Thread: A little more progress

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This week ended up REALLY good! We got so much done this week and it was fun stuff for a change......no sanding and painting, just bolting the body together for the LAST TIME!

The only thing left to bolt on the body is the cowl top, windshield and dash. That can't happen until Dan gets the wiring done, and he started that last night too. The body shop called me Friday, they were done with the cowl top, and when I picked it up they had done a terrific job skimming and priming it. Having pros do it made it turn out a lot better than if we had done it, and it saved us a bunch of time. Glad we had that done.

We pushed it outside for some better pictures. The doors now open and close easily, and everything is very solid. In the last two pictures you can see the flip down panel Dan built for the American Autowire fuse panel. It flips down so you don't have to stand on your head to change fuses, then it flips up out of sight.

I also got a lot done on my 27 wiring. All switches and circuits are now hot, and I have started putting in the gauges. I pulled a little booboo when I turned on the electric fuel pump to test it.......I forgot there was gas in the system and it shot all over the left side of the frame. Luckily, it didn't get on the body or I might be repainting some of that. The frame cleaned up ok with some degreaser, but the body would have been a different matter. I'm sore as h*** today, been laying upside down with my feet over the roll bar for two days, putting wiring under the tight dashboard. Can't wait to get everything under the dash done so I can move out into a more roomier area to work.

Don