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Here a picture of the engine-bay, the red cable is only there to start the engine for now.
The pulley was leaking and in very bad condition, and a new one was expensive so a put it on a metal-lathe and make it smaller at the size of a fitting oil-seal, its working well now and cost me only a new seal.

Wow, you do very nice work. Looking good

Steve

Again, great attention to deal, it all looks fantastic. The silver on the dash console looks pretty close.
That radio however appears to be an aftermarket? Nonetheless, nice work!

The radio is indeed an aftermarket, it is a CLARION 7 transistor with Middle Wave, I believe its made in the sixties.

Je auto ziet er heel goed uit. Ik ben er op het moment zelf ook een aan het
opknappen, ik hoop dat de mijne er net zo goed uit komt te zien!

Ik ben een uitwisselingsstudent uit nederland, soest, en mijn gastvader
vroeg of ik iets wou vertalen, vandaar dat het in het Nederlands is, haha.

geweldig, dat iemand uit Nederland reactie geeft, top.
what kind of roadster do you have?

I'm rebuilding a 67.5, 2 liter that I found sitting next to a
house here in Vegas.
We are hosting an exchange student from your country for the
School year. Our last two students where from Germany.

Chuck, that's great, a 67,5 and a 2 liter, i'm envy you.

I drove my car for the first time around the block to see how the transmission works, it works well, no problems with the Synchro Ring, where I was afraid of.
Of course it doesn't look pretty now, but in two or tree weeks I bring her to the paint shop and can begin with rebuilding.

Congratulations on the first drive!
IT's coming to gether nicely now. Looking forward to seeing her with paint and the chrome back on!

You are doing great work, beautiful car.

Cheers
James

The paint that the use is a Two-component paint(2K), it's forbidden in the Netherlands (solvents)but for Restoration you may use it.
And of course I will use the original color "sora blue".
The car is first painted with a 2K surfacer and then follows the two component color.
I made also the panels for doors, backside etc.
I used pressed wood with a MDF layer for resistance against water, drilled the holes on the right places and brought a polyurethane foam layer from 5mm and a good quality artificial leather(high light resistance min.6).
For the rear floor part I used a 10mm polyurethane foam layer.

That's it. I'm shipping my rust bucket over to you so you can work your magic on her.

Your car is going to be beautiful. Congratulations on the first drive.

WE WANT MORE! we want more

This is a picture from the paint-shop, car is still there, tomorrow I see how its really looks.