Time in garage 3-1/2 hours
Yesterday morning I woke up realizing there were no anchor nuts installed in the replacement floor boards for mounting the transmission cover and that I needed to get them drilled and nuts adhered. I also discovered later in the day was the missing attachment bracket that sits near the parking brake lever. ( this is the advantage of having the '57 still around!) I fabricated the new bracket and drilled the holes for the cover. My son is going to get me some thin gauge mild steel to fab the lip that goes around the floorboard opening for the transmission cover...this will need to be installed soon. It would have been preferable to have the lip installed prior to applying the HPC coating but I am not too concerned this step was missed.
I decided yesterday to remove the heater and take out the instrument cluster and old wiring harness. I have been having to work around the dangling harness on numerous occasions so it was nice to see the entrails gone! The heater hoses were super rotted and just crumbled when I was disconnecting the heater. I accidentally dropped the heater core on the driveway after undoing the last nut which was totally avoidable. It doesn't look damaged? Even more parts being removed ....arghhhh!!!
I am looking into some Fiero seats! I checked some out for my MGB a few years ago and I think they would make a good enhancement to the car from a comfort perspective. The seat rails need to be positioned and drilled for attachment so I might as well find some seats and custom fit them. Of course seat belts will be need to be purchased and installed at some point...
A productive day all round!!!
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