July 26 - Thanks Best One Tire!

Best One Tire has decided to donate new tires for the project car.  The Newburgh and Burkhart Road stores are splitting the costs.  We really appreciate their willingness to support our efforts, and therefore Easter Seals!  The refurbished wheels are now at the Newburgh store awaiting the tires, hopefully we'll have them ready to install as soon as next Tuesday!

Today we had four people (Vince, Dave M, Ray, and Clay) working.  Vince got the rest of the lighting working, even including backup lights and hazard warning lights.  Dave M continued the carpeting installation.  Clay completed the assembly of the driver's seat, installed windshield wipers, and cleaned up some electrical connections.  Ray cleaned up and painted the convertible top frame and hood prop rod.

Vince has decided to donate the convertible top from his '68 MGB.  It's in great shape, about 7 years old and rarely been installed.  He prefers a top with the zip out rear window, which he'll get later.  In another week or so we'll make sure this top fits well on the project car.

Pictures from today:

This picture has the seats just sitting there, sure look nice!  Another week or so we'll finish the carpet and complete seat installation.

July 19 Update

Dave M, Al, and Vince worked today.  Dave continued installation of the carpeting.  Al used his painting skills to paint the steering wheel hub and some areas around dashboard switches black.  Vince fixed all wiring on the rear of the car - turn signals, running lights, and brake lights.  And we all worked together installing the hood.

July 12 Update

Dave Folk, Clay, Dave M, and Ray installed grill, started placing side mirrors, started on carpet installation and installed cockpit moulding. Also cleaned and painted on engine bay.

July 5th Update

Dave Mullen and Ray worked on the project car today.  Cleaned and reinstalled
tach and speedo gauge lens, shined up dash area, installed new dash pad
cover (note the toilet paper rolls holding pad in place while the glue
dries!), repaired and installed door moldings, and installed new cockpit
back panel.

June 28 Update

Dave M, Clay and Ray installed door panels, installed valve cover and double checked valve adjustment.

Hallelujah, that windshield is done!

Dave and Vince wrestled the windshield for almost three hours today and managed to FINALLY get it installed.  All four bolts are correctly positioned and threaded to mount the posts to the body, and the lower rubber strip is firmly in place.  We figured we had about 15 man hours so far in this basic task.  Took every trick we knew to make it happen (tie down straps, large C clamp, duct tape, wire to pull out and extend rubber flap, etc).  Here's the pics:

Now we can move more quickly on the remaining tasks.

June Kind of Slow

Ray and Dave worked June 7th, installed front and rear bumpers, those split rear bumpers sure look nice:

No work day June 14 due to schedule conflicts.  Vince worked alone June 21, he got the vent windows and rollup windows installed:

The windshield continues to be a challenge.  We may have to resort to professional help to get that sucker installed.