Thanks

I did some more work on the weekend. I've removed most of the remaining interior now including the roof lining, dash and heater parts. I starting labeling the wiring loom and connectors to make the job much easier when it comes time to reassemble.

I also had some new seals for the doors arrive

and a blanking button for the cigarette lighter

Had some parts come back from powder coating also, the bumper supports and the bonnet latch support

I've had a lot of trouble finding some new rubber seals for the outer window chrome work. I got in contact with Datsport and it turns out they have a guy who can replicate seals. I'm going to send off my old front and rear seals and he'll replicate them and then they'll be able to offer them for sale so stay posted on this! Very cool!

Also went to see a restoration specialist about my body work. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with him as this stage. I'm hoping to strip out the rest of the car including engine and running gear and build a frame for the chassis similar to this.

Going to be a long wait though, minimum 6 months before I can get the car in but that gives me plenty of time to have the car blasted and primed etc. Oh, and save money for body work!

where did you get the blank from?

I found it on Yahoo, they come up from time to time. My lighter is all ****ty so I thought I'd just blank it off. I might add an AC socket in the glovebox or center console instead.

will keep a eye out .

what about a rotisserie style frameto hold the car up.

Yeah I dunno mate, I had one and then sold it off when I got rid of the last shell. In hindsight I should have kept it. The place I'm sending the car to has a rotisserie they'll use. I figured it might be cheaper and easier to knock this up?

something like this will be better, can work on engine bay/rear end without bar work getting in the way. done a few cars at work like this and works great

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Edited December 13, 201212 yr by uras1

Yeah I dunno man. The guy was pretty specific about having wheels near or at where the cars wheels were for balance etc. I get what you're saying though.

WOW, Your attention to detail is bordering some sort of sick disorder, but I like it;) Dedicated to say the least. This resto is nothing short of Sensational.

Edited December 15, 201212 yr by EuroDat

Haha, thanks. Yeah what can I say, I'm a little OCD

Nothing wrong with that. Just means you have done it right the first time and wont have to do it again in the future!!!!

Keep up the great work!

Happy New Year everyone! Bit of an update on the grill. So to recap I bought the grill on Yahoo Japan, from the pictures I could tell it was rusty but thought I could simply dip it, repair and then refinish it. When it arrived it had a lot more rust than I'd bargained for.

As you can see the base and supporting brackets are pretty much dust.

I drilled out the old alloy rivets and disassembled the grill. The mesh and surround are actually stainless so I had this dipped and linished ready for paint. It's not back yet though.

So quite a few parts were well beyond saving. I send the top section away to be dipped and zinc plated with some other stuff. It came back with quite a few small holes where the rust had taken it's toll.

I filled these with lead and then rubbed the surface back flush ready for filling. No doubt once it's filled and primed it will look as good as new.

I had the lower section and brackets remade by a local custom body shop. He did a great job!

Once the mesh comes back I'll rub back all parts including the plastic ends and prep them ready for priming then reassemble ready for paint. Some people are probably wondering why I bothered with this grill instead of buying a fiberglass replica, I just prefer to use as many original parts as possible and enjoy resting these old and broken parts.