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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Rochester, KENT
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Re: GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project
Funny how life and distractions can get in the way of getting small jobs done.
The vinyl for the dash did not really settle r smoothen out this week. Yesterday I brought in some ply to work on indoors, 4-6’C is not ideal, and the damp chill in the air sucks too. ![]() So plan B was hatched for the vinyl. ![]() That seemed to work a bit better. ![]() Laying out the two pieces that needed covering on my just big enough piece of material. ![]() Cut off the piece for the instrument surround. ![]() Industrial strength contact adhesive goes off in 2 minutes, the contact and pray. ![]() Glue and then staples to Doubly secure the rear, while adding some tension. ![]() ![]() And not too bad, the curves mean a load of pie0cuts to keep the tension low and getting full coverage of the cowl piece. ![]() I think it is good enough.. Of course any wise arses are most welcome to make me some new parts and cover them, and I will happily fit them. ![]() Next up was coffee and ginger nuts, a good way to procrastinate on the job that had me petrified, in order to scrape together my slipping courage. So I laid a bed sheet over the plywood, stapled the one end down with multiple staples (thanks @nickwheeler for the machine) and tensioned it all and stapled the other end. Then laid the vinyl down and stapled both ends down. This way , I was effectively removing one risk factor though it would probably not help much. Still, not moving, meant I was going to risk laying the dashboard down alone. ![]() I also practiced laying it down a few times, in case that helped when the glue was ready. ![]() With the glue down on both surfaces, I managed to mate the two surfaces, and it worked. Some pressure to ensure maximum contact and adhesion. ![]() More pie cuts and stretching, stapling to secure it all. ![]() Eventually……. ![]() Next job will be to cut the holes through for all the switches and then to fix it in the car. So not a lot done, but more done than if I had sat watching telly all the time. Closer and closer to the finish line. Weekend over.
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