my new integrale

[Kevinlincs]

Only the wheels left to do! What condition is the interior in? I hope it doesn't need a retrim as the material in the centre of the seats is VERY expensive  .

  bit more than that mate but progress at last

Interior is in great condition given its age. The old fella I got it off always used though seat covers you used to see, changed them every few years, original seat material has hardly seen daylight so is in great condition.

Only thing interior wise I'm still to sort out is getting a better steering wheel or getting mine retrimmed plus the rooflining needs sorting.
May have a go at the roof myself...
Looks like a decent sized piece of material stretched out and glued should do the job, same for the sunroof...then again I am crap at it!

[frankxhv773t]

It might be worth posting some pictures of the roof lining when you get to that stage to show what the problems are and see what ideas people have. I would suggest "stretching" the material indicates the wrong mind set as it may tend to shrink and pull away.

[Kevinlincs]

Good idea Frank, I'm up at the car tomorrow so I'll dig it out and take some snaps.

[Rob]

I had the roof lining on my Delta done by a local trimmers who made a nice job of it. You could do it yourself fairly easily - as long as you're careful but lining the sunroof panel is a bit more involved & looks like you'd have to be quite handy with a sewing machine.

[Kevinlincs]

Yes the main section looks fairly straightforward Rob doesn't it, but agree the sunroof panel will be the tricky bit, not least because I can't remember how it all came apart! Good job of took some pictures...


This is the roof panel, hardboard with screwed and stapled side panels.

[Kevinlincs]

Underside, should