David,
Looks real good. Are you the new body work man for the next SOS
get
together?
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
David Riker wrote:
> Hi.
> I have been working on my 78 Midget off and on all winter. Thought
I'd
> post
> a little update for you all. This was a car I bought off ebay as a
resale
> project. Everything is taking more attention than I had originally
hoped,
> but is coming along nicely. I did my own bodywork on the cowl on the
> drivers side, and it came out pretty good. Could have used some
metal
> work,
> and that's more than I've got tools, etc to do, but I'm still
satisfied
> with
> the end result. Had Miracle Auto body paint the bare shell, again,
could
> be
> better, but a significant improvement without going to the extreme of
> striping to bare metal. Replaced the tail lights, backup lights, and
> headlight rings with repro's (sorry Frank, remember, this isn't a
> "keeper").
> Stripped the old bumper stickers off of the back bumper and
refinished it
> with special bumper paint that is a perfect color and texture match
to the
> original unfinished bumper. I found a nice front bumper on ebay that
I'm
> waiting on shipping to receive. Bought a new convertible top off
ebay. It
> turned out to be a Crown Top, and seems very well made. It came with
all
> the snaps and fasteners already installed. I let the top sit infront
of my
> fireplace to warm up, then installed it on the car. It is still a
very,
> very tight fit. But when it warms up over 100 degrees here this
summer it
> should stretch out just fine. I recapped the dash board, and cleaned
and
> tested all the gages. I put in a Smiths electric temp gage instead
of the
> combo safety gage, and a yellow oil pressure light, like came on the
> 1979's.
> Put in a new carpet kit, also purchased off of ebay. It fits very
well
> too.
> I've also swapped out the faded Autumn Leaf Interior for a used black
set
> that I've been storing for about 10 years. The black goes so much
better
> with the Yellow exterior. For a stereo, I acquired a Jensen CD615X
which
> is
> a Din and a half size. It was shallow enough to fit flush with the
console
> without an adapter and will allow clearance when shifting, but the
oversize
> height of the face required that I cut the bottom out of the
console. So
> now I embark on assembling the engine ancillaries and installing the
> powertrain. I've posted more pictures at webshots via the link
below.
>
> http://community.webshots.com/album/21656769bJIqItSBbm
>
> David Riker
> 74 Midget
> 63 Falcon
> 70 Torino
> http://home.pacbell.net/davriker
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