Now Complete Restoration / Pulling my 1969 'Bee down for strip and paint

[birdsandbees]

Had a nap and went back out and installed the dome light. Sun had finally lowered enough so I could get a good flashless shot, without the sun reflecting through my door windows off the galvanized ceiling.

Also put the trim up with a clip in it and it seems to hold it good. Still figure I'll need some glue on the outer side of the lip to hold it all in place though.

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Woke up this morning and decided to trim and glue to just the outside of the side window lips. Nothing on the interior side to bunch or mess with the natural contour of the headliner. Carefully trim, applied contact cement, waited about 10 minutes and pulled / pressed into place.

Trimmed along the front windshield frame and glued it, as well as installing the trim clips.

Back window used a screw driver to hold the headliner back so I could get the glue in on the metal teeth plates, then flipped the headliner back in after it tacked and smoothed it all out.

Fitting sail panels and making sure they sit back just far enough that the interior metal side trim panel clears / captures it and that it doesn't protrude into the window area.

Glued the front flap back into place and installed the velco patches that came with the panels... and if St Patrick's Day doesn't kick in for this Irishman I'll go back out and fit them into place. If not it will be sometime tomorrow afternoon!!  

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[alfaitalia]

Get some Guinness down ya boy...and enjoy the craic! We are in a good old fashioned English boozer (pub!)in Bognor Regis West Sussex UK (Google it!) helping the Irish economy as I write this! Mines a pint mate.

[birdsandbees]

12 pictures.. pretty much self explanatory.

Main headliner pulled taught and pegged onto sail panel area teeth. Then trimmed back so the cut edge sits in the indent and out of the way of the sail panel sitting flush.

Left and right panels in place. Test fit on both to make sure they sat back far enough for the interior trim strip and rear seat panel to sit correctly. Once I knew they were correct I peeled the tape off the Velcro pads and stuck in place. Trimmed the lower flap as needed and glued, then pegged the upper on the teeth, trimmed for about 1/2 extra and glued it back onto the teeth plates.

Why I put screws in all the holes first... find, stick Phillips head in tight, it cuts an x and then work the material around the head. Remove screws and install coat hangar and shoulder belt snap. Will do the same on mirror and sun visors, but going to leave those until the windshield is in.

Installed the rear window "lace" rubber strip. Easier now then when the glass is in.

A VERY few wrinkles to work out with the heat gun.

For me this is my BIGGEST most satisfying accomplishment to date on this rebuild.

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[Dino]

Nice job!   

You'll be driving that thing soon!

[Charger-Bodie]

I wish chargers had that style sail panel boards

[birdsandbees]

Nice job!   

You'll be driving that thing soon!

Thanks Dirk! Amazed myself on this one.. after a LOT of procrastination to get on it. I have FOUR minor wrinkles and I already took one out very easily with the heat gun. Gonna leave it for now, get onto other stuff and come back to the headliner once I've put the mirror and visors back in.

[Dino]

Nice job!   

You'll be driving that thing soon!

Thanks Dirk! Amazed myself on this one.. after a LOT of procrastination to get on it. I have FOUR minor wrinkles and I already took one out very easily with the heat gun. Gonna leave it for now, get onto other stuff and come back to the headliner once I've put the mirror and visors back in.

When it's time to replace mine, I'll give you a call!      

[moparnation74]

Four wrinkles, Where?  Under the trim, lol...

Fantastic job!

[birdsandbees]

THANKS! As I said, getting this behind me is the most satisfying accomplishment to date on the rebuild!

[BDF]

Admiring the talent here!

[birdsandbees]

Thanks Brent.. my mother named me Wayne (wagon builder in the Scottish handbook apparently) and I just make it up as I go along!  

Not much done today. Got out my new bulkhead and wiring harness connector kit and transferred over my 4 wiper motor wires (cleaned up the male ends) and the reverse light connector wires got 2 new male ends before snapping into the connector block.

Pissed off that I went to put my heater box back in and found all the foam had let go from my rebuild just 6 or so months ago. DO NOT use Elmers spray adhesive!!! Ended up taking a lot of it apart to re-glue using 3M adhesive and then put my $13 rubber stamp to use with some yellow paint I had under the bench. It's not perfect, but of course it never would have been originally! Paint sprayed on some paper, rubber stamped dabbed in it, first stamping done elsewhere and then the 2nd stamping was done on the heater box plate.

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My order from Year One came in today.. new engine, headlight and tail light harnesses (figured why play with old hard and crusty stuff for the little money it cost for repros with a 25% off code), new wiper fluid lines and squirters, headlight adjusters and a few others. While I was ordering I figured I'd treat the old girl to a new back window trim. $32 US bought me a nice little POS that is nowhere near the original trim piece on the left.

Installed my wiper motor and did a continuous run test and park test. Both successful !!  

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Can anyone tell me what is supposed to mount / go into the hole between the wiper motors head and the bulkhead connector hole. Looking back though my pictures I don't see anything that was in that hole.. and if left open it would then just let water/etc drain directly onto the firewall insulation pad.

[Charger-Bodie]

Doesn't look like factory hole to me.

[birdsandbees]

Maybe I did it 35 years ago to run an oil pressure line??.. but it looks just like the ground wire bolt hole between the ballast and regulator. Haven't seen that hole in any other pictures I can find of other cars, so I guess I'll put a rubber plug in it. Should have something that'll work on my hangar parts shelves. Wish I'd done a "hole count" before body work, could have welded it in before paint.

[moparnation74]

It is a Factory Tach hole....Measures 7/8.....My unmolested 4 spd GTX I am restoring has that exact hole in that location...

[birdsandbees]

That's the hole to the drivers side of the bulkhead square.. single tach wire with grommet. Talking about the 1/4 to 5/16 hole between the wiper motor head and the bulkhead hole.

[moparnation74]

Didn't see that in the other pic....your current pic shows a non factory hole...I agree with CB....

[birdsandbees]

Okay.. what I feared, probably punched it in the early days for some gizmo or oil pressure line. Will find a plug for it, or seam sealer and the touch up gun. At least it will be hidden pretty much behind the wiring harnesses.