May 15, 2005
"Take 3 on the dash/interior..."

Notes:

• The web page hasn't been updated in about a month due to numerous issues that slowed the project down.  I'm happy to say that things are picking back up.

• You'll note that the car is not painted yet.  Joe and I looked the car over (he was going to paint today) Friday night.  He has gotten the hood scoops to line up 20 time better, but after a long discussion, we both decided that they could fit better.  I told Joe to hold off on painting the car for another week.  Let's see what happens...

• Joe has been smoothing out the inner rear quarter panel.

• Some areas will need to be blasted and primed.

• Now for my own little hell...  For the past month I have been trying to get the correct vinyl dye for the interior (always out of stock).  After spraying the dash, panels and other miscellaneous items with the substitute dye I used, I decided that I did not like the results... Back to the drawing board.  I was finally able to get the correct dye on Friday.  Today I was able to re-shoot everything.  If you look at the picture with the rear arm rests on one of the seats, you'll see that it's a pretty close match.  The last dye that I used was nowhere near the same shade as the seats.

What is hopefully going to be accomplished this week: 

• Joe is going to work on the hood scoops more.

• Hopefully the rest of the car will be ready for paint.  Due to the amount of work that appears to be needed, I would figure that it will be at least another week (probably two or more) to get the car ready for paint.

• Dash assembly (sound familiar?).

• Hopefully I'll be able to work on the steering column.