BE 646

[paho]

....... it would be nice if you posted the pictures for posterity.
/Paho

[dkp_cobra]

Christoph asked me to post his pictures of his Furflex. Here they are:




The colour showed by the first picture is not correct due to the flash light. The second picture shows the same piece of Furflex during day-light and is much more accurate.

[AE 501]

Thank you Peter!

[paho]

 :)

[dkp_cobra]

The original leather cover above the windscreen:

It's dead but original



The new one has an aluminium kernel

Finished and installed




Installing the door catch strap. Looks easy but took a lot of time to find the right position for the screws. You only have one shot ...












The old acryl glass cover of the rear number plate must be replaced

[dkp_cobra]

Currently, AC Ace AE220 is offered for sale (https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1687811). It has a nice solution for the handbrake lever cover. It is made in alumnium:

I would like to have something similar in my Aceca.





The slot should be closed by a brush.



Now, all sides covering with carpet.




Installed, it looks a little bit like a turret on a war ship.

[dkp_cobra]

Nearly all wood parts around the windows are broken and must be replaced.

The wood on the dashboard near by the windscreen had a rotten place. I tries to repair this part but I wasn't able to find the right wood stain to fit the old colour.









I had the idea to enforce the wood at the place where the rear side window hinge is screwed by an inlined piece of aluminium.










The new wood parts look good but have a different colour compared to the old pieces.

I will repaint them. Some parts are installed.



In the meantime my saddler covered the transmission tunnel.


I glued some insulation mat at the inside ...


... and installed it.





Together with the seats.

The glove compartments in the doors got their leather barrier.




If you ever wanted to know how to make leather piping. First you have to cut out some long strip of leather

then you have to find a simple man to sharpen out the leather by hand

(well, you can also use a machine to do this but that's only half of the fun)
At least you have to glue all together

At the end I used my first piping to surround the glove box cover plate

[dkp_cobra]

Now, the other wood parts are finished. The construction is identical for all parts. An aluminium plate covered with walnut veneer. Grinding the wood with 280 and then covering it with seven layers of one component wood clear coat. Grinding that with 400, 600 and 1000 wet sand paper. Finally it was covered with two layers of a two component car clear coat.

[dkp_cobra]

It's a quite long time ago that I gave an update of my work. Yes, I am still working on this beautiful car. There was no work really worth to mention nevertheless I want to give some impressions.

Everything started with activating the brakes. When I installed the first time the rear brake cylinders I made the mistake to tighten the nuts of the brake cylinders. But these cylinders need a floating mounting in order not to twist and block the brake after using the hand brake. Problem is that the thread length is too short to use some self-locking nuts. The dome which holds the hand brake cable at the rear brake cylinder had two locking plates to fix a normal 1/4 UNF nut. Unfortunately, two of four of these plates were broken. So I had to make new domes. As usual it took three attempts to get a reasonable result.





The new domes are make out of stainless steel (the original in the middle).


After painting



right: the new domes; left: the original ones



The new domes have no locking plates integrated. I use a single locking plate instead.





Now, they are installed and the complete construction is floating.





Since I already worked in this section I secured the bolts from the fuel pump with wire.



Since I had to order some special nuts in UK I decided to use full metal locking nuts instead of nyloc nuts for the brakes.







Installation of the hand brake cables.







Looking at the wood border of the rear side windows I had to notice that it was too short on one side.



First, I shortened it then I extended it.



















Due to the different wood it is not nice just to stain it. Anyway the wood is different from the mahogany used at all the other places. I bought mahogany veneer and covered the complete part.





I was surprised that it was possible to bend the veneer around the edges.

After staining and clear coating:







I think it fits quite good the old wood





After installing it















Today, my wife and I tried to install the old windscreen just to learn how this job can be done. After five attempts we managed it.



What are the next steps?

Well, the next big job is the complete electric. After that I plan to demonstrate the car at the TÜV (like MoT in UK). If there are no big problems I will strip the car again just enough for the painter and the car will be painted. After that the parts will be installed again and the rest of the interior will be done. You see, I have a plan.