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I declare my hardtop as complete , my next task is to make up a new dash pad , as you can see the old one is a little tired . Paper template kinda sorta made up , I will rough cut it out then make some adjustments and shape changes by matching it to the car once I get it back from paint .
I will reuse the original front bow with rubber pad along with the de mister vents and just replace the plywood , vinyl etc .
The car is in primer right now and getting its final blocking out etc before her coat of Healey Blue .
So I went to see the car yesterday , all the wings/fenders doors have been off the car and back on so my custom fender vent grills and the stainless beading could be installed . My painter paints the joint edges of the fenders and allows some overspray on the top edge of the fender . They all then get refitted with the beading in place . The plastic film gets removed and the beading masked with masking tape . Car now gets painted and the colour blended to the overspray at the beading . Car gets clearcoated and masking on the beading removed before the clearcoat sets up . This is the way he did my other two Healeys and it works great . No risk of scratching new paint installing beading .
So hopefully this week the car will get its final coat of Healey Blue .
Today was windshield assembly day , original glass , rechromed original frame , new corner brackets and seals etc .
It was fiddly and a challenge but patience perseverance jigaloo and ratchet straps paid off .
So finally she’s painted , my painter just sent me this . Needs a few days now just to set up and I can bring her home to do the pretty stuff . The finish line is in sight
So I got the car home yesterday (Sunday) , got her up to a nice working height on my custom Dolly blocks . Gave her a good cleaning that sanding dust gets everywhere .
Started to add some parts , she’s looking like that little rally car already .
Busy couple of days . It seems like everything is a bit of a chore , take this bit off to put this bit on and of course nothing fits exactly as it did in mock up but I’m getting there .
Of course I’m discovering that no matter how much planning I did I’m still missing little stuff .
It’s the little touches that count .
This vintage switch panel has been kicking around in my parts bins forever . It came in a box of spares with my first Healey 20 plus years ago .
All I had to do was build a little rally car with lots of lights to use it . .
I need to find a source for the tiny bulbs , they are like screw in xmas light bulbs . Even I don’t get them working they still look cool .
They all have bulbs in them but only one of them is good .
Im on the hunt for a pair of those Vintage rally stopwatches to mount on the dash too .
Tks Reid . The chrome has just the right amount of Patina , matches the period cigarette lighter notice the white metal has those tiny bump like blisters that white metal gets with age .
So I got the car home yesterday (Sunday) , got her up to a nice working height on my custom Dolly blocks . Gave her a good cleaning that sanding dust gets everywhere .
Started to add some parts , she’s looking like that little rally car already .
More progress pics . carpet underlay done , rear seat delete carpet area done . Some finish details done . Need a break from the glue fumes for a bit .
The stuff on the floor has a rubber granular backing and is more durable and is supposed to be like the original (came from McGregor) , the other stuff is just regular jute and I had a pile of it as it gets used as a protective shipping wrap on the machines I install/service so it was FREE!!!!!!
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