I left this part of the car’s restoration a few days ago with an illumination strip that needed some of the lettering filled in with paint. And after the enamel paint had hardened, the excess paint could be gently scraped off with a surgical knife. With the final job being polishing the visible transparent illumination strip. For this I used another proven method; gently rubbing toothpaste over the surface to give a smooth and clear finish.
And this brought me to the final part of this job; assembling the facia switch panel, using all previously prepared parts including the front panel refurbished well over a month ago. When it was changed from light grey to black.
The actual assembly was rather straightforward, with the most “difficult” part being the application of the black tape that is used to prevent light leaking from the bottom edge of the illumination strip. But within only a few minutes after starting the re-assembly the switch panel was finished. So to end this short post a few pictures of the finished switch panel:
Next planned job for the '76 car will be fabricating something completely different and pretty small! Oh ... and there might be an issue with ‘t Kreng’s coolant system (a leak!?)
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