Sunday at the garage

The strip-down continues. The interior is now part-removed: seats, belts, carpets and mats, handbrake, gear-lever etc. I've still to remove the sound-deadening material and the dash and instruments.

The doors are stamped with the last three digits of the chassis number - nice touch.

The car has an original Webasto heater - here's a photo prior to removal (...so, if ever I decide, I can remember how to put it back one day!)

Headlamps, complete

Brightwork parts prior to re-chroming and zinc plating

Door frames, rear quarters and miscellaneous bits and bobs, stripped to smallest component and photographed for an inventory prior to taking to the platers.

Removing rear bumpers and rear panel

Removing the rear bumpers and exhaust silencer.

Rear quarter windows stripped

I stripped the rear quarter windows over Christmas 2010. The 'inner' rubber had pretty much perished and the brackets might need to be remade as quite corroded and I had to drill out a couple of the small countersunk screws. The latches are stripped: the 'brass-sleeve' gindes are trickt to remove and will need to be replaced, The photo shows one of the latches stripped for re-assembly after these are re-plated.

Various brightwork parts in prep

Starting with the exterior brightwork, the light bowls, indicator units, latches, hinges and door frames are stripped and cleaned up prior to plating or finishing.

The grit blast cabinet

This is the grit blast cabinet I'm using rid the smaller parts of rust before preparation of the metal for plating and finishing...