Update 48 - Lights, Interior and Doors

You saw in the last update the seat brackets were being measured up ready to replace the fabricated passenger seat bracket for a nice new one.



Having cut and mounted the bracket to the seat we now have a nice looking set of seats in the Blue and White car again.



Now the seats are in there are a few bits of electrics that need to be sorted out at the front.. the horn needs to be mounted and the wiring for the rad fan (a new kenlowe unit) and the otter switch needs to be sorted.





We still need to give the car a face - in with a new set of lights and on with the indicators..... better get them in the right place!!!



The Headlight kit you get, bowl (police mans helmet), light unit, rubber gasket and chrome trim.



in the process of fitting the off side unit - using stainless hex bolts to hold it in.



Drilling out the N/S mounting holes



This shows the lighting unit mounted in the police mans helmet with the trim off....



Now that's a nice face all looking spick and span



Next back to the interior trim - our banding has arrived and it looks really smart having been nailed into place - finishes off the door frame nicely.



Also last time you saw the crash pad on the dash it was all stripped down ready for trimming - with a bit of ingenuity its been trimmed and fitted - slightly different from the original factory fit as we wanted a better finish to the leading edge of the leather trimming on the pad - in the original the leather did not wrap around the pad and instead just a raw edge finished at the leading edge of the pad... our version wraps the leather around and tucks it under the pad giving a nice clean front edge.



You can see that the cut outs in the crash pad now the leather is on makes a nice finish for the brooklands screen mounts.



All new rubber gaskets and screen seals have been fitted to the original mounts and screen.



Last job before set-up is the doors - unfortunately I didn't take any pictures in the process of assembling and fitting the doors... it took all day and there was a lot of fiddling to get the leather trimmed properly and the doors (simple as they are) all put together appropriately. The finish is great in the end though... the new aluminum inner door panels look smart even though they blank out the door pocket option that used to be there.



The fit in the door aperture from the outside is really nice.. the re-fitted wind beading under the paint creates fit lines that are all uniform and straight.



This leaves us with a car back together with only minor detail elements needing to be sorted out... ECU map and front splitter for instance.