{"id":204,"date":"2006-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:56:47","slug":"bel-air\/getting-ready-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready To Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spoke to Zane in the week, and he told me that he may be ready to do the car this week. I decided to finish up putting the front end on, and do a couple of bits and bobs while I was at it. The grille needed to be on so that Zane can measure up to weld the tabs on to the radiator for the AC condenser. I gave it a quick clean but it’s quite badly pitted in places so I’m not sure if I’m going to replace it at some point. While I was at it, I got the front bumper down from the roof, and gave that a wash over as well. It’s pretty rusty in places, but is in good condition overall. I gave that a quick going over with a scuff pad and it’s cleaned some of it up but it doesn’t look great up close. <\/p>\n

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Both headlights had broken tabs for the surrounds, and at some point in the past they had been drilled for really long screws. After a lot of checking and double checking I put the seals on and screwed them into place to stay. Next was the passenger side wing. It took a lot of messing about and shimming to get it equal top and bottom on the door edge, but it’s a few millimetres too far forward now. I need to get someone to push it back while I tighten it up, but it’s fine for now. A quick tidy up, and a real struggle to push it back up the little ramp into the garage and I was done. I put a cardboard barrier against the wall, and gently pushed the bumper tight to it. I was convinced I’d shut the door with both bumpers on before, but as I closed the door it hit the overriders and kept the door open a few inches. After a bit of thinking about it, I took the overriders off and the door shut fine thnakfully. Looks better every week to me. <\/p>\n

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I spoke to Zane in the week, and he told me that he may be ready to do the car this week. I decided to finish up putting the front end on, and do a couple of bits and bobs while I was at it. The grille needed to be on so that Zane can measure up to weld the tabs on to the radiator for the AC condenser. I gave it a quick clean but it’s quite badly pitted in places so I’m not sure if I’m going to replace it at some point. While I was at it, I got the front bumper down from the roof, and gave that a wash over as well. It’s pretty rusty in places, but is in good condition overall. I gave that a quick going over with a scuff pad and it’s cleaned some of it up but it doesn’t look great up close. <\/p>\n

\"Bumper-On.jpg\" <\/p>\n

Both headlights had broken tabs for the surrounds, and at some point in the past they had been drilled for really long screws. After a lot of checking and double checking I put the seals on and screwed them into place to stay. Next was the passenger side wing. It took a lot of messing about and shimming to get it equal top and bottom on the door edge, but it’s a few millimetres too far forward now. I need to get someone to push it back while I tighten it up, but it’s fine for now. A quick tidy up, and a real struggle to push it back up the little ramp into the garage and I was done. I put a cardboard barrier against the wall, and gently pushed the bumper tight to it. I was convinced I’d shut the door with both bumpers on before, but as I closed the door it hit the overriders and kept the door open a few inches. After a bit of thinking about it, I took the overriders off and the door shut fine thnakfully. Looks better every week to me. <\/p>\n

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