Dateline - 10/16/2016 - It's getting hard to believe, but I'm running out of things to work on! This week I got a shipment from SNG Barratt that had some items I ordered including the chrome wings that sit next to the trunk lock, the right rear door seal and the plastic fittings that hold a little chrome piece on the back doors. So I installed all of those this weekend. Man I'm glad the door seals are done! They sure are PITA!
With all those miscellaneous things out of the way, I started working on the door panels. I had finished the right front door panel many years ago, but the left one I had to tear apart because it did not fit with the new dash. Good thing because after I had put in all the trim, wind-lacing and kick panels, the panel no longer fit in the door opening! So I went at it with my Dremel tool and saber saw and cut away quite a bit of the door panel to get it to fit. It took most of the day Saturday to cut, sand, fit and cut again. But I finally got the panel to fit, including the scrapers. Now I have to saw a new vinyl cover and glue it all together.
I tackled the right front panel on Sunday. This one was "finished", but like the left, it no longer fit in the opening either. However, this one required a lot less modification. I was able to pull away the vinyl and foam backing without much problem and again with the Dremel and saber saw! Once I got it to size, I needed to re-fiberglass a portion of it, so I broke out the epoxies and went to town. Because I had not done any epoxy work in over a year, I had to spend some time getting my epoxy pumps tools to work correctly. That was a messy job! But I prevailed and finally got the door epoxied. Now, all I need to do is sand a bit more and glue the vinyl back and that door panel should be ready for installation!
Also, I installed the new rear view mirror. The old one was attached to the trim piece that span across the front window. It was in pretty bad shape and so I decided to buy a window mounted mirror that had map lights built into it. I installed it and it works perfect! Very pleased!
The last thing I did Sunday was work on the fiberglass piece that covers the blinker switch and steering column. I got it sanded down so that it doesn't interfere with the steering wheel anymore, but now need to figure out how to mount it and saw a new vinyl cover for it. I think I know how I am going to mount it, but that will have to wait for a couple of weekends because next weekend, I'm going fishing!
