Until then, more time for the car (and the lift). Since the last update I have managed the odd sneaky trip into the garage, but it was always a quick trip, add some glue, leave and come back another day. Repeat ad nauseum.
Having got the reinforcing strips where I want them (hopefully that is in the right places – I centred them, and they line up with the locking clips on the front and rear bars, so …..), time for the webbing strips. There was a lot of attach with bulldog clips, trial fit on the car, etc. before any gluing.
I decided to approach the gluing in several stages. First I glued the webbing onto the three reinforcing plates, then the side plates, then wrapped it over the ends of the reinforcing plates and glued.
First, glue to the plates
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Then to the sides
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Then once that had all settled, I drilled through the webbing, using the original rivet holes in the reinforcing plates. Otherwise, once the webbing is wrapped around the ends I wouldn’t be able to see the original holes.
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Turn over
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Add loadsa glue, fold over and clamp
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There has been endless trial fitting of the roof at each stage, to check that nothing had moved - it’s amazing how dusty a car can get if you don’t drive it
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That’s the roof to date. Glue is drying, then rivet the webbing, add hessian and foam, then time for the vinyl covering and headliner…….
In other news, the new lift arrived
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Was unboxed
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Oil was ordered. Messaged ebay vendor the day after due date as it was still showing as not arrived with the courier. 6 days later (after involving ebay) he said he would check. 2 days later, having involved ebay again and got a refund, he messaged to apologise that it had been lost and as he had no more, he would issue a refund. Strange that it is still on his ebay shop, but now at full price, not the 30% ‘special offer’. So, oil ordered from a separate supplier, and this morning …..
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I've wired in a spur for the control box
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And all we need now is the Garage Bitch to arrive on Friday to help lift the bl00dy things and instal them.