Work this week has been concerned with making and fitting beading to the nearside, with a view to completing as much as possible before fitting the remaining window and making the rear mudwings.
So far the lower waistrail beading has been completed from the entrance to the rear numberplate box and the upper, half-round beading is almost complete, just the longest run needs trimming to fit between the entrance and the piece that curves around the rear corner. The latter is only temporarily attached as it will need to be removed again to allow the last window to be replaced.
At the entrance, the vertical beading above and below the waistrail and the half-round beading under the small window has been fitted.
Progress has been slow again recently but I did manage to temporarily fit the missing NS window frame with a view to establishing accurately the position of the upper waistrail beading.
I spent some time measuring and establishing the needs for wiring conduit for the front and rear lights, which has now been ordered.
I fabricated and painted a new drip rail for the boot doors from J-section.
The last few days have been a bit slow. I have assembled the rear lights now, including a new, laser-printed, STOP mask for the stop light.
I also fitted the beading and face plate to the number plate box and trial fitted the bulbs and lights.
These photos show the development of the number plate and rear light box:
Numberplate box trial assembly
Number plate box installed into the body aperture
Lens face-plate and beading fitted.
Testing the number plate illumination.
Next, I spent some time drawing up a new project plan to keep me going for the next few months and hopefully to complete the nearside as soon as possible.
Included in the planning session was a wiring schedule for the boot, to include two additional low-level S&T lights as well as indicators and the single S&T mounted on the numberplate box.
