9 hours ago, wheee! said:

After repairs were made, I sanded the joints and sprayed a texture spray over the repaired panels. The results are good. I lost the original texture but that is minor compared to the condition they were in.  What do you think?

I really respect the effort that goes into parts restorations like this.  Lots of effort.  Lots of ingenuity.  It's a completely different ethos than the 'buy new' community.  Great result and you educated me about a new wonder-chemical: Dominion's 'SureTex Flexible Texture Material'.

p.s. I'll bet our American members don't get the 'Dominion' part 

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4 hours ago, wheee! said:

They are different for the 280 versus the 240.... unless you have both kinds!

Not sure! That would require me to sort through said mad stacks ...?

1 hour ago, Namerow said:

I really respect the effort that goes into parts restorations like this.  Lots of effort.  Lots of ingenuity.  It's a completely different ethos than the 'buy new' community.  Great result and you educated me about a new wonder-chemical: Dominion's 'SureTex Flexible Texture Material'.

p.s. I'll bet our American members don't get the 'Dominion' part 

Agreed @Namerow!  But I have to admit that my first thought was "what the hell is Flexible Texture Material?  Cheese Whiz?"

Test fit of the console with the seat heater switch and the power window switches installed. 
 

You're gonna mess around and have this car ready by the time ZCon happens. No pressure....?

I’m still looking for a nice easy way to route the wires into the doors... any suggestions out there?

I think I have a plan for the door wires now. The lower area beneath the lower hing on the body side facing out. Then a hole under the door hinge on the door. That way there is no compression of the wires when the door closes.

So every now and then we have a wart show...

My attempt to paint the car with the doors on and the jambs already painted ended up with unacceptable overspray, even with the masking and joint filler. Today I masked off the car and removed the doors to paint the jambs all over again. Yay me....

 

Always a silver lining. Now it’s easy to drill the holes for the speaker wires and grommets. Do it BEFORE you paint it

I did drill them. Just 1/4” guide holes until I can find the right grommets. I will mask and tape the hole to resize it.

It’s just door locks and power window wires. I am ordering the kick panel speaker covers so the speakers stay out of the doors.

Well worth the effort...