I worked on creating a mount for the glove box door.

I then started on fine fitting the upper dash. The dash is coming together very nicely.

I have been working on the wiring design for the Hazard/Turn Signal and Park lamps for a while. I had a problem with the front turn signal visibility. I wasn’t going to use the little bulbs like they had in the originals so I used headlamps with integrated park/turn signal lights. Since I am using […]

Today is the 5 Year anniversary of picking up the kit.

I spent the afternoon and evening making the final piece in the dash. I put the upper dash mold pieces together with clecos. I then proceeded to make the piece using the same process as all the other fiberglass pieces.

In preparation for fitting the upper […]

I trimmed the excess fiberglass from the mold. I then took a grinder and cleaned up the cut edges.

Before I removed the mold pieces from the plug. I drilled 1/8 inch holes that will be used to put the mold pieces together with clecos.

I removed the mold pieces. I then started to removed the PVA […]

I continued working on the shaping of the area around the instrument panel. I was able to get the shape and details that I wanted. I then put on a coat of primer and reinstalled it to check the look.

After one final sanding of the instrument panel surround and drilling some more mounting/clearance holes, I installed it. I then taped the outside. I then waxed the tape. I then applied some Bondo to the front area of the surround. I then laid the upper dash in place and pressed it down. This applied the […]

I worked on applying some 3M HSRF to to the front and bottom edges to even the thickness on the front edges. After applying I sanded it flat.

I used the molds that I made and built the instrument panel surround and steering column cover final pieces. The third piece is just a flat piece of fiberglass that will become the mount for the steering column cover. I just used a piece of board and waxed it.

While I was waiting for the gel […]