Has it been THAT long? Yes, yes it has. I apologize. A lot of things are going on involving the car and all other things in life. Most of the car-related things are little technical things that may seem boring, but they're all giant steps towards the car being completed. I will highlight all of this the best I can, outlining the work that has gone on for the past few months.
First up, the vent windows and window tracks needed to be restored. You can see that the vent window rubbers were rotted and obviously unacceptable. Getting them out was likely a pain in the you-know-what, but they are long gone and now the vent windows are all set.
New rubber has been installed, new vent window cranks are installed, and all of the moldings for the vent windows, side windows, and windshield have all been smoothed out and polished:
The actual side window tracks are all looking sweet too:
One of the taillight brackets was damaged. The other wasn't salvageable. The team repaired the damaged one with a sweet welding job and then they fabricated a bracket for the other side. You guys will never see these parts again most likely, so I apologize if this is boring...
Now, many of you should recall that the movie car needed a bunch of stuff, including 'a little wiring' according to Ray. I can assure you that there is A LOT of wiring involved. Let there be lights!
Turn Signals:
Backup Lights:
And just because I love the look of it, another shot of the lights in the front:
There was a bit of challenge with the windshield installation. It is seemingly impossible to find a single rubber to properly install it. The window guy has figured out a way to use two separate window rubbers to install the windshield appropriately. Rubbers!
Speaking of new linings, the glove box will have a new one! I can put all kind of money bribe gags in the glove box now for when the cops pull me over for running the lights and siren...
Finally, the current challenge we are facing is an issue with the dash shift indicator.
When we changed the transmission we never realized this was going to be an issue. The original transmission had a shift pattern of P N D2 L R. The new transmission shift pattern is P R N D 2 1. Basically, when I shift the new transmission, the dash indicator will not indicate the proper current shift after 'park'...this is being addressed as we speak. I will update you all on how we fix this issue.
