Hi All
So life has still been getting in the way - between rain and building not much has been acheived on the old girl.
The biggest change has been the fitting of a reversing camera and half of the steering wheel control (SWC) wiring. Old mate at SuperCrap only identified half of the SWC requirement so the rest is in the mail.
She is still dutifully doing the inglorious jobs in the business - taking crap to the tip and picking up general materials etc.
As a reward I have ordered some aluminium scuff plates for her off ePay. The plastic ones are a bit damaged so I am keen to replace them. I have not decided if they are too tacky or not - we will see what they look like once they turn up. Wife says it screams Mt Druitt Bogan (we both grew up there so I am not offended by the inference haha).
Once I have fitted them (or sent them to the scrappy) and the steering wheel controls are working I will be leaving the interior for the short term. Everything works and looks OK. I still need to get the original steering wheel recovered, paint the trim, throw in some new speakers and speaker covers and get the seats (at least the drivers side) redone. For now it is workable so I will shift my focus to the exterior; which is fugly!
I am about prep the hard lid from the old ute for paint; heaps of peel and cracking so it will have to go back to bare fibreglass. Not much fun in the prep there. I have ordered a letterbox grille so at least that decision is mage. I am tossing up between a fibreglass Monaro Bonnet or a adding a 2 inch reverse cowl to the exisiting one. I'm struggling with the decision but I am leaning towards the cowl - going back to my LJ/LH Torana days!
Paint wise I have decided on rubbing back the "house paint" and re-doing her in the original Heron White. The prep work required is significant and time is hard to come by so I am going to prep it panel by panel working from the front to the back and then pul here off the road and then do the final prep and paint. I have to build the shed and "spray booth" yet so we won't be rushing it.
I have also decided on adding a fibreglass two piece engine cover with SS on it. I am thinking of pulling the red colour from the new dash through the car as an accent. I am tossing up between painting them white with red SS or red with white SS. Whatever I decide I will paint them and the OTR at the same time we do the body.
I would also like to make rhe tub more usable - some decent adjustable tie down tracks or something similar. I have seen the ones out of the wagons - has anyone tried to fit them? If so how did it og - how do they look? Any ideas or thoughts on customising the tub would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers n Beers
Jolls