my66
a little restoration story
This & That
Along with the 'bigger' projects came a lot of small ones.
Cowl cover
In order to prevent leafs from falling into my (now fixed) cowl, I got some Lexan stock and fasteners from Home Depot and fabricated a cowl cover. |
Gas cap
My gas cap showed some signs of wear, so I polished it and touched up the lettering and the logo. |
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Here the outcome. |
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I painted the letters generously (after I polished everything) and then wiped excess paint off with a paper towel. Worked like a charm. The ring is tough, you have to wipe away from the center, otherwise all the paint gets picked up. |
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The stripes were relatively easy. |
Taillights
The gaskets on my taillights were no good anymore and the bezels shot, so I decided to work on them a bit (here you can see the original color). I bought new lenses, bezel and gaskets. The only parts I did not get were new housings. |
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Should have.... |
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No way to get the housing to shine, but I figured with some aluminum foil it might work better. I made some templates to cut the pieces and glued them into place with a little bit of spray glue. |
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I wanted to know if this helps reflecting the light better, so I waited until it was dark and took this picture. |
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Check. |
Air filter
I was lucky enough to find an original air filter housing at my local junkyard. |
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It took a lot of sanding, but now... |
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...it looks like it should. |
Moving the fuse box
Because of the leaking cowl, my original fusebox was a mess. |
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I decided to get a new fusebox with flat fuses and move it from underneath the dashboard to the engine compartment. |
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Here it is in front of the firewall on the passenger side. Next to the fusebox is my main power switch. |
