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PAGE 9 In my spare time lately (ha) I've been busy refinishing all of the parts that complete the car and let me tell you, there are a helluvalot of them! In addition to all of the pieces in these pictures, I cleaned and refinished all of the original attaching hardware.  That's hundreds of screws, nuts, washers and bolts of varying shapes and sizes. Here are the bumper brackets, duct work, fan shroud and a bunch of other black pieces: The dash body: Skirts, hinges, headlight and taillight housings: Seat and more dash parts: Lots of pieces here all ready to go back on: The complete folding top frame:

I forgot to take the top frame apart when I disassembled the rest of the car so consequently the pins for the frame didn't get sent in for re chrome plating until around the first of June. I was promised they would rush them though so they should be back any time. No real rush as you can see I still have a ways to go. I purchased the new replacement stainless pins for the six riveted ones in the original framework. They fit nicely and look great. This picture is the rusty original rivet pins: In the picture above (Dsc04011m.jpg) you can see the new stainless pins in these pieces. Here are the rest of the top frame pins before sending them in for new chrome: Before I actually install anything back on the body I wanted to get the dash assembled and ready to put back in. I gathered up all the parts for the dash and with all the bezels, knobs and trim there are an overwhelming number of pieces. Where do I begin?? The first thing to do was to mount the gauge dome back on the main dash body as that has to be in place in order to install the new dash pad. The dash pad followed because the bottom edge of the pad is concealed behind the spun aluminum dash trim which can now be applied.  Before the gauge cluster spun aluminum trim can be installed the "jewels" or green lenses for the turn signal lights and red lenses for the Generator and Oil lights have to be taped to the back side of the spun trim with clear celophane tape.  Then the aluminum trim is set in place in the dome and the chrome gauge bezels and glass lenses are installed and they hold the spun trim in place on the dome.  The gauges are then fit in from behind. After installing the ignition switch, light switch and other bezels and knobs on the front, the wiring harness  was plugged back in on the back side for all the dash gauges and lights. When I removed the wiring harness I labeled all of the connections with a piece of masking tape for ease of reassembly. Here is the dash all set to go back home. Return to TOM MARUSKA CARS Move ahead To PAGE 10