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Rear Bodywork
After 3 months in
the living room, the last two fenders were finally put on the
car. They went on fairly easily, all the tough fitting work was
done before the car was painted.
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Front Bodywork
You can see in this
picture that the fender has been wet sanded but not yet polished.
Actually, the edge has been polished before being bolted on,
it is much easier to handle the panel when it is attached to
the car.
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Wrecker Find
While Dave and I were
wandering through the local wrecker, we came across an early
70's bug. It had been picked over pretty carefully, but the driver's
side door latch was in much better shape than mine. I carefully
took it out and bought it for $5.00. It cleaned up very nicely
and is now installed in my door.
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Wiring Loom
If you can imagine
every wire in the car carefully wrapped into a tight roll and
then stuck into a large zip lock bag, then you can imagine what
it was like dealing with the new wiring harness. It took about
a week to unravel the mess and label everything before even attempting
to put it into the car.
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Referring Back
For every picture
you see on this web page, there are at least three more on my
ibook's hard drive. I have to refer back often to properly position
the wires. Anyone considering a project like this should invest
in a camera, either digital or film. The mass of torn out wires
is just too overwhelming to remember it all.
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Fuse box
Although fairly simple,
the fuse box wiring is the most complex part of the wiring. I
left all the wires attached to it and then compared it with a
wiring diagram I bought off of ebay. Everything matched exactly,
which really did amaze me.
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From Plan to Project
With wiring diagram
in hand, I bravely ran the wires through the body and the pieces
of the puzzle started to fit into place. Most of the grommets
came with the wiring harness, so far everything has fit just
perfectly. Notice the gas tank is in place...more on that later.
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Leaving them rough.
Right now I'm concerned
with getting everything to fit into the car, details like light
fixtures can come later. I'm just leaving them hanging out their
proper openings for now. Half the battle seems to be keeping
all the wires looking nice, I don't want them to look like a
rat's nest when they're all done.
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Instrument Panel
As the wiring goes
into place, the holes in the dash are starting to fill back in.
All the switches were checked with my meter before being installed.
The Wiper switch and the flasher relay both failed the tests
and will have to be replaced.
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