MISCELLANEOUS PROGRESS

Up until now each post had a reasonable theme that could be used for a title.  The above will have to do for this one.

The wheels and tires arrived and I'm pretty happy with how they look, although the wheels might need to be painted to match the car color.  Time will tell on that.

So I decided to paint all of the visible sides of the sheet metal parts the same color as the main body color.
First the panel surface has to be scuffed up and cleaned so the primer will stick.
Before and after.

Then an etching primer.  I know that this is not very interesting to most of you, but it does document the primer and process used for future reference because as soon as that can is empty it will go in the garbage and do you think I'll remember what kind it was?

The color is Martin Senour # 56-82209-A Sterling Gray Metallic



First painted and permanently installed panels.

 

The plan was to get black anodized rivets but after looking at the shiny ones that came with the kit I liked them better.

Thanks to friend Jeff M. and nephew Evan K.,  I have the use of a very nice tubing bender and flaring tool for installing the brake and fuel lines.  Here are the latest pictures of the brake lines.

Master cylinders

Left front

 Front crossover

Rear split

In an effort to keep the engine compartment as uncluttered as possible I ran the brake lines underneath instead of through the driver side firewall.

Front split.

My brother Jeff was here last weekend and helped finish brake lines and the gas tank installation.