Two Scoops!

Lots of pictures this week. Remember, you can click on a picture to get a better look.

We decided to use the rear window scoops after all. On the original cars, these fed a rear brake cooling duct. On our car, they will scoop fresh air in through our opening scoop windows to cool us off on mild days. When it gets hot, the windows will close and we'll run the air conditioner!

We were not pleased with the mount on the hood for the hood struts. These keep the hood open when it is raised, and the hood side of the strut was mounted to some styrofoam board with fiberglassed mat over it. The problem is, they didn't put enough fiberglass on it. You can actually see the styrofoam in this picture. We added an aluminum piece with three extra mounting bolts to really hold it well.

We finished installing the bottoms of the hood. These are needed to provide for a locating pin and hole (the hole is just visible on the left edge of this picture). The pin is an acorn nut installed on the body where the hood settles on. We also marked and trimmed where the hood meets the cowl one last time to get a nice consistent gap. Those large aluminum pieces hanging from the hood are the upper splash guards that you saw last week with the hood closed.

As promised, here is a pic of the installed seats. They're not much to look at without the upholstery, but that is staying in a sealed bag until the painting is all finished. The seats do face away from the centerline of the car a little, but they're in just the right place!

We drilled the dash supports and installed the dashboard. We also drilled some holes to hold the switch panel in place. Picture those surfaces covered in a pebbly black truck bed liner, as that's the plan.

One final picture to hold you over until next week. Thanks for checking in!