Body Mounting

Brandon came out today and we got a good bit of work done. Did a few odds and ends and then started the body mounting process. We got the main bolts done and got the trunk mounted (hinges, and latch system). We got the new Le Mans gas cap installed and new filler neck done. Next up is the doors and hood. I haven't mounted the dash yet because I still need to get back there for some random stuff. Wire up the alarm, wire up the clock, run the heater ducts

Gauge lights - finally

I finally got around to looking at the wiring diagrams for the fader knob for the gauge illumination. I had one small hitch when I realized the wire was cut from the fusebox. I wasn't sure if it was cut from the knob, or from the lights, so I just guessed that it was from the lights and I was correct. So I wired up my little harness and it worked out pretty well! It doesn't 'fade' as much as I would like, but I'm thinking that's because the fader doesn't start at a high enough resistance. If I put a few resistors in line it should be fine. I just need to guess at what resistance I need.

Also, I got all the bulb seal pressed on and I'm ready to mount the body. I need a second person to do that so I'm gonna have to wait! But it's ready for the final mounting!

Black is ON!

The base coat black and 1 coat of clear have been applied! Josh did a great job - it's fun to watch him paint. Except for the clearly visible cloud that is created as seen in 'exhibit A' on the left here.




Here is the finished paint. It's a bit grainy since I didn't turn all the lights on and it's fairly dark in there. I'll take some pics as soon as the body is mounted out in the sun.

Driveway work

Working out in the driveway today since the weather was so nice. I already broke one of the bulbs in my gauge light setup. I might have to figure out something amazing to pull this one off...

Got a visit from Joshes cobra today. You can see it parked in the driveway behind my body.

Interior

The interior is pretty much done. Here is a shot with all the switches in place and the steering wheel attached. I still have it zip tied up because I haven't illuminated the gauges yet. I have bought the lights though! I just have to figure out how I'm going to wire and mount them.

Then I'll mount the dash with a couple of nice interior screws, ground everything with a bolt, and call it done. Except for the heater ducts...and the mirrors...and the rest of the list...

Last night most everything behind the dash was hooked up. Only things not hooked up are gauge illumination and Check Engine Light. I think I'm going to hook the CEL up so that it comes on when the lights are on instead of when there is a diagnostic code thrown. I've already left the lights on a couple of times... Hopefully this will help.




Here is a shot of me holding the 'near complete' dash up.

B-Quiet!

Saturday was the official B-Quiet day for ol' Rosemary. (lol) B-Quiet is a sound dampening/vibration reducing material that you lay in between the aluminum and the carpet. Tom came over with his roller and heat gun to help get the process 'rolling'. Brandon and Justin pitched in and soon there was a well oiled process in place. Eventually we stopped working and partied down a little bit, but not before Justin cut several more panels to shape.

When I got home from work today, I put all those panels and then Brandon showed up to help wrap up the B-Quiet. We finished it quick enough that we had time to start the carpet installation.

You can see in this pic that we got carpet on the back wall, back corners, transmission tunnel and floors before we ran out of adhesive. We still have under the doors and the foot-boxes to do. Since you can't really finish up under the doors until the body is installed, were skipping that part for now. But we did get the e-brake boot , and the shifter boot installed.