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That looks great compared to my interior(In other words a rusty floor ). Just had a few questions. First of all i see the chair has a mechanism to move it forwoulds and backwoulds, Are thease standard fit, ive never seem them before?. Secondly has nothing to do with the interior, but with you exterior paint, what colour is that?.

MortisMinor wrote:That looks great compared to my interior(In other words a rusty floor ). Just had a few questions. First of all i see the chair has a mechanism to move it forwoulds and backwoulds, Are thease standard fit, ive never seem them before?. Secondly has nothing to do with the interior, but with you exterior paint, what colour is that?.

Yes, I'm pretty sure the forwards/backwards adjustment on the driver's seat is standard for a 1965 car? Other experts on here will know for sure, but it certainly looks a totally standard arrangement to me.....

As the seat still doesn't run on "rails" like a more modern car, it's pretty difficult to adjust the seat while you're sitting in it, as your weight is still on the rear part of the frame which is resting on the carpet, so you really have to get out of the car and reach back in to adjust it - still, better than nothing!

Passenger's seat is non-adjustable though.

Body colour is Trafalgar Blue.

Oh - and thanks for the kind comments - much appreciated!

Thoroughly enjoyed your post and the effort you put into the interior and the results are really impressive. I've just bought a moggy and the drivers seat straps have snapped and the foam has dropped, my garage mechanic where its being repaired said it was like sitting in a low slung recaro he couldn't see over the stearing wheel.

BORED BORED BORED!!!

I don't usually have time to get bored, but today it's raining and there's just nothing much to do right now, apart from starting some decorating, and that's well, err, boring!

So as we had the sewing machine out (a classic sewing machine I'll have you know) I decided to make a bag for the Moggie's starting handle to save it rattling around in the boot. Cut up one leg from an old pair of jeans, two seams and hey presto! Even the right colour for the car!



Then I thought - y'know that starting hadle looks a bit tatty - let's paint it!

So 20 minutes with a stripping disc and wire brush later - back to bright metal:



Then a quick squirt with etch primer and leave to dry in the boiler room:



Then an hour or two later, a couple of careful coats of Aerosol Hammerite smooth:



Now leave to harden overnight.

Gah! It's only ten to three, what shall I do now?

Paint the Jack to match ??

bmcecosse wrote:Paint the Jack to match ??

Car came with a brand-new scissor jack, still in its box.

Hey ho!

Er, anytime you feel bored with nothing to do and fancy a trip to Hertfordshire you'd be very welcome! Really impressed with all the little finishing touches that you are making to your car.

My car is resembles an empty skip at the moment, but mercifully I have this week off to catch up on lost time so I plan to replace LH inner wing then I can turn the car over and do the chassis legs....

First of all i see the chair has a mechanism to move it forwards and backwoulds, Are thease standard fit, ive never seem them before?.

Yes these are the standard fit to enable different driving positions to suit the legs of the driver.
However what often happens is that the drivers seat is often replaced with a passenger one with no adjustment as these are far more readily available as the drivers side ones are often damaged and rather than repair them as in the above photo's they just get repaced.
I also have never been picked up on the correct drivers seat fitted to a car being too wobbly either.

The problem with the adjustable seat is that the adjustment bar is only at one side - and so the seat when tilted forward can be made to twist. They say 'not secure' - so it has to be changed! I suppose I could 'push it' as being the standard equipment for the car/age - but I see no point in stirring up the MOT guy - who if he put his wicked mind to it could probably find a dozen things to query and make my life even more miserable!! Seat change seems a small penance to pay for a PASS!

Seat change seems a small penance to pay for a PASS!

As you say if he is fair with the rest of the car its only 4 bolts in and out.

Wow - I'm glad I'm not competing in Concours anymore. Here is a car to take the prizes! Well done, looking forward to see her soon.

RogerRust wrote:Wow - I'm glad I'm not competing in Concours anymore. Here is a car to take the prizes! Well done, looking forward to see her soon.

Thanks Roger, but don't be fooled by the photos - the car is nowhere near concours in reality - it's smart yes, but there's plenty of areas of, shall we say, "patina" if you get close up, especially the brightwork!

