Archive for June, 2003

Body Inspection

June 11, 2003
By Jim

I just got back from a trip to see the car all painted. The color in the picturesis a bit green because I forgot to set the color balance on the camera for florescent light. Oops.
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Casting Parts – Update

June 6, 2003
By Jim

Casting of the door handle escutcheon was a success. Now to try and make the windshield trims!
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Casting Parts

June 5, 2003
By Jim

Some of the plastics parts in the Elan are near impossible to findnew or used good condition. For a couple of these, I’m going totry and make my own parts usingAlumilite. My first projectis to make the escutcheon behind the interior door handle. Here are some pictures of the process. Started the engine assembly...
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Update

June 1, 2003
By Jim

Just got the wiper motor and the door winder motors back from the re builder. The wiper motor had thrown solder from the rotor and was non-functional while the two window motors were filled with gunk and only need a good cleaning and new leads.
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