Made some more progress on the 72 – nothing earth shattering but all positive forward movement, I guess.
Dashboard
Bolted up the bottom 3 dash fasteners and that seems pretty good. May not worry with any top bolts – see if we get any rattles.
Put on the heater and vent dash knobs and they turn OK so my fixes to these controls behind the dash seem to work. I did wire up the vent control wire and that is OK. However, I’m not sure the controls are correct for the 72. I did notice they both had a place for a bulb to illuminate the control, so I am wondering if they are off a later car. The temp control (position wise) has a 3 stop position mechanism which seems more appropriate for the vent control. The vent control has full motion but based on where/how the knob fits on the control it moves the wrong way! Oh well – not to worry too much – if they work but are not accurate to the knob position, I’m not going to freak out about it.
License Plate Holder
I also got the rear license plate holder put on – used some rubber washers and a grommet as a spacer for it and again that seems to work OK. Not perfect buy it’s on.
Interior
I have taken off the cockpit rail and removed the old vinyl. It does seem this will be easier to manage with the seats out. I must see the best way to glue the leather cover for the rail in place (it’s part of the interior kit I have).
Also looked at the door compression switches, and I am really not sure about how best to handle these – more thinking on those before any action.
Put the rubber covers on the clutch and brake pedals.
Also fitted both new interior door handles and I must be getting picky because I found myself even crafting a plastic cover to match what looked original on the passenger door. I guess that was done at the factory to keep any moisture out of the handle mechanism and or to prevent any rust. The old handles were OK but a bit rusty under the pull handle piece so I got new ones. Thought that best with the swanky new door panels I have.
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