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Originally Posted by Advanced Design

A good evening of progress. Cowl looks good!

Originally Posted by oldman3

Everything is looking super, nice work...Jim

Appreciate the kind words, as always!

Worked on the driver's cowl tonight. I had to section the inner cowl AGAIN to get the body line to fit at the bottom of the door:

Oh well, better to measure once and cut five times, right??

But the good news is, it's burned in:


Shifting gears a bit, my cowl vent hinges were seized, so I ground off / popped out the rivets and replaced them with these stainless shoulder bolts and nylon washers (the holes are actually conveniently #10 and 1/4" sized, thanks GM!) - fits snugly, no slop, and since the metal parts aren't touching anymore, no more rust!

One of the reasons I was so intent to keep the cowl vent is that some of my earliest car memories are riding around in my uncle's '60 Corvette, and thinking that cowl vent and the dash mounted rearview mirror were the coolest things since sliced bread!

I couldn't resist

The ZR2 tires happen to be exactly the right height to hold the fenders up, so that was convenient.

Tomorrow, hopefully, I'll rehang the doors again (they've been on and off at least a dozen times this week) and make the little door-pillar to inner cab corner braces, and then probably work on the dash, steering column and brake booster bracket installs.