It's a daily driver - we like to have it smart and good condition, but it's got to earn its keep too, like any car should IMHO.

Cheers!

I have been following your saga...i take my hat off to you with the quality and patience in your work

Well done!

markc wrote:I have been following your saga...i take my hat off to you with the quality and patience in your work

Well done!

Why thank you kind sir!! Much appreciated!

It's comments like this that keep up the drive and motivation - in fact if I'm honest I probably try to do a better job when I'm planning to show photos on a forum, it's a pride thing I suppose....

Cheers!

Yes the finished photos are excellent, you must be very pleased with your interior Luxobarge. Yours photos gave me the motovation to strip my seats down - hopefully I should be putting them back together in the next week or so.

In case anyone wonders what happened to the other photo`s I have given them their own postings under bodywork & mechanical so they are a little easier to find, and Rick has been informed.

Well, way back in this saga when I was replacing the glove box liners, one of you kind folk told me that the reason they go rotten is that water leaks in past the wiper spindle housings. IIRC I replied something along the lines of "thanks for the info., but mine don't leak now since the PO did the restoration on the car".

Gah! Spoke too soon! After having some leaks in past the windscreen rubber (subject of another thread) which are now nice and sealed up, I was perturbed when my wife told me there was still water dripping in, quite a lot of it in fact. This is a real pain, as it makes the whole of the inside of the car damp, misty, promotes rust etc.

Well I got involved the other day and found it dripping down from BEHIND the dash panel and figured that the only place it could come from is the scuttle area, and remembered your comment. Took the O/S wiper spindle apart today, and sure enough it was actually quite loose - had no problem getting the nut off, so I cleaned it all up and re-assembled tightly and this time with a good helping of sealer in there too - should be OK now. I've not done the N/S one yes as it doesn't appear to be leaking and is still tight, but boy will I be keeping my eye on it!

Looks like I can save the new driver's side glove box liner, I took it out today and you can clearly see the marks left where its been dripping on it - it has gone a little distorted, but I flattened it out just fine with a hot iron, I will now let it dry out thoroughly, I think I will give the outside cardboard bit a good coating of clear laquer to seal it from damp a bit before re-fitting.

A bit of a pain as taking the driver's side liner out involves dropping the steering column a few inches - mind you, it's a lot easier to do now I've done it before, this time I used a bungee cord to hold the indicator nacelle up tight against the steering wheel so it doesn't slip down and short the horn out against the column - fiddly to put back if it does, and the horn constantly sounding would have probably got me awarded yet another ASBO!

Not the weather for this sort of thing - the amount of rain we had last weekend was enormous (like you didn't know!) and mostly seemed to end up in the floor of my Moggie - still, its drying out quite well today, I'm looking forward to getting this car waterproof for the first time since I've had it!

Thanks for the wiper spindle tip though - at least I found the cause first time!

Cheers

Rick - Disconnect the battery neg lead then the horn won't go off - Same thing when you are trying to remove the nut from the steering wheel

PSL184 wrote:Rick - Disconnect the battery neg lead then the horn won't go off - Same thing when you are trying to remove the nut from the steering wheel

Oh yes, I did this for sure, just in case - but its still a fiddle to raise the horn assembly back up the column if it slips down, the copper finger/sprongle thingy needs lifting over the slip ring etc. and so a bungee cord to hold it up and stop it falling down in the first place seems to have worked great and just makes putting it all back together that bit quicker!

I like to disconnect the battery when working inside the car with the doors open for any length of time just to stop the interior light being on for ages - it's already got a heat mark on the lens! I must invest in a decent battery isolator switch, then it would be even easier!

Glove box liner is still out, and it rained last night, but all seems totally dry in there now - hurrah! Carpets and underlay were very wet, but I've dried the carpets out indoors and put a fan heater in the car for a bit, and it all sems pretty dry again now, so hopefuly I caught it before it started to rot out the floor.

Just got to pop the glove box liner back in now - hopefully get that done today!

Cheers