I just wanted to post to let everyone know I haven’t forgotten to post and haven’t abandoned the project. I have too many projects going right now and I’m trying to thin the herd. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks getting my 86 GT (the one that donated the body to this car) running and driveable so I can sell it. I only have a few minor things to do to it now, then I will focus on one of my other projects. I have the Franken Fiero and my Harley to work on. Not sure which I will do but I will probably focus on one of those until it is done. It will probably be the Harley since I am still waiting on someone for the Fiero upholstery. That should only take a week out of my time though, then I’ll be back on the FranenFormula full swing.
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted an update but I have gotten a little bit of work done.
I finished cutting out the tail light panel holes, though it may still need some clean up. I finally got a body saw to make jobs like this easier, but when I was cutting the panel with it my air hose blew up. Son of a ……
I got the dash wiring cleaned up a bit. Now I can sit in the car and not get my feet tangled in the mess. Now the power door lock wiring won’t reach the switch, which is something I kind of expected anyway.
I swapped the rear wheels and wheel wells with my other car. Seemed like it took all day, but the wheel wells needed some modification and I was trying to get the other car running at the same time too.
That’s about it. I have someone lined up to do the sewing of the upholstery, just not sure when. So in the meantime I will do what I can and get the pieces in place that I can. That reminds me, I still have to mount the light switch to the lower dash and hook up the vents. There is an end in site though and I think I’m pretty close to the home stretch.
In case I never mentioned it before, there were some things I had planned that I am putting off now. I was going to install a decent stereo system and move the heater controls to behind the fake passenger side air bag cover. Then I was going to turn the air bag cover into a glove box door. Oh and make a glove box too. It’s these kinds of things that make a project drag out so darn long. In fact it’s partly why this has gone on as long as it has (Started in January), because I have held off doing some things while trying to figure out how to handle other things. In fairness to me though, I have not only been working on the interior. I’ve also converted it to a GT, added power windows and door locks and added Lamborghini tail lights. Well, I finally decided to just get it done. I’m going to put the heater controls where the stereo would go and leave the airbag cover alone. Then I can get it back on the road and enjoy it. Then I can deal with the other things as I feel ambitious.