Window rubber/felt.

After the installation of the door hinges (this went quiet easy)

it was time to install the quarter window and the window

rubber/felt ‘glass run’.

Now that these parts where installed the car was ready

to go outside the garage to resist the rain that we had during

this ‘nice’ summer and work on the garage could continue.

Installing the door hinges.

I had a bit of a struggle replacing the grommets but with

the help of a little oil the grommet finally went in to his lodgment.

Then it was time to install the hinges back into the doors.

To avoid doing the job twice to undo mistakes I took

the book to see the correct order to put everything back into place.

And the final result, perhaps I need to color the gasket...

Parts powder coated

Again it has been a long time since I updated this blog but I

had some good reasons for it; the last thing to do on the house

was finishing the garage and the garage is where the 7 spends

her nights (and for the moment also the days) so a nice room for

an almost finished car is more than welcome.

In the mean time I’ve send some parts to a company to get them

sandblasted and metalized and powder coated.

This was just before the company closed for holiday so I had

to wait a while before I got the parts back but the result was

worth waiting for.

In the rare moments that I wasn’t working on the garage I’ve

spent my time to reassemble the door hinges.

Door hinges and side windows

The doors hinges will be sand blasted and

receive a new coat of paint.

New rubber stops and some new gaskets

will finish the job.

The side windows are in place after cleaning

and greasing the side winding mechanism.

I’m waiting for the guide channels till they are

back from the company where they will be

sandblasted and coated again along with the

bumpers and the fresh air induct and front

windscreen panel.

Also the front and rear windscreen are back

in to place.

Underneath the car

The tail pipes will be cut later and two

double end pipes weld on.

I replaced the loud exhaust system with two

extra silencers as the car will be a daily driver

and making long trips will be more comfortable

this way.

Some little more paintwork will be done in the

near future to finish the underside of the car.

Bleeding the brakes

After the installation of the brakes it was

time to bleed the system.

With the help of the misses this was only

a ten minutes job.

All the rear brake pipes are replaced by new

ones and all the flexible hoses on the car are

replaced by braided steel ones.

Rear brakes fitted

I’ve reinstalled the rear brakes by using a printout

of a picture I made before dismantling.

Bought some new pistons, springs and caps.

It all seems so simple when they are on the

car but once dismantled it’s hard to remember

how everything was installed. Pictures makes

it so easy.