Worth a gamble or not?
Discussion
So the dash is together and the loom tidied up, some truly awful work in there....
The dash is lovely. It got to a point where the decision had to be made to tidy and make good or re-loom? But if we re-wired the dash sub loom then I’d have had to attack everything else.
So, finish dash. Then I bought some wonderful mirror extensions. Top, top quality work from a true enthusiast, the mirror covers (Henry Hoover tubes) are also ready to be fettled.
The mint green clocks look great in their new home...
The hood and re-trim might go a little further now, I’ll speak to the guy and we will set a budget and figure it out.
Was considering an equal length manifold, but I’ll have to stop somewhere!!!!
The plan is to visit the widow, take the guys for a meal (i don’t think they, or the extended group are on PH) and present a cheque for £5K. That’ll allow me to proceed without further worry. With that the car has made a bit of a loss, but not much, it’ll be worth every penny to see the look on their faces when everyone sees the car in all it’s glory and I get to hand over an unexpected gift. I’m really excited about it tbh. I’ll park it up in his garage for the weekend and let the family enjoy it.
The dash is lovely. It got to a point where the decision had to be made to tidy and make good or re-loom? But if we re-wired the dash sub loom then I’d have had to attack everything else.
So, finish dash. Then I bought some wonderful mirror extensions. Top, top quality work from a true enthusiast, the mirror covers (Henry Hoover tubes) are also ready to be fettled.
The mint green clocks look great in their new home...
The hood and re-trim might go a little further now, I’ll speak to the guy and we will set a budget and figure it out.
Was considering an equal length manifold, but I’ll have to stop somewhere!!!!
The plan is to visit the widow, take the guys for a meal (i don’t think they, or the extended group are on PH) and present a cheque for £5K. That’ll allow me to proceed without further worry. With that the car has made a bit of a loss, but not much, it’ll be worth every penny to see the look on their faces when everyone sees the car in all it’s glory and I get to hand over an unexpected gift. I’m really excited about it tbh. I’ll park it up in his garage for the weekend and let the family enjoy it.
Good to see the old girl today. Dash is mid fitting, small dash piece a bit fiddly as the led’s don’t quite marry up and need some fettling. Looks like the otter switch is fubared now so will replace that. Removed the rear badge to enamel after being inspired on a recent thread. The big news is the puff of white smoke, which scared the crap out of me was traced to a gently weaping rocker cover, dripped onto the manifold and the rest is history 
No more fretting about of it was wiring etc! Sounds epic, every time I hear it I just smile.
Finish the bits and bobs then off to trim the hood. Then off to Essex to show off the fruits of the labour and to surprise everyone . Can’t wait.
No more fretting about of it was wiring etc! Sounds epic, every time I hear it I just smile. Finish the bits and bobs then off to trim the hood. Then off to Essex to show off the fruits of the labour and to surprise everyone . Can’t wait.
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