Snow again but it didn't stop play!

Just when we thought it was safe to go out the snow came again. Friday night there was almost a blizzard and by Saturday morning there was about 7-10cm of it laying everywhere. It'll be gone in a couple of days though.

 

The big news is I got the nose cone and dash board back tonight and I must say I'm very happy with the results, if the panels look as good the car will look absolutely brilliant. Saturday and today I spent doing a few odds and ends. First one was to cut and temporarily fit the carpets especially on the one that covers the centre console.  

There was a lot of messing about cutting around the heater and hand brake, gear shift not finished yet. The result is not too bad although I still intend to make a console to cover the heater and to house the heater control, clock and 12v power outlet. I want the carpet to be fairly easy to take out if necessary.

I intended to use a chrome gear shift surround but in the end decided against it as it would have been a bugger to bolt in place and didn't look right without the hand brake also having a chrome surround. In the end I'll use the standard BMW surround and Anette will sew a longer leather gaiter for me as the standard is too short.

The chrome surround in position, a bit out of place with the grey edges carpet. To use the handbrake one has to be sitting backwards :-)

I didn't manage to finish all the jobs I set myself for this weekend but most of the jobs left are simply to bolt parts back on again.

1. Fix and install carpets YES
2. Fix gear shift and handbrake gaiters NEARLY FINISHED
3. Put in safety belts and seats READY TO FIT AND BOLT IN PLACE
4. Fix heater and fill radiator, fan wired in YES
5. Install handbrake & bleed brakes YES/NO 
6. Finish sanding rear LED lights NO
7. Started making console YES
8. Buffed the exhaust pipe(s) YES
9. Finish soft top NO This is quite a big fiddly job and the rear panel and windscreen have to be in place. I'm hoping Peter at GKD will have  the  side windows ready in the next two weeks but I'm not holding out too much hope. I'll have to cut plastic covers instead as I have already had one bad experience with rain!

I need to leave the dash and nose cone to completely dry before I start attaching bits so probably leave them until Friday. I'm afraid of making any marks especially when installing the wiper motor shaft, ICL, switches etc.

The finish is fantastic, really pleased with the job that Mats did. His day time job is building and painting special order (S-Order) Scania trucks.

The nose cone will look great once the grill and indicators are bolted in place and then the GKD emblem placed front centre!

James managed to get his sump re-welded after cracking it on the English country roads. He's going to make a sump guard so hopefully will let me have the plans so I can sort one out before my UK trip.