January - February -
March I needed a change of pace, so I started on the interior. The interior was missing the original front seat. Finding a replacement front seat was no easy task, restoring the front and rear dickie seats proved to be a major project. At first glance it would seem the arm rest was missing, but after removing three different coverings, we found the arm rest with out hinges. You will need to remove the seat back springs from the frame, then replace any broken or missing lower springs. Now it is very important to repair or replace the wood attached to the frame, as you will need the wood to shape and attach the material to later. Lastly clean up, and paint the frame. |
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Next, my dash board and wood trim were in great shape. The restoration of these items was not so bad. I sent all the gauges away to be restored, and I changed the dash from a right hand drive to a left hand drive..
August - September - November
After great thought, Jim and I came to the conclusion that the old front end is not sufficient to support the stress of almost 500 HP V8. We removed the old front end, and found a Jaguar XJ6 front end. The XJ6 front end was to wide, so we had the front end shortened. Then we mounted the front end to the tube frame. For you do it you do it your self out there there is a lot of cutting and grinding that needed to be done to make the look correct.
December
Sorry guys, I took December off for the holidays.
Contact Bob Capo at bob@bobcapo.com for further information
on any of our restorations.Thank You.