Scottie - so had I ! Too many works in progress
Jim - oh yes, boy do they rust. My first car was a 1976 Clubman 1098cc - spent every weekend sanding down the rust and treating it with Jenolite rust convertor
Thanks Ian
Ken - thanks for dropping in, cheers
Further progress....
the dash panel comes with the instrument binnacle moulded in but since I am doing an abandoned project I wanted the binnacle separate
the only way to remove it without damage was to cut out the centre section of the dash, separate the binnacle from the piece of dash and then reassemble the dash
needs a little tidying up but should be fine
I realised I should have left the roof off to aid assembly and painting - too late, oops
sanded the scallop shape into the leading edge of the parcel shelf and then created the bulkhead that forms the seat back / front of the boot
this has the hole in it that was used at the factory to mount the early shells on a rotating spit
due to some wally sticking the roof on I had a right job trying to get the bulkhead / parcel shelf installed but after a few attempts I finally managed it
I then added a seat squab tray and the support bracket, again after a bit of a struggle due to limited space
the squab was boxed in with plastic card and filled
lastly the binnacle has been stuck to a sheet of plastic card - this will get trimmed down to create the flange that mounts it to the bulkhead
Jim - oh yes, boy do they rust. My first car was a 1976 Clubman 1098cc - spent every weekend sanding down the rust and treating it with Jenolite rust convertor
Thanks Ian
Ken - thanks for dropping in, cheers
Further progress....
the dash panel comes with the instrument binnacle moulded in but since I am doing an abandoned project I wanted the binnacle separate
the only way to remove it without damage was to cut out the centre section of the dash, separate the binnacle from the piece of dash and then reassemble the dash
needs a little tidying up but should be fine
I realised I should have left the roof off to aid assembly and painting - too late, oops
sanded the scallop shape into the leading edge of the parcel shelf and then created the bulkhead that forms the seat back / front of the boot
this has the hole in it that was used at the factory to mount the early shells on a rotating spit
due to some wally sticking the roof on I had a right job trying to get the bulkhead / parcel shelf installed but after a few attempts I finally managed it
I then added a seat squab tray and the support bracket, again after a bit of a struggle due to limited space
the squab was boxed in with plastic card and filled
lastly the binnacle has been stuck to a sheet of plastic card - this will get trimmed down to create the flange that mounts it to the bulkhead