[MUSLCAH]

And I really like the ( No raised white letter ) look !

[roger1]

Originally Posted by MUSLCAH

I imagine you’ll tuck those seat belts in....
And I really like the ( No raised white letter ) look !

I hadn't thought about tucking them in like that. Thanks for the photo. I may do that.

Yeah, I like the black wall look better too. These Coopers are RWL but I turned them in. They are designed with that in mind though as the black sides look exactly the same except without the white borders on the letters. I did brush black epoxy prime on the white letters though so they wouldn't show when looking underneath the car. The SPI primer stays fairly flexible so I think it will stay on there but time will tell.

[Andretti]

Everything is looking fantastic. A perfectionist just like you and now I can understand why you didn't want to tackle that part of the restoration. With the very warm weather there maybe they'll be less wear/creasing on the top when lowering/storing/raising. Have you actually pressed that switch yet?

- that door fitment turned out great, so much better than stock.

[roger1]

Originally Posted by Andretti

Everything is looking fantastic. A perfectionist just like you and now I can understand why you didn't want to tackle that part of the restoration. With the very warm weather there maybe they'll be less wear/creasing on the top when lowering/storing/raising. Have you actually pressed that switch yet?
- that door fitment turned out great, so much better than stock.

Thanks for the compliments!
Yeah, upholstery work is not my thing and never would have considered trying it myself on this car. My interior guy said he put the top up and down about 5 times just to make sure everything was good. He and I did it together once so he could show me how to be careful while doing it. We put the boot in place to and attached the snaps to make sure that was all good too. Haven't done it again since I got the car home. He did say don't leave the top in the down position any longer than necessary. He said he's always recommended to customers to never put the top down but smiled and said he knows that's not what's going to happen.

I've been working on the car a bit here and there. I color sanded the entire car using those polycarbonate sanding blocks by Linear Blocking Tools I bought. As you might recall, much of the car was already color sanded but I didn't get the urethane wave out then. The new sanding blocks worked well. I believe I was able to remove all of it. I used the blocks with 800 grit followed by 1200 grit and then ended with 1500.

I started some polishing on the rear of the car and so far have the trunk lid and both quarter panels completed. I did some experimenting on the process and what I find works really well is doing 2-3 passes with a denim pad on the rotary with Menzerna 400 compound. Then 2 passes with a wool bonnet on the rotary with the Menzerna. Then 1 to 2 passes with a microfiber disc on the orbital with Mequiars 205 Ultra Finishing polish.
I'm posting this first photo of the trunk lid full-size to show a reflection of the trees and sky on the top of the trunk lid well:



Here's a couple of the left quarter panel I completed polishing today: