And lots of plates spinning in the air!
‘Ole Yeller’ currently has both the transmission and half the interior removed. The interior that is being installed has been lovingly cleaned, painted and carefully reinstalled by Pierre.
We had a problem with the radio console. The original had a few stereos installed and was not a good candidate for a recovery job, and with options limited, we got creative. I had a tan ’79 radio console handy in decent shape, so we modified it to work.
I call this the “1978.5” Radio console, because it’s out of a ’79 that hadn’t moved the BMW style round hazard switch to the radio console yet. 1979 Spiders had it up in the middle of the dash.
Pierre and I decided it might make sense to adapt the later console to an early angled hazard switch enclosure, and with some hand fabrication it worked out.
I was adamant that Pierre should not paint or treat the surround on the hazard switch because I was worried that aluminum paint might look tacky, and I now see that this yellow chrome looks horrible and he was right all along.
In other news, the transmission is still out, we have worked out some flywheel bolt issues with the help of David Voss, and now it’s just a matter of time and energy to install the transmission.
We have an awesome local machinist whose domain seems to be in some search companies grasp right now. Eric is a super nice guy, he can do Fiat work and he’s a valuable resource:
Lindauer Machine on Piner Road, 707-544-6988
See you all soon!
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