Time for an update. One week ago, last nite, my computer spilled a glass of my favorite Cab upon itself and immediately became drunk refusing to budge. Thank God I purchased the Apple Care policy. After one week in their care my computer has sobered up and is again working.
One week ago today I placed my windshield upon a wool blanket on the front hood. My cell rang and as I was speaking the windshield slid off the hood and shattered upon impact with the drive.
Stupid mistake; yes. Was I upset? Nope. Good riddance. That &$%#@*! windshield had been a point of contention since day one and I'm glad it's gone. It was like a little
Gremlin that had caused me numerous headaches at every turn. The good news is that Hagerty stepped up to the plate and cut a check the next working day. Four cars with Hagerty and my first claim.
Back on topic, the sail panel and roll bar trimming is now complete sans a few parts.
First I position the vinyl piece by lining up the pre-punched holes with the existing holes in the sail panel. The vinyl pieces are held in place with some small rare earth magnets.
Click to view attachmentI laid the blue tape down to mark the lower edge of thin piece of trim and to mask off the area before applying the adhesive.
Click to view attachmentLook closely and you can see the 2 trim clips inserted in the vinyl piece. This was my starting point. This is a good time to say that I had replaced these pieces on my 76 in 2010 and that it did not go well. Too late, I noticed that I had not located it correctly at the beginning and of course it would not line up at the other end. I pulled it loose and repositioned it but it never looked right after that. I suspect that the vinyl had stretched in some spots but that's water under the bridge. I was determined that I wouldn't repeat this mistake so I approached the task differently this time. That is why you see the wax paper in the pic. The spray adhesive recommends applying the vinyl between 5 and 60 minutes after the adhesive is applied. I found that the wax paper will stick to this adhesive if applied between minutes 5 - 10. However, if I waited 10 minutes the waxed paper wouldn't stick to the glue. I exposed the bottom of the vinyl piece just enough to expose those 2 clips and pushed them into their respective holes. Next I began to smooth the vinyl with a squeegee working my way towards the top and peeling back the wax paper a few inches at a time. This worked beautifully and allowed me to achieve the accuracy I wanted. After the piece was in place I went over it again rolling a piece of plastic pipe over the area to be sure there were no high spots from the glue splats.
Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentI did the roll bar in the same manner except I matched the end of the strip with the end of the sail panel piece as a starting point. Here the piece is being rolled out with the wax paper in place.
Click to view attachmentFinished product. I found this application method to be very forgiving and a goof proof approach. Hopefully I can remember this method the next time I do this.
Click to view attachmentSo now it was time to install the carpet trim pieces, carpet and seats. I've been waiting to see what the seats looked like installed. I wasn't crazy about them when I peeked under the wraps but once installed I think I like them.
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Once the vinyl arrives I'll be back on track. 
I'll order some more stripe material to complete the run. Only takes one day to arrive. Oh I liked the idea of covering the Ducktail as well! Those Datsun grilles are < $40. I like the bulk powder coat one but realized how often it would need to be cleaned because of the bugs. Chrome wouldn't show bugs as much. 
The new dash is due this week so I can button up the windshield and dash area by next weekend. 
