Hi.
I have been working on my 78 Midget off and on all winter. Thought I'd
post
a little update for you all. This was a car I bought off ebay as a resale
project. Everything is taking more attention than I had originally hoped,
but is coming along nicely. I did my own bodywork on the cowl on the
drivers side, and it came out pretty good. Could have used some metal
work,
and that's more than I've got tools, etc to do, but I'm still satisfied
with
the end result. Had Miracle Auto body paint the bare shell, again, could
be
better, but a significant improvement without going to the extreme of
striping to bare metal. Replaced the tail lights, backup lights, and
headlight rings with repro's (sorry Frank, remember, this isn't a
"keeper").
Stripped the old bumper stickers off of the back bumper and refinished it
with special bumper paint that is a perfect color and texture match to the
original unfinished bumper. I found a nice front bumper on ebay that I'm
waiting on shipping to receive. Bought a new convertible top off ebay. It
turned out to be a Crown Top, and seems very well made. It came with all
the snaps and fasteners already installed. I let the top sit infront of my
fireplace to warm up, then installed it on the car. It is still a very,
very tight fit. But when it warms up over 100 degrees here this summer it
should stretch out just fine. I recapped the dash board, and cleaned and
tested all the gages. I put in a Smiths electric temp gage instead of the
combo safety gage, and a yellow oil pressure light, like came on the
1979's.
Put in a new carpet kit, also purchased off of ebay. It fits very well
too.
I've also swapped out the faded Autumn Leaf Interior for a used black set
that I've been storing for about 10 years. The black goes so much better
with the Yellow exterior. For a stereo, I acquired a Jensen CD615X which
is
a Din and a half size. It was shallow enough to fit flush with the console
without an adapter and will allow clearance when shifting, but the oversize
height of the face required that I cut the bottom out of the console. So
now I embark on assembling the engine ancillaries and installing the
powertrain. I've posted more pictures at webshots via the link below.
http://community.webshots.com/album/21656769bJIqItSBbm
David Riker
74 Midget
63 Falcon
70 Torino
http://home.pacbell.net/davriker
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