Interior moving along.

The car finally came back from the trimmer and he has put 4 pimples in the roof while doing the headlining. I have the Dent removal tech coming out to repair them and I'll give the bill for repairs to the trimmer. To say I am not impressed with the trimmer would be an understatement.
I have started replacing the seats etc today while the doors are off. I will complete the doors on the weekend and fit them up.

 Hood lining in place.

 Front seats and floor mats back in. 

You can just see the pimples. They look like

mountains in the sun light!

Fitting up the doors.

The shell was supposed to have come home yesterday from its 3 week job that was to take 1 week! My trimmer likes to leave things to the last minute so I had to cancel the truck as the front windscreen was not fitted on time.

I fitted up all the glass, rubbers and trim to one of the rear doors today. I had an old door nearby to copy from as its been a while since I stripped them. I only need to fit the aluminum strip to the outside tomorrow and the rubber weather seal. I will fit the seals when I have all the doors ready together.

 Lock fitted.

 A fly screen spline roller was handy to fit the bailey channel.

 Trim fitted.

Internal fit up completed. I will paint the faded door handles

 and renew the chrome strip to make them look a bit better.

Fitting up the front doors created a problem with new rubbers. I can wind up the window without much trouble but the new outer glass scraper wants to invert when winding down. The rubber sticks to the glass. I will try to roughen up the side of the rubber that mates with the glass in a hope it will allow the glass to slide properly.

I rubbed the aluminum outer body strips with 1500 wet and dry then polished them on the polishing wheel on the grinder. They came up quite nice.

The shell is now finished at the trimmer and will return home tomorrow.

Outer of the completed rear doors.

 Inside of the completed rear doors.

 Front passenger door

Not too shabby.

The panels are back.

I picked up some of the panels today from the painter. 4 doors and 3 guards. I will deliver the bonnet tomorrow and then the last panels will be painted and returned to the car.
The shell is still in town and the window fitter is having some trouble fitting the rear window due to the curves in the glass. I hope to have it back by the weekend so I can start fitting up the interior and the panels. Looks like I have plenty to do now.

 Some of my completed panels. Front seats to the left of photo

 completed and ready to be installed back into the car.

Couple of doors.

Off to the trimmer.

The Gordini was picked up this morning on a tilt tray to go into Bathurst to have some trimming done. Hood lining, seats and to have the front the rear windows installed.
Panels!- Now I've heard it before but the panels have been promised to be finished by the end of next week. Could I be so lucky?

The tilt tray is a bit of overkill but it was cheaper than trailer hire.

 Almost in town.

More parts arrive.

I received my latest parcel of parts today from JY Lardinois in Belgium. They consisted of the complete engine gasket kit, thermostat, engine bay rubbers that seal around the lid and the hood lining. The hood lining material was not available in Australia so JY had one made in France for me of the same as original material. Now I can send the shell off to have the hood lining fitted and the front and rear windscreens fitted. I still don't have my body panels back so I will chase them again.

 New hood lining ready to be fitted.

 Engine gaskets, rubbers etc.

Door handles, zinc plating and seat bases.

Over the past couple of days I have stripped the front seats from their frames and reconditioned the base frames. Painted in 2 pack urethane the same as the wheels. The sections that mate with the floor were also rust treated with POR15. I have also done the side plates with the back adjustment lever.

 Front seat side adjustment plates.

Seat runners and frames.

I got the door handles back from the electroplates today. They turned out quite well. The chrome plater told me that they can't repair cast aluminum so to send the best ones with the least amount of pitting to get the best finish. I also had a lot of little parts zinc plated which look fantastic. Everything is individually wired together and it looks like it would have taken some time to complete.

 Zinc plated bits.

 Door handles before chrome plating.

Re-chromed door handles.

Trim

The car is booked in to have the hood lining done and the windscreens fitted at the end of March. I have ordered the hood lining material as a kit from J.Y Lardinois in Belgium as there is nothing like the original available here in Aus. The back seat will be re-trimmed at the same time. Front seats are OK and will stay original for the short term.
The door handles have been re-chromed and I'm just waiting for the bits to be zinc plated before they are sent back.
My spray painter has been busy painting a couple of buses so the panels have taken a back seat for the moment (not in the bus though). They should be back by the end of March, so not much will happen for another month at least.