AP2289 Build log 'stage 2'

[dave295]

No, no, no.

I was referring to a scene out of the ABC sitcom with "Kath and Kim".
To explain it, she wanted the hallway painted duck egg green.
He painted it using duck egg (read bright yellow) and green (read dark green).
The characters name was brett

I wasn't being nasty to anyone.

Dave

[xb-60]

Dave....

[xb-60]

Painting the vents was definitely the way to go. Here's what the right hand vent looks like:



....and no, the rubber bands won't be staying there once the glue's dried


Cheers!
Glen

[xb-60]

Also been working on the tunnel. The clearance hole for the Toploader is now there, and I’m working on making the tunnel looker close to original. I’m not carpeting the tunnel top and sides, so I’ll be adding a 16 gauge (1.6mm) aluminium alloy sheet to the top.





Tapping one of the holes near the roll-over bar strut needed the slow approach:





This is closer to what it will look like (alloy sheet in place, but no screws yet):




I'll wait until the engine and gearbox are in to cut the hole in the sheet


Cheers!
Glen

[1795]

That looks real nice Glen, and I imagine that there are many hours of work in that tunnel.

Jim

[xb-60]

Thanks Jim. More hours to be spent underneath the tunnel - I haven't started on the insulation yet.
Want to do something challenging and fun before that. The dashboard 'challenge' is at the top of the list for new year.

[xb-60]

Started on the dash install today.

Here it is sitting in place with the angle around the 17⁰ mark as a rough starting point; will probably have to make it closer to 20⁰.




The ‘challenge’ is allowing enough rear clearance for the speedo (the larger round opening) and also the water temp gauge (capilliary type) in the second row.
Oh, and the glovebox…..I’ll just have to wait and see what I can achieve there. Yes, the round tubular cross tube is very much a structural member, so no mods permitted there.


Because the glovebox opening and also the lower edge have been welded, there is some distortion, so I’ve added a length of timber as a temporary straightener. That will stay there until I’m happy with the rigidity of the installed dash panel.




Cheers!
Glen