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[Jared Mk3]

This is how I mounted the mirrors to the body, with a grommet :

And just because we were bored, mine and my brother's Clubby :

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 06:34 PM.

[Vinay-RS]

Making the folks in the UK jealous with that lovely summer sun ;)

[ribz0]

Hi ya Jared..

 

The car is coming along now mate!! Hows that roof lining going? I reckon I will be able to hear the sigh of relief here in oz when its done... heeheehee... 

 

Have a great Christmas mate..

 

Cheers

[Jared Mk3]

Thanks mate :) I keep putting it off, but I know I have to do it at some stage. As you say, I'm sure you'll know exactly when I'm done!!

A good Christmas to you too mate! Keep well.

[Jared Mk3]

I haven't exactly done all that much lately, but I decided to pull my finger out today and do something. When I started working, it was well over 30 degrees C outside. During that time I went over the pedalbox again and made sure everything was right and fitted the steering column bracket. I then started modifying the underdash tray and finished with this :

 

 

It promptly started pouring down after this, so I can't do much more at the moment. I still haven't glued the headlining in - have to wait for assistance with this part . . . Oh well.

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 06:35 PM.

[Vinay-RS]

Ah man, so you're going to use it, guess it isn't going to be sold. Oh well I'll keep looking for one then :)

 

It's odd to hear that it is raining over there always thought it was really dry.

[Jared Mk3]

Unfortunately, I am, yes. It'll allow me to actually have some kind of dash space.

 

We go through times of drought and other times of excessive rain. It's usually summer rain, whereas the Cape is winter rains.

[Vinay-RS]

Actually I think the Cape is all year round rain 

[Jared Mk3]

It probably is 

 

I decided to get a start with the rooflining and glued the front windscreen section. I'll try and do more tomorrow and then add some pictures.

[Jared Mk3]

I managed to contort my poor arm into getting the dash tray to fit. This is the finished look :

 

 

You can't quite see it in that picture, but the heater pipe fits very tightly up against the tray and in the cut-out.

 

I also did something different to the norm and fitted the washer bottle here :

 

 

With the bottle out of the bracket, I'm able to get a compressor in for the spring, so I should be ok. All to try and save as much space as possible. 

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 06:36 PM.

[Vinay-RS]

That washer bottle fitting looks really nice :)

[Jared Mk3]

Thanks man  As out of the way as possible.

[Jared Mk3]

I cleaned and polished up the door step plates today (not the best picture, but they're clean!) :

 

 

And fitted them up :

 

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 06:37 PM.

[Jared Mk3]

The rooflining is about 80% glued in. I don't think it looks too be bad at the moment, for someone who has never done something like this before :

 

 

I cut the front piece out roughly (it was getting dark). This will be neatened up later on.

Edited by Jared Mk3, 02 July 2017 - 06:37 PM.

[Vinay-RS]

^^ Looks very professional