Unfortunately, only one picture to post:
But lots of work has been done. Both seats and tracks are now loosely bolted in, the windscreen is in, wiring is mostly sorted, heater valve relocated (see below), carpets are "in" (still need to get the fronts bound and add some snaps), and a bunch of other small items.
Onto the heater valve, I chose to use a VW heater valve as their A) cheap and B) quite a nice small unit. The downside is the VW unit uses 5/8" hoses, and the heater core is 1/2". No problem I thought, I'll just make up some adapters to go from 1/2" to 5/8". I had also wanted to put the valve behind the dash so that I could get to it. That didn't work out as planned. The dash arrangement I had made left very little room for the valve, so some very odd looking adapters/elbows were fabricated. Unfortunately, they didn't work either. I noticed the cooling system require a lot more liquid than what I had thought. Turns out I was making a swimming pool out of the drivers side footwell. After much cursing, the valve was removed and relocated to the engine bay, the downside is in order to adjust the temp I'll have to lift the engine cover, the plus side is no more bloody water leaks in the cockpit.
Today and tonight will hopefully see the doors reinstalled, some interior trim panels made and installed, "rub strips" fabricated to go below the chassis so that the body won't scrape on sleeping policemen, and hopefully make it go up and down the driveway under it's own power. Then it's up early tomorrow to load it onto a flatdeck and it's off the show. After which, I will consume my body weight in beer and forget about the car for a few days.
