fiat spider

My carbs arrived! They're so pretty! But, Bruce forgot to put a gasket in the order (or I forgot to ask) so I can't install them until I get one. Oh well, I don't have time to do it this week anyhow. It will be easier to do once I get the car over to my new, bigger, garage.

Yay!

But because I also recieved the dash cap, I decided to put it on as well. First, I did a test fit. You can see the preview "before" and "after" pics, it is gonna look great! You have to prep the dash and cap with a good cleaning and then a sanding, to rough them up a bit so the expoxy will stick. I did it in reverse order, sanding, then cleaning (windex)...can't imagine why you wouldn't want to clean up the dust from the sanding. It fit very well and didn't need any trimming at all. I set it up, squirted on the expoxy (only on the edges and around the vents) like the directions said, and then piled it up with weights and clamps to keep it together throughout the night.

While that was sitting, I cleaned and polished the wood trim. After all the years I spent cleaning wood with furniture polish as a child, this was easy. I have found that if you clean the wood real good, spray on a thick layer of furniture polish and let it absorb for a few hours, you get a brilliant shine very easily. It will soak into the wood and then sweat a little back out, at which point you get out the towels and brush it off. I think that it worked rather well.