I had to get some more material for the c pillars. This vinyl is a good match and came from Woolies.
I found out that these should be fitted at the same time as the side and rear windows. The material is held by the window seals. Now the glass was replaced by the painters and only one side piece was left. Apparently they were getting new pieces made but these never materialised (excuse pun). So I used the one piece left as a template to make new.
To get around the problem, I fitted new scrim foam and bonded the vinyl to it. The trimmed edges were then tucked under the window seals. Not easy but it came out fine in the end.
These two tools helped.
A fork and a picture rail hanger.
This rain tray replaced my old broken up one. Got it from Tradition. It's for lhd (rhd are nla). After a little trim it fits really well.
My speakers in the rear parcel shelf are still working but the cones are breaking up. I picked up a pair of 4” nos Blaupunkt speakers for 99p on eBay. £6 postage but still a bargain.
Rear parcel shelf getting new foam backing.
The roof inside had a tiny bit of surface rust. I cleaned it up, treated it and put a good coat of clear wax on everything plus inside all the voids.
I saw some new grab handles at Tradition and they were cheap.
And the new visor clips were new a couple of years ago.
The sunroof hole got a good clean and coat of wax before re fitting the headliner. The mechanism got a overhaul and white grease in all the moving parts.
The headliner is in but I forgot to take pics.
More to come.
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I found out that these should be fitted at the same time as the side and rear windows. The material is held by the window seals. Now the glass was replaced by the painters and only one side piece was left. Apparently they were getting new pieces made but these never materialised (excuse pun). So I used the one piece left as a template to make new.
To get around the problem, I fitted new scrim foam and bonded the vinyl to it. The trimmed edges were then tucked under the window seals. Not easy but it came out fine in the end.
These two tools helped.
A fork and a picture rail hanger.
This rain tray replaced my old broken up one. Got it from Tradition. It's for lhd (rhd are nla). After a little trim it fits really well.
My speakers in the rear parcel shelf are still working but the cones are breaking up. I picked up a pair of 4” nos Blaupunkt speakers for 99p on eBay. £6 postage but still a bargain.
Rear parcel shelf getting new foam backing.
The roof inside had a tiny bit of surface rust. I cleaned it up, treated it and put a good coat of clear wax on everything plus inside all the voids.
I saw some new grab handles at Tradition and they were cheap.
And the new visor clips were new a couple of years ago.
The sunroof hole got a good clean and coat of wax before re fitting the headliner. The mechanism got a overhaul and white grease in all the moving parts.
The headliner is in but I forgot to take pics.
More to come.
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