Re: Mike's 53 Clipper
Posted by Tobs On 2016/6/6 10:08:29
Lets see, side trim is on! My father in law made new clips that screw on from the backside and allow me to close all those holes in the doors and fenders so less water gets into the car. Looks a lot better now! We also got the electrical system working.
Bad grounds on the tail lights housings, turn signals and reverse lights had me confused for a while, but it was easy to scrape off paint and now things are looking good. Horns also work. Man, I love those loud horns.
I did a job I haaaaate! I crawled under the dash and pulled back the spring loaded wheels for the wipers and stuck a drill bit in there! What a job, now I just need to run the wiper cables and screw on the wiper pivots!
Also wired up the license plate lamp this morning. Made a new sub harness for that also with ground wire...
Today I went to the post office and got a set of 3 point belts. The same that Hans has in his 52. Hope to install those soon, but may have to re-enforce the B pillar mounting area.
Getting close to on the road!
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Bad grounds on the tail lights housings, turn signals and reverse lights had me confused for a while, but it was easy to scrape off paint and now things are looking good. Horns also work. Man, I love those loud horns.
I did a job I haaaaate! I crawled under the dash and pulled back the spring loaded wheels for the wipers and stuck a drill bit in there! What a job, now I just need to run the wiper cables and screw on the wiper pivots!
Also wired up the license plate lamp this morning. Made a new sub harness for that also with ground wire...
Today I went to the post office and got a set of 3 point belts. The same that Hans has in his 52. Hope to install those soon, but may have to re-enforce the B pillar mounting area.
Getting close to on the road!
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