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Old 01-15-2022, 05:44 AM
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Ten out of ten for your patience Marcus. must have been heartbreaking having to redo all that work.
Frustrating when you know it was the wrong materials forced on you because of a lockdown. Just seeing it kept reminding me of that, so wanted to put it behind me and start a fresh.
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Old 01-15-2022, 06:38 AM
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Finally getting back to the arm rests I made earlier. I was after some high density foam that was not thick or left imprints when resting your arm on the top of the arm rest. Thought neoprene would be perfect. Wife wouldn't let me cut up one of my wetsuits, so went to the op shop and got a spring suit.


Carefully trimming around the seam on the back gave me just enough to cut the tops out of it.


Glued on the neoprene and now covering it with the material. Just marked out where I cut to show it up better before folding the edges over. Notice on the inside corners I cut a wedge that is the width of the radius of the corner, All cuts stop short a little over the thickness of the whole arm rest.


Pulling the wedges over gives a smoother result to the inside corners.


I had a bit more puckering than normal on the outside corners as didn't want to pull it too tight and thin the padding along the edge. So came up with the idea of using some T profile rubber instead of piping for a more modern look to hide that some and the join when the top piece is fitted.


With the top piece pressed into place with the x-mas tree trim clips holding it, the rubber gives a more finished look to it.


The top piece came just be popped back off so I can get to the hidden fasteners which attaches it to the door. Also to be able to plug in the window switches.


Gives you a bit of an idea how it will all sit once on the door. I added the map pockets that were once on my XJ Jeep Cherokee.


To give a tie into the brass Willys employer badge fitted to the rear wall, I fitted these plates that are normally on the bottom of the cowl on the outside on the early Willys Trucks.
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Old 01-21-2022, 08:34 PM
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Now that looks good! I love the brass tag, adds some sparkle!
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Old 02-02-2022, 05:27 PM
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Back working on the dash again. This is a throw back to show how much had to be cut off the depth to fit it into the Willys.


Was great to get it fitted with the windscreen in place for the first time.


I also changed the colour from dark slate grey to black. Thought there were too many colours with the grey, tan, black plus the fake wood. Also the exterior colour will be seen around the perimeter of the doors as well later on.


Next thing to deal with was the instrument cowl. It also had a large piece cut off it to fit and glad I worked that out before the glass was fitted. Still had to get rid on that arch though so less would be seen through the glass.


I cut the ribs out it had and welded the plastic back up. But as you flatten the arch it moved the mounts further apart.


Cut the wedge out to move the mount over and just stapled it together for now to test fit it before welding. Ended up stapling over the welded seams as well for extra reinforcement.


To keep it flat I folded up some stainless to the shape I wanted and used counter sunk screws from the top to hold it in place.


Test fit looks alright but don't like how the factory had the cowl top slightly forward of the front face.


Now to see if the instrument cluster still fits in front of the defrost ducting I made to fit in there.


After trying everything I could, the cowl would not go back in front of the cluster as the vent pushed it forward and there was no room left to push that back. So pulled the cowl completely apart.


I just kept trimming the back of the cowl where it sits against the face of the cluster until it fitted. Was only 10mm in the end to make it all fit.


Took the opportunity to to cut and weld the plastic cowl frame further back and retrim everything so the top part fitted back flush as well. Used a plastic primer and vinyl die to change the leather and plastic to black to match the factory leather seats etc.
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Nice, looks ready to drive soon.
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Old 02-03-2022, 12:25 AM
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That late model dash looks right at home with your modifications. Can you still change the glass without removing the dash?
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Old 02-03-2022, 03:12 AM
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Nice, looks ready to drive soon.
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That late model dash looks right at home with your modifications. Can you still change the glass without removing the dash?
No, the top half has to come out.
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Old 02-03-2022, 04:27 AM
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I got my one piece headliner back that I made from the upholsterers! https://designautointerior.wixsite.com/designauto The fabric they had was an even better match to the donor sunvisors.


They did a great job and the boss said they had to wait until they had three of them in the shop to get it done!


Can now see how it is tying into the dash and the rest of the interior once it is fitted.


I have never liked the section of the the stock trim that goes up the A pillars as is it didn't cover the windlace. It tucked in behind the tack strip and then angled towards the edge of the windscreen seal.


So using some offcuts from the office shelving, I set about making some new A pillar trims. Showing here how I dimple the face to take a counter sunk screw. Drill a 1/8" hole which then gets enlarged with the blue centre punch while sitting over the bar stock in the vice that has been drilled. Then follow up with the large punch that has a chamfer the same as the screw head.


Decided to cover them in matching vinyl. It is actually left over stock from the local Holden plant after it closed down and was used in the Commodores. The only thing I could find to match the grain in the Jeep factory leather seats.


I think this looks neater and still does the job of supporting the windscreen seal right along its edge.
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Old 02-07-2022, 05:33 PM
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I had to make a corner trim piece between the headlining and the rear wall. Tried to modify some windscreen trim to do it, but the results were not satisfactory. So decided to make it from some bar from an old F clamp found buried under my father house! It was tuff steel to move and had to heat it the best I good with a propane torch.


Shaped the bar to match the profile of the rest of the trim. Closest end still needs to be capped.


Here they are installed. I was originally thinking to paint them and the window surround body colour, but will go with satin black to match the leather and the dash etc.


Just showing how I make the trim pieces that go at each end of the windscreen centre bar as need custom length ones anyway. These are not reproduced and there is a shortish of them. Started with the main fold and then folded the edges over the end of the bench leaving the other end flat like stock.


To add the curve I simply opened up the vice to support the sides and hammered with a round faced hammer.


A 1/8" pilot hole was drilled and punched over the drilled bar stock.


Followed by the second punch with the wider chamfer.


Can see how I had to make them a bit different than the stock ones on the right due to my dash and header differences. But making stock shaped ones would be the same technique.


Here is the bottom one installed over the Willys lower windscreen trim. The trim will be painted to match the dash after everything gets pulled down for body paint.
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