1970 s2 0453R Reassembly

[dakazman]

   Firewall, Yes, a real one!
    After installing the panels which are completely fire retardant, I layered a liner of fire retardant fiberglass over them. adding another layer of 1" foam on which the rug and light assembly will be attached. Going as planned so far.
 Just happy to be getting this light assembly in the car after spending 135$ re-chroming it years ago. now I can throw out the original panel after I remove it's light assembly.

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[dakazman]

  Firewall coming together, second layer of fiberglass liner installed and a 1” foam core cut and fitted. Light assembly installed, ready for the carpeting. I probably could have thrown out the original 30 year ago. I took down the dimensions and into the trash it went.
  This will do for now, I really wanted to build an S1 bulkhead fitted to the seats … someday.
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[dakazman]

Some of these “simple” jobs take forever and I’m still not done . The rear window surround and tucking in my headliner still needs to be done. Hopefully I can do it with the seats in since I found it easier to roll out from under the facia . I all most had to call the wife once😂.
  Courtesy light installed, check , but now I have to find a bag of door switches.
Dakazman

[BDA]

And your interior light works!!

[dakazman]

  Yes it works.
  That’s another thing with the schematics the PW must go to the PW  in order to have off-switched-on .  Here is a switch that has no  switch, if you zoom in. You can see the PW needs to go to the PB wire. I just took a marker and put two stripes on it so that it will be connected properly.

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[dakazman]

Then I got two seats in , still locating holes but glad to be all most finished.
   Then a little problem with colors in the indicators. To satin or to gloss?
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[dakazman]

  Taking a few hours to uncover my JPS version. It still needs work but it should come out for a 10 footer.

[Kendo]

That’s going to look very cool. I look forward to seeing it fully excavated and given the Dakazman polish.

But thinking of it on the car behind it, the engine lid is going to look incomplete without its own symbol.  Any thoughts on what could be appropriate there? CABC perhaps?

[dakazman]

  Thanks Kendo, This is just a wall hanger even though it looks cool. It’s also my test piece for synthetic veil.
The all Black is finally hold its finish after a series of clear coating 4 times .
  Maybe I’ll save it for a real JPS 😁
 
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[dakazman]

  Finished cutting in and removing the vinyl. Then I trimmed the higher black and clear layers to get a fine edge to cut to.
  Painted the irredecent gold again and will sand off to the clear. Then I’ll reclear the entire again until the entire panel is flat, then polish it up😁

  Dakazman

[BDA]

That's a lot of work! Looks good though!

[dakazman]

 BDA,
   Yes it is, but I’m honing my skills and patience.  Sanded the high layer and cleared again. Now I’ll go back and add some black in the valley to fine tune the edges. The clear again🤔🥱 I’m happy with the results so far but probably will not use it.
Dakazman

[TurboFource]

 

[dakazman]

Just reporting in.
  Finishing the interior to my liking is proving difficult but not impossible. Taking things apart and putting it back together several times to get the fit and look proper.
 Fitting the console and hiding (routing) wires and fabrication of a rear window surround is pretty much all that’s left.  Still it’s time consuming.
  Then there is my horn button…. And another list of fidgety items.
  I’m all most ready to take it for a test drive up and down driveway but still a little nervous.

 Dakazman
 

[dakazman]

 YES,
  Windscreen came in 😁
 Now for a for a definite delivery date.
Thanks George and all of RD.
Dakazman