Today I had sometime and wanted to play with my 34, it was cold outside -10c so I dismantled, cleaned and reassembled my cowl lights. Although very simple I thought that I would share the disassemble and reassemble for anyone that has never taken one apart.
The car’s body was completely assembled and adjustments made to improve the fit of the body components.
A few bolt holes were slightly off and needed to be welded and re-drilled.
You can see my smashed rear fender and wheel mounted on the wall just above the convertible top. Byron mounted it to his wall as a piece of body art – it certainly brings on some interesting conversations.
The headlight stands fit fine on the passenger side.
Not too bad on the driver’s side however…
This headlight stand needed a little heat adjustment in order to lay flat to the front fender.
Once we were happy with the fit of the body components it was completely disassembled AGAIN!
The doors are taped closed because the cowl body wood has been completely removed and with no wood in the cowl everything kind of sags. We all need our skeletons…
The cowl wood has been completely removed and the bare steel cowl will be sprayed with Dupont DTM Epoxy primer and then the cowl wood will be reinstalled.
Looking good from the trunk opening forward.
The passenger side inner fender, although an original part, needed to be modified to fit as nicely as the driver’s side and a few of the bolt holes were ever so slightly off. Who knows it was most most likely installed at the factory with its imperfections.
The back of the inner fender had a much larger gap than the driver’s side so it was modified to close up this gap. The bottom of the cowl belt line still needs body work which will be addressed in the next few weeks.
Now you must admit that is a much closer fit and now lines up well with the cowl and its belt line.
