Author: Tommi Järvinen

The heater blades now have new “arms” for the cables. They were made from brass tube and steel rods that were soldered together and then glued to the blades. Works really well and was actually pretty easy to do. A little something about the wheels: The front suspension is now pretty much assembled. The driveshafts… Continue reading Part 53. Miscellaneous

I got the engine room wiring mostly sorted out. There isn’t that many differences after all. I had made pretty good drawings when I took the car apart and I also have the wiring diagrams from the workshop handbook. All in all very simple but somewhat time consuming. The ’66 fuse box has a few… Continue reading Part 52. Miscellaneous

Some progress on the project: The original wires were a total mess, so I have to construct a new one. And since the car is now going to have a 1966 engine, the original wiring is not correct. I will use the original 1964 wiring in the cabin but the engine bay wiring is going… Continue reading Part 51. Some proggress

I have done some work on the wires. The wire harness is from the ’66 longnose since the original one was pretty much useless. I labeled almost every wire as I removed it from the car. It’s infinitely easier to put it back to a car when you know which wire is which just by… Continue reading Part 50. Electrical & Steering

2008-9-6. Suspension. I have not have too much time to spend on the project lately, but we managed put the suspension more or less together. We started with the rear end. Pretty easy stuff, except I had mislocated the plastic shims that go with the central rubber mount. But we finally found similar parts to… Continue reading Part 49. Suspension