Upon test fitting the front bumper the fog lights were not quite centered on the holes of the grill. I had to modify the mounting brackets so that they would be centered.

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Here is the modification that was made, excuse the ugly welds I ran out of gas and had to use the flux core wire.

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And this is how I mounted them. But I messed up and now I have to fix it. I need the ears of the bracket from the light to be on the outside of the small bracket that gets bolted to the body

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At least they are centered and look really good for some aftermarket fog lights from ebay.

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I've been working on the war but have been slacking on posting up my pictures so here goes.

Headlight covers before and after. Cleaned them up and let them sit in a bucket with chlorine and water for a couple of days. Hit it with some barkeepers friend at the end and the result was pretty good.

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Painted and installed the trim with new hardware.

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Side skirts and bumper valances primed and ready for paint

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Making sure they fit well before I paint them.

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I'm going to wait a little while before I paint all those pieces black because I also want to paint my roof while I am at it. For this reason I jumped to the wiring harness. I have been dreading this job for a while but it also has to get done.

Here the installation of the new snorkel.

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Then working on the new washer pump switch. Installation is pretty straight forward and simple for this switch thanks to all the great info that is here on the site.

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Then it was time to start running the wiring harness. Started at the tunnel and worked my way to both ends.

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Harnes ran through the engine compartment.

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Then into the trunk

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Out the back for the license plate lights with the new grommets.

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Mounted the fuse panel under the dash, some of those fuses are probably still original

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Installing the steering column to check that all my lights and the washer pump work.

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Then it was a matter of running it to the front of the car.

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Doing the euro conversion. I was having a grounding issue by just grounding to the bucket so I ran the ground wire all the way to the harness.

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New spade connectors and wiring the the harness.

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Boot installed

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Nicely done as usual Pedro. Coming along so well. How did you get the front turn signal buckets to shine so well? They look new!

Hi Dion, I cleaned them with Bartenders Friend first and then put them in water with chlorine to get them a brighter white. There were some spots were I used some 600 grit sand paper to remove them but that was about all I did.

Worked some more on the harness and also the windshield wipers

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Cleaned up and installed

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New hardware from 914 Rubber

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Grimmy and dirty headlight motors and hardware

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Cleaned up and ready for install

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And some pictures of the installation

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Some more

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Headlight assemblies

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Some before and after pics of the airbox

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New seals installed

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All cleaned up and put back together

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And thanks to Ian for making this video that made installation much easier:

https://youtu.be/Uhs6pedBOXM

Even though my car did not originally come with a grill for the airbox I decided to add it to prevent stuff from getting down there.


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Good call on the grill; should have done that on my build.

I'm glad a made that call also after all the crap I found inside.

Jumping to the dash that was all crusty and dirty. Found out I had not ordered the vinyl and the foam for it so I placed my order for those parts from 914 rubber today.

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Cleaned up looking much better

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The dash material was still in very good shape, I just cleaned it with some soap and water and it looked great. Using contact cement to glue it down.

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Took the time to add some black to where the air vents come out.

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Double sided tape for the chrome molding on the knee pad

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That is as far as I was able to get on the dash until my parts order from 914 rubber shows up. I did get to work on other small detail parts for the dash though.

Soaked the glove box with water and then put a clamp on it out in the sun to get it back into shape.

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Took the cigarette lighter apart to clean it up.

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Knee pad cleaned up also, luckily this was also in very good shape. Just used soap and water, I will treat it with a protectant prior to installation.

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Oh wow! I somehow missed a whole year of your build. What a treat to catch up. Last time I checked, you had a diamond in the rough, and now, FABULOUS!

And I have to say, only real mean take their cigar lighters apart.

Thanks Brent , this made me laugh

Excellent work, Pedro. Keep up the momentum.

I'm trying buddy, hopefully I will be close to finishing like you are soon. Thanks for the kind words!

I'm happy to report that the glove box is no longer crooked. Leaving it overnight to dry while clamped did the job. Now I need to get some flock because the inside is still nasty from all the rat piss

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Since I will be waiting for parts to arrive for the dash I decided to clean all the air ducts. Off into a bucket of warm soapy water they go. Amazing how much dirt is coming off these, couldn't imagine not taking these apart to clean them properly from the inside.

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Forgot to take before pics of these but they were just as dirty as everything else.

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Wow a couple of weeks and I am really lagging on my updates

The parts I ordered from 914 Rubber showed up in just a few days so I go on the dash to get it finished.

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Ian, thanks for the great video on how to upholster to dash. It made this job quick and easy and it came out looking great. The dash also came from 914 rubber and it looks fantastic. Here are some pictures of the dash installation.

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This pictures shows the rubber seal between the dash and the windshield.

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Now to deal with the wiring harness and all the accessories.

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Time to pause and clean the air controls. Cleaned up the electrical terminals, surface rust on the metal parts, painted the face, lubed the cable guides, new grommet and new knobs.

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Well, it's starting to look like a car inside now, and I can't wait to finish putting it together. Still quite a ways to go yet though Here I installed the knee pad, switches, air controls, air registers and started sorting out the wiring.

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I'm pretty happy with how things are lining up with little tweaking right now. Will work on it some more to get a better fit on some parts.

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Couldn't wait, had to test my newly installed light switches.

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This car is soooo nice. That front end is sweet.
Just awesomeness Pedro!

Thanks Dion! Talking about the front end, I need to get up and finish sanding and painting the bumpers and other parts. I have just been lazy doing it and was focusing on putting the car back together.

Instruments are in and starting hooking up the harness to the back of them. Starting to come alive slowly.

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Also worked on getting the air ducts in and starting to adjust the cables from the levers in the dash.

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Next was the installation of the air ducts, but first I had to re-work the clamps.

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The air hoses I ordered where from URO Parts in 60mm Part# 644 572 971 00, Part SKU URO-010423 in 1500mm length. The other one was 50mm Part# 911 211 274 00, Part SKU URO-010451 in 720mm length.
I was surprised how close these are to the originals.

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Wow, just wow! Really enjoying following the progress of your beautiful build. Thanks for taking the time to share your work.

WOW !

Thanks for the kind words pfreiburger




Sweet!

Here's another one of those, I should have done this before. But in my rush to get the car painted I decided to wait to do it later. Here I had to make new brackets for the rear bumper so that it would line up correctly. I am also fixing some of the edges so that all the gaps are even and that they are straight. I knew I should have done this before, it's not fun working on a freshly painted car without scratching it.

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Got my gas gauge working, the fuel sending unit was stuck so I left it soaking in some gas overnight and it loosened up.

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It's the little things that slowly bring this car back to life.

Trunk light

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Seatbelt light is fully operational now with the seatbelts.

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Axle time

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Getting these put back together without smearing grease all over the place was difficult, lots of paper towels were required.

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