November 2019
December 2019 Visit

When the bill for the November work came, it was less than normal.  At least some sheet metal work got done and a lot of ancillary background work too.

I went across the parking lot to the upholsters shop and got to see the finished seats.  I also talked to the owner, Jamie, and he explained how they reconstructed the seats.

They first took apart all of the panels on the old seats and made cardboard panels of them.  Then they removed the foam and all of the webbing.  Then they started from scratch shaping new foam along with new material and springs.

   

New webbing was put on the backs along with a stiffener wire tied to the webbing.

   

The complete seat covers were mocked up in order to adjust the individual pieces, particularly where they were curved and over the foam.  The individual seams in the back and seats were made identical to the original and lined up.  The bolstered areas on the back and seats were cut so they minimized the wrinkling at the inner corners.

Here are the rest of the rolled up hides that will be needed for the remainder of the interior.  These were all ordered from HVL at one time so the color would be consistent across the several hides.

The metal work on the right side of the car is almost complete.  Only some more cleanup on the welding and a little dolly work is still needed.

       

Now to the left side.  After all of the rust in the right rocker, I was worried that they might find in the left rocker.  They cut a couple of small holes to look inside and found no significant rust (whew!).  They will spray some rust inhibitor in there through the holes before welding them back up.  The left rear is close to having new metal.

   

The right inner fender panel has been replaced.

There will be more work in the left wheel needed as some of the metal has rust holes.

Another thing that is finished is repair of the transmission tunnel.  It looked like someone wanted to change the clutch without taking off the donut, so torched and bent a section of the tunnel up to allow the transmission to be pulled back enough.

   

The generator was disassembled so the ends and pulley could be cleaned up and the body painted.  The chrome parts for the dash were readied to be sent out for re-chroming.  The wiring system was evaluated and wire supplies bought as needed.