Cheers Mart. Had to work quite fast to get her on the road
Bit more progress then. First off was to replace the rusty door for the dented door and transplant everything across. Sorry it's not a great pic Sam and I didn't realise I was in black and white mode
But this is the bulb in the driver's door handle...
It's what that cable runs too. I tried to remove it, but it wouldn't come out.
Before I could transplant the window mechanism across I had to fix it first. Someone had obviously tinkered with it before, but in doing so left out the back runner's lower bolt out which meant it would almost instantly pop out and drop at the front
Once I'd examined it I could also see one of the arms was bent too. Hard to tell in the pic, but that flat bit at the back should be pretty much parallel to the rest...
Compulsory pic of the door off...
With those bits sorted I could put it all back together, but minus the plastic side stripe as this will go back on once the door is dent free
Then it was on to the big clean. These pics don't do just how dirty the car was any justice, but...
Also wonky hand-brake (Which I've since straightened partly by bolting the thing down properly
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Had to get the mole grips on the gear knob to remove it in order to sort the gaiter and remove the console, so that now has teeth marks in it, but it was looking a bit tired anyway, so I've ordered a new one...
Centre console removed and rusty gear stick...
Cleaned gear stick...
Cleaned carpet...
Dirty boot...
Dirtier boot carpet...
Clean boot...
Clean carpet...
Anyone know what these hooky things are for by the way?...
Then it was sort out the shoddy cable work for the stereo. The front OS speaker wasn't even wired in and half the wires had pulled out the connections
So...
Then it was stereo in with the good rear speakers I put in the Aerodeck in the front doors...
And the great rear speakers the Silver Prelude happened to have in the parcel shelf in the parcel shelf of this lude
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Just need to sort out a decent surround for them.
You may have noticed I'd removed the glove box. It's actually got one broken hinge, so it sits low in one corner when it's up, so I've just removed it for now as it bugged me. Makes for great passenger foot well lighting at night though!
Oh and 4th gen mats fit a treat too
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Then besides possibly making up a new gaiter for the steering wheel boss, that's the interior practically sorted...
Oh and I fitted the Richbrook R1 wheel from my silver lude to as the other one was pretty gross and too small for my liking...
And one more thing...
Max has never really expressed any interest in driving before. Why would he?... He's not even 2 yet. But he absolutely loves sitting in the front seat!
The first time I put him in his chair he couldn't stop smiling and when I started the engine up went "Ooooo" with a big smile on his face
He loves it!!!
Then the debadging in preparation for the body-guy (Who has postponed me until next weekend due to not being in his new premises yet). But first say hello to BA4 man!
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In taking that picture I noticed my number plate was wonky...
So...
And...
Fixed the dud rear number plate light too...
And front in the daylight...
Totally undecided on where to fix my front number plate too since it fell off
And then the last pictures of tonight are my new arrival
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And along side the set of Goodyear Eagle F1's I should be having fitted and balanced tomorrow...
That's me up to date
