I made a start on the next stage
of the restoration of my early Dutch coupé. For those who have been following
my ramblings here over the years, this post will be a bit of a déjà
vu ...
Over the previous two weeks I
have been busy cutting a few square meters (4,0 m² to be precise) of soundproofing
pads in the required pattern. As the 3M sound proofing pads (#08840) used on
the DHC are doing a good job and they were easy to apply I again opted for
these. But this time there was no need to make up templates, as I had stored
the ones used on the DHC some 6 years ago.
And yesterday I went over to the
shed to fit the pads. This time it took me only a few hours to fit all the prepared
pads. It clearly pays off when you come prepared with the correct tools and knowledge
on how best to apply the pads. It was again a rather rewarding few hours work
...
The front of the interior
The spare wheel well
Inside of the left hand rear wing
Sadly I overlooked the fact that
the templates had been cut for the DHC. This meant that a few pads needed some
slight alterations to fit them properly. But also the two pads for the
rear of the sills were completely incorrect. I forgot that the FHC doesn't have
the stiffening brace behind the doors! So I will need another pad plus a
different template for this section of the body.
Another small problem only showed when I was uploading the pictures to
my computer: one of the edges of the pad in the RH rear wing has come loose. Probably
I didn't warm it enough, but that should be easy
to rectify with the paint-stripper.
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