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Last post by RockwoodMike - Today at 12:49 AM

First coat of Gel coat on the front top...needs to be sanded then another coat..sanded again and then a third and final coat

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Last post by RockwoodMike - Yesterday at 11:45 PM

Pic 1..The air plenum..Dirty but in good shape...

Pic 2..Flexible hoses for the windshield defrost..

Pic 3..Part of the dog house assembly..

Before I do all this, I think I will get the engine located in the frame..

With the dash out of the way, it makes finishing the engine easier..

So that is next..Install engine..

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Last post by RockwoodMike - Yesterday at 10:56 PM

Just trying to do what ever I can..

Dragged out the stuff that goes under the dash..Heater box..plenum..brackets..

Pic 1...Opened up the heater box..In pretty good shape..dusty

Pic 2..Filled up the heater core with CLR to test for leaks and clean out any calcium lime that it might be able to clear out..

Pic 3..Here is the wires to the fan motor..2 speeds..the slow speed power goes through that coiled wire as a resistor..Gets hot and needs the blowing air to cool it down ..

Is there such a thing as a solid state resistor??Maybe something better than a hot coil to create the slow speed...

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Last post by RockwoodMike - May 28, 2024, 11:09 PM

Pic 1..Bottom piece installed...

Pic 2..Top trim piece to be reworked..

Pic 3..All put together..

Pic 4..Here is what it looked like long ago..

#5

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Last post by RockwoodMike - May 27, 2024, 11:43 PM

Pic 1..You can then flip it over to wrap the vinyl around the edges on the back side..

Pic 2 ..here is a screen shot of the 73 Indian sales brochure..Shows the dash where there is a brown vinyl trim at the bottom of the dash,,Black vinyl on the flat area is and then brown across the flat top, running into the windshield..

Using the original wood trim wrapped in brown vinyl with the same backer foam and the 77 glue

Ran out of daylight..that is all for now

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Last post by RockwoodMike - May 27, 2024, 11:28 PM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115453731883

I bought 2 yards of this headliner foam stuff. It has a black cloth glued to 1/4 foam..

It is time to work on the reupholstering  of the dash..I tried the white polyester...shown in the picture bottom right..

No good..don't use that..It is messy to glue and is lumpy under the vinyl

Use this headliner foam..3M 77 spray on glue..works great and has a smoothness to it that is easy to work with

That 77 glue is unbelievably strong..Spray on both surfaces..1 minute wait and it will stick great,,Gives a little bit of time to reposition..Then it is done..

#7

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Last post by RockwoodMike - May 27, 2024, 11:14 PM

It fits!! And I think I can use the original door..It actually is in good shape!!

#8

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Last post by RockwoodMike - May 27, 2024, 11:10 PM

Clamp it..Tack weld it then full weld everywhere..

Coming out nice!!

#9

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Last post by RockwoodMike - May 27, 2024, 11:05 PM

After some bending and tweeking, it is coming into shape

#10

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Last post by RockwoodMike - May 27, 2024, 10:59 PM

Here is what I have to work with when it comes to a glove box insert..Broken plastic..Time to make a new one..

With a little design work in Autocad and a convenient CNC plasma cutter at my disposal, I cut out a new one!!