Dateline - 10/08/2016 - This weekend and put the car back on its wheels so that I could work on the passenger side front door. I had to put the car on its wheels because I needed to push it forward about 18 inches in the garage to clear the center post. I still need to bleed the brakes and change the tires for new ones. So it will be back on jack stands soon!
I spent most of the day on Saturday putting the door back together. After doing three of them already, I had pretty much figured out all the tricks, but it still very fiddly work. It took about four hours, but I got most of it back together.
I also took care of some side projects. I needed to paint the inside of the air collector in the front scuttle, so I finished that and installed the grill and front windshield wash nozzles. I also installed the window wipers too, now that I have a front window!
I also changed the dash somewhat. I took out the clock in the center of the dash because I realized that, if I use the battery cut off a lot, resetting the clock is going to be a pain. So instead of the clock, I installed a Jaguar badge that I purchased to go on top of the shift knob but was too big. It's off a modern jaguar and looks really good in the center of the dash!
I also re-installed trim that I had to take out to put the front window in, as well as installed the window trim that goes around the sides of the front window. Finally, I installed the dash pad.
The interior is coming along really well. Next weekend I'm going to work on fitting the door panels. I know I'm going to need to modify them to fit. I really guessed wrong on the shape of the door opening once all the trim is in. Oh well. Everything is custom, so all it takes is time to fix.
