Worked on the front seats for a few days now.
Adjusted and remade the brackets under the seats.
Repainted the wheel arches in the car and finally assembled everything with belts etc.
Front seats
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Hood / Engine Dogbox
No updates last days but here are some updates.
The last few days I have been working on the engine covers.
I have straightened, welded, repaired rust, filled in a lot of holes, putty, painted, installed rubber strips, installed thermal insulation and installed the covers.
Since the new distributor was twice as big compared to the original, I had to build out a little cover so it would go free.
Below you can see the result. I still have the same job on the cover on the top.
But that will be another time.
Front grill
I felt like I needed to do something else for a while so I started fixing the grill on the car.
The guy who did the rust repair on the car and removed all the door handles also did some work on the front of the car. The bottom part of the grill is welded and integrated with the bumper. When I took over the car, the rest of the grill was missing but I managed to get a pretty nice grill that I was going to use.
I have started rebuilding the grill so that it will fit. Cut off the bottom part, welded end plates on. Welded the holes for the chrome strip.
Also made four new countersunk holes for the upper screws that hold the grill.
The next step will be to make three guide pins for the lower part of the grill.
Going to visit a paint store to see if they can mix up some more paint that I need for the car.
Handles and switches for opening the doors
Not much was done today but got the buttons working to open and close the side doors, and installed extra handles to be able to pull the doors in when closing.
The engine
Now it was time I thought and tried to start the engine.
Had to adjust the ignition distributor a bit, and then it was running.
Seems like it runs well at idle. Will fill up the radiator water and do some more tests.
More panels
Finished and installed the panels to the right of the passenger seat and the panel above the side doors and rear doors.
The panels above the front doors and the lower panels on the front doors are not manufactured yet. Have to solve some other problems first.
Door Handle and Fuel Tank
Couldn’t keep myself from the garage and had to do something.
Installed the fuel tank and filled it to half a tank.
So far it seems tight so test start of the engine soon.
Sanded the door handles and primed and painted them black and installed them.
Rear door interior panels
The inner panels for the rear doors are finished.
Had to change the shaft for the right door handle so
that the right handle could be installed.
Insulated and paneled and this is how it turned out.
I’m going to do a quick clean of my small 40 square meter
garage and then I’ll take it easy for the rest of the day.
Some progress
Finished the following, side door panels.
Installed some front turn signals.
Installed some speakers.
Side door
Completed the electric opening of the side door.
Got a linear actuator that has a pulling force of 90kg and 5cm stroke. It is connected to a remote control but there will also be physical buttons on the inside. Also inserted electrical contacts between the door frame that supplies the lock with power.
Here are two links from where I bought the parts.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009594834204.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.2f6a55fevehlC8&algo_pvid=547b70ac-ad0e-4a96-8dc3-6ea13fb1788e&algo_exp_id=547b70ac-ad0e-4a96-8dc3-6ea13fb1788e-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B&fbclid=IwY2xjawPJ5rxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEegAzYxB3ay4gqzvP0JQtL8J1mut6r647sHOcgOvTC57jD1UdSmrvbiVUrP34_aem_XTvKJwF7BstIcJogazkRIA
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwjK58W-_vaRAxWRaJEFHaUNHyIYACICCAEQARoCbHI&co=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyufFvv72kQMVkWiRBR2lDR8iEAQYASABEgKVevD_BwE&cce=2&sig=AOD64_0TCZmK3jVpy6v-40sNJB62oPHY1w&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwiE7Ly-_vaRAxUbOBAIHUbRINQQ9aACKAB6BAgIEBE&adurl=
