Slow progress again today. I went to the New Hope auto show to see what cars where there and ended up talking to all my Lotus friends for several hours. I really needed a break anyway. But got back into the garage late afternoon.
Spent the morning (before going to the car show) measuring the door moldings and researching what might fit. That took most of the morning.
This afternoon I was focused on the last parts of the interior wiring I hadn't finished. I was not able to figure out the wiring for the seat belts and posted a question to find out who had the answer. Dan was thorough and spotted a photo I had posted many months ago that showed the wiring and how it was connected. Assembled everything and finished that part. Thanks again Dan! Really helped me out. BDA provided a detailed schematic of how to remove the circuit. I just might do that after I have everything operating and the car running.
Painted a coat of "Great Knobs" on my two switches that had faded. This black dye works miracles and I have used it before. It's my go-to product for faded knobs and switches.
Inserted the wiring for the doors. This wiring operates the electric window lifts. Need to feed one wire with connector one at a time to be able to run all three wires into the tube.
Since I have almost all the engine-bay work completed I figured it was time to put my rear deck lid on and attach the hinges and gas struts. Needed my beautiful assistant and she was more than willing to come out to the garage to help and catch up on the progress. She did say it looks almost done. Phew. I hope so.......
This coming week is make or break. I need to have the Europa on the road by the end of the week to do a few days of shake down driving and adjusting before I can even consider driving this to LOG. I'm down to the wire to make this happen.
Order a spare tire this evening, new door seals from the UK and color coded wire from British wiring as I had run out. Yup, down to the wire
