Pretty much finished with the templates for the panels.

Will make some fine adjustments when I remove them.

I have to wait until the material I’m going to use arrives so
I can cut out and assemble the leather.

The roof panels are just rectangular pieces in different sizes
so I won’t be making any templates for them.

Bought more thick large sheets of paper and have now started making the templates for the interior panels in the car.
Have a bit left, will also make templates for the interior roof.

When everything is ready, it will be cut out everything from aluminum sheet and then covered with artificial leather.

Also managed to get a pair of turn signals / parking lights for the front of the car, not the easiest thing to find these days.

Always trying to make sure I do at least one thing a day to get the project moving.

Made all the seatbelt mounts today.
Will try to get the right color code for the car to paint all the mounts.
The color doesn’t really matter as everything will be covered with panels later.

Didn’t get much done today but I managed to get the battery box finished at least.
Reused the cut-off floor plate. Welded a frame around the plate.
Painted everything and installed a sealing strip under the plate.

I’ve been thinking a bit about how I should proceed with the electrical system that will control the opening of the doors and the connection of the speakers.

Found these, have placed an order for them and will install them in both front doors and the side door.

Hope it works as I have planned 🙂

Took the liberty of washing the tires and rims while they were still removed from the car. Made a slight difference.

I got hold of longer screws so now I have mounted 3 more leaf springs on each side.

If I lower the car, there is about 6cm between front axle and shock absorber.
The shock absorber can be compressed about 4cm so a total stroke of about 10cm in front.

The height at the front and rear of the car was as good as it could be and I also got some suspension too.

Also need to cut the screws that are too long for the front leaf suspension.

I’ve removed all the tires so the next step is to fill and bleed the brake system and see if I can get any life out of the brakes.

Both the front and rear axles were lowered so much that when I got the car home the axles were against the impact rubber.

Two things had been done to the rear axle.

1. The axle has been moved to the top of the spring package.
2. The rear mounting was pointing upwards instead of downwards.

So I removed the front mounting of the rear springs, pulled the axle forward slightly and angled the mounting downwards instead.

Now the axle is about 10cm from the impact rubber and the height at the back of the car was good.

The following has been done to the front axle.

1. The axle is mounted on the top of the spring package.
2. 3 leaf springs were removed on each side.

I received the removed springs but have to buy longer screws tomorrow. I will come back with before and after pictures of the front axle tomorrow after it is finished.

Not much visible has happened in the last few days.

I have installed the headlights and they are working.

Then I had a little problem with the windshield wipers.
They stopped working so I have done some troubleshooting and it turned out to be a ground fault which has now been fixed. I have also connected all the control wires for the ventilation.

I have new glasses for the parking lights/turn signals in the front but am missing the reflector that is behind the glasses on both sides. That will be a later problem.

I have cleaned up inside and outside the car after all the wiring.
I have not yet decided what I will start with next.

I have not fixed the fuel tank yet, I told the company that was going to help me fix the leak that there was no rush to get it fixed so it will come when it comes. So starting the engine will be a later project.

I am thinking of starting to fix the front and rear axle. Right now it is so lowered that it is at the bottom. Will re-install 4 leaves for the front suspension that were removed. The rear is incorrectly installed so I will start installing everything correctly and we will see what height the car gets.

Will also try to get the brakes working as well.

Will post some new pictures anyway, always something.

Now the + pole is attached to the battery.

No smoke so far so everything seems to be in order.

Have finished the electrical for the taillights.
The instrumentation is complete.
Fan, wiper, washer pump, horn are complete.
Now I just have to connect the headlights and parking lights in the front and the main electrical system is complete.

Had to rebuild the windshield wipers, new modern wiper blades.

The electricity took longer than I had expected.
The car came with a standard electrical system, the only thing I
have used from it is the fuse terminal.

I have built the rest myself as the functions I wanted were missing.

Made 2 connection terminals, the left one is for the rear of the car.
The right one is for the front of the car.

All cables are routed and connected. I have also connected everything to the engine. I have some electricity left for the instruments but should be finished soon.

So hopefully I can connect the positive cable to the battery after the weekend and we’ll see if anything works.

I also had to replace the fan motor for the ventilation because it sounded very bad.