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Grinding back some of the tacks revealed the welds in some spots went out for milk and cigarettes
After smacking things with a rubber mallet and fixing whatever wasn't functioning as a weld, I got around to putting in the rivnuts. While most lined up pretty easily, some didn't, and one particular rivnut gave me the absolute nightmare scenario of a simultaneous crossthread and spinning rivnut. There is now random bits of metal forever lost in the sides of the car from resolving that mess.
But finally
Side panel secured.
And then my stupid *** caught the flu before getting around to applying the seam sealer, so here we are
Major things left to do:
Do the passenger rear quarter
Seam sealer and paint
Finish the engine (wiring, vacuum lines, UIM)
Prepare the transmission (needs front and rear shaft seals, shifter bushings, probably a rinse because I forgot to cover the tail opening for some time)
After all the interior pieces got dressed down in black, it was time to put the 3D printer to work. I had mostly already finished designing the radio/gauge holder insert for the center fascia, and just needed to tweak some dimensions and add a bracket. And for the center console switch panel, I took @need-a-t2 's model from this thread https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generati...hings-1157452/ and modified it to take a set of toggle switches. Appreciate you all making these models open-source. I don't really see anyone wanting my specific setup for the radio/gauge arrangement (it's pretty obtuse, I don't recommend it), but I can post up the file if anyone wants it.
Happy to help and glad to see it getting some good use. I always encourage people to make models available. Especially if you can quickly model up a "blank" version that people can manipulate as they see fit.
Thanks for the tube straightener. I'll be stealing that for sure.
Happy to help and glad to see it getting some good use. I always encourage people to make models available. Especially if you can quickly model up a "blank" version that people can manipulate as they see fit.
Thanks for the tube straightener. I'll be stealing that for sure.
I'll try and make a blank version one of these days. I think the reason I went and made a custom unit myself was from having an oddball version of the center trim that was unusually narrow, so the usual DIN adapters didn't fit it
