Hi Friends,
This morning I assembled all the parts of the handbrake assembly
(those bits found in the the cockpit only). The 'arm' of the
handbrake's chrome was beyond saving so I decided to either have it
re-chromed or replaced at some later date. Yesterday I sanded the
chrome to rough it up a bit, then applied a high-build primer and
black paint. Gasp! Well, for now, it will work and will look okay -
just not correct. The push button's chrome was fine and left
polished. The handle/grip got a coat of matte black paint. The
adjusters are brass and are now nicely polished and clear-coated,
while the rest of the metal bits are painted semi-gloss black,
including the assembly-to-tunnel attachment bolts.
All of the rusty floorboard screws - including the ones whose heads
were drilled off - have now been removed from the captive nuts on the
angle-iron; those parts which supports the inboard edges of the
floorboards and propshaft tunnel. I did a test using another of the
1/4" captive nuts found elsewhere. I ran a 1/4-20 tap through the nut
and fitted a 1/4-20 bolt. It fit nicely and was strong. My
floorboards will be attached with 1/4-20 countersunk Phillips head
screws for $1.50, not $35.00 'correct' screws! You have my full
permission to gasp again, as desired. :-)
-rick
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