I was able to get some clutch action today (I have a new slave cylinder set aside for the transmission swap) and, sitting on the floor to drive it out of the shop, saw the GT for the first time under natural light since it was painted. I think it looks pretty nice, though it needs to be buffed again and then polished. Please excuse the badly parked wipers with frankly awful wiper blade assemblies (being replaced)–and don’t examine any of the trim too closely!
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I came out of the shop tonight and found that spring has brought out the native songbirds, always nice to see an indigenous species doing well. (That’s one of Jim’s Toyota Seras being eyed by said fauna.)

Despite the fact that I last worked on the car Tuesday and then spent Tuesday evening being hauled by ambulance 25 miles to the hospital (unrelated, I think, though the British Car Gods work in mysterious ways) I was able to do some work on the car today. I got the cheapie front carpets in (they aren’t the best fitting set I’ve ever seen) and I got my $10 ebay headliner in as well (which I may redo as I cut it a bit short in one spot, fortunately hidden by the sunvisor.
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I spent today cleaning up the dash after my failed experiment painting the new rubber sill covers. (They really do need specialized dye.) I didn’t want to get into pulling the dash, so I masked everything (see photo below) and spritzed some semi-gloss black on over the original crackle.
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After struggling with the driver’s door reassembly yesterday, I came in today with a fresh air of eyes and (with some gratefully received help from Jim) got the door vent window to fit pretty well–the passenger one went together just fine. As far as the exterior goes, the only thing really left to do is fit the front and rear window trim. (I should also hit the wheel wells with truck bed liner, not a bad thing to tackle as I’ve got the lift space for the next few days.)
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