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Ok - time for a brief update ...
- just to re-iterate, my current plans for the car are just to generally clean/tidy it up & add a few personal touches along the way - all without spending too much money !
As mentioned earlier, the interior was looking very 'tired' so, after replacing the front seats & giving the carpets a good clean, I started on the gauges. The worst looking was the fuel/oil level gauge:
- so it was removed, dismantled, cleaned & the bezels repainted:
After re-assembling it was refitted - looking much better !
Next on the list was the clock ... I've never understood why manufacturers bothered to fit one when virtually every driver wore a watch - so the clock would be removed & the offending hole in the dash blanked off.
- clock duly removed:
- & a blank 85mm disc cut out from a piece of black textured ABS ... in fact I cut 2 discs - one from 3mm thick sheet & another from 4mm:
After trying both I opted for the thinner disc so glued it to a short length of 80mm plastic pipe & test-fitted it:
- that'll do nicely !
A few more items were removed/cleaned/repainted & refitted:
- it's surprising what a difference a lick of paint makes:
I'd been keeping an eye out for a suitable 'period' solid steering wheel hub &, with a bit of perseverance, managed to find one in the US for less than the price of a modern 'concertina' hub so, along with a suitable 'large-crest' Porsche Momo horn button, I used it to mount a 370mm leather wheel:
Next on the 'to do' list were the interior door panels ...
I've never liked the original 911 door pockets - to me they look too 'fussy' & it doesn't seem to take very long for them to deteriorate & look tatty.
The simplest solution is to mimic what the Factory used for their production-based competition cars - & RS LWT door card 'kits' are available from numerous sources but I wasn't going to go that route (too expensive).
I've done this on several of my cars in the past so sourced some Fiat 500 handles:
- & some suitable leather strap via ebay:
- & my 'twist' on the conversion is to use (yet again) some black textured ABS for the door cards themselves:
Passenger side roughly cut to shape:
Next installment coming soon ...
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