glass has no black boarder.. so you can see the glue!! crap. if i ever do this again (AND ANYONE WHO READS THIS AND IS GOING TO DO ONE), paint the window edge. if it was black, you wouldnt notice. on the yellow however, it is faaar too visible. gonna have to sort something for this :(

anyway, all extremley neat.. and looks great with all the stainless finally on. :)

...aaaand inside...

then it was time to find all the other interior gear...

somehow my rear view mirrors had multiplied...

... different, but all the part numbers are the same?!? using the middle one anyway..

..and those are the visors. not too bad nick surprisingly. :)

finally, a pic for the sake of it... dont think there have been enough pics in this post... ;)

allfornow :)

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08-08-08... luckyday? i dunno. update day though!

more pics of a bit more progress:
needed to cover the door inspection holes before i stuck the doorcards on.

went to clarks rubber and bought some .3mm (ithink) plastic sheet. was 9bucks a meter or something. bought a meter and a half WHICH IS MORE THAN ENOUGH (just buy 1m!).

also got some 'sikaflex' gluey stuff to stick it on with. this stuff can be an absolute shytefight if you arent careful! i think this is... 19bucks.. or something?

next, cut up the plastic to the shape of the inspection hole recess...

last thing i did before sticking the plastics on, was spray 'fish oil' EVERYWHERE. had no idea what to do with it, so just sprayed the insides of the doors till it ran at the drip-holes. had to leave the doors open all day cos it wouldnt stop leaking. haha.. least it wont rust eh!

then put the clips on the backs of the doorcards, and with a bit of fiddling, got them on the doors!

very swish. :p

also have dug out a bunch of interior bits n pieces to neaten up n put in.

actually have 2 pairs of those A-pillar trims. 1 pair metal, the other plastic! went with the metal ones even though that had started to rust where they are pushed down into the dash corner/inner cowl areas.
cleaned them, ground away the rust, scuffed up the rest, and did em in satin black:

also, under-dash has been broken in the past, and had a brown replacement :/
no drama though!

interestingly, got a couple of other bits lately. venetian is a very nice repro from somewhere in NSW, while the spare wheel bolt and handbrake cover (mine was cracked all over) came from people on ebay.

well, wiring still needs to be done. got out the old loom which id carefully labelled and put away:

yyyeh... maybe not! hahaha

had to lay out that mess. dont need it, but whoever does the job of making a new loom and rewiring the car might need it for reference.
its been absolutley butchered over the years. has been hacked for the twin headlight front, gas setup, and audio wiring.

thats going to be a helluva job, and i have NO idea about it. really not too sure with wiring.

oh.. found the dash too.

..been cut for a radio, which is a bit of a shame. check the kays out though! hehhe

well...thats it for now.