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Interior Going Back In
Created on 2008-06-18 10:05:41
The car is painted other than the top of the bonnet. I've been waiting for a dry, calm day to paint the outside (the underside is complete). Last Sunday would have been perfect but the forecast was for rain, which never materialized.
The interior is starting to go back into the car. It takes a while to cut and glue the little pieces of vinyl trip around the doors, but its done and I have a few pieces of carpet in place like the sill carpet and the transmission tunnel, which was a pain because I have to get the holes aligned for the dash support. Last night I put the battery into the car and the tail lights come on and the stereo works! Tomorrow night I'm hoping to start making the interior panels
The interior is starting to go back into the car. It takes a while to cut and glue the little pieces of vinyl trip around the doors, but its done and I have a few pieces of carpet in place like the sill carpet and the transmission tunnel, which was a pain because I have to get the holes aligned for the dash support. Last night I put the battery into the car and the tail lights come on and the stereo works! Tomorrow night I'm hoping to start making the interior panels
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieces Finally Going Back On | 2008-06-02 | 3 | This was a good weekend. The car is painted and I got a couple coats on the doors and under half if the bonnet. Tonight I home to get a couple more coats on, the bonnet is really... | |
| Busy Weekend | 2008-05-26 | Well, it was a busy weekend. I took Friday off to start painting the Spitfire. I was out taping the car by 7:30 am; wipe down and had primer on by 11, sanding by 2, seam sealer b... | ||
| Still Sanding | 2008-05-22 | Still been busy sanding down to the original paint/primer layer, applying filler, and final sanding with 320 grit paper. I will be ready to paint once I have the garage swept and ... | ||
| Sanding | 2008-05-21 | The sanding has begun. I quickly learned that my compressor is too small for my DA sander; it's rated for an average 4 cfm @ 60 psi, but the constant cfm must be much higher; the ... | ||
| Welding Complete! | 2008-04-21 | The weekend saw the A-post closing pieces, sill end cap and a front corner of the driver side floor pan welded in. That brings the welding to an end. I also dug out the grinder a... | ||
| Productive Weekend | 2008-04-14 | Saturday I clamped the inner fender to the rear fender and clamped the assembly to the car. After adjusting the position of the inner fender a few times I was able to get it to fi... | ||
| Spitfire Is Edging Towards Body Panel Completion | 2008-04-10 | Over the weekend I got my door fit straightened out but now I have another problem. When I offer up the sill, its too short, weird. So yesterday I took a chance and... | ||
| Cutting Is Coming To An End | 2008-03-31 | Saturday was a great day to be out in the garage, the sun was out and it was nice and warm. The three pieces of the sill are all gone from the body and the rear fender is gone asi... | ||
| Spitfire Body Restoration | 2008-03-25 | 3 | The Spitfire's body was pretty crsuty it turns out. Here's a summary of my restoration work since I started at Christmas, 2007: Christmas 2007 Started... | |
| Engine Rebuild A Success | 2006-11-16 | 2 | The following is the machine work they performed: clean, magaflux, and resurface the head; install and 3-angle grind 8 hardened valve seats (intake and exhaust seat were all found ... |
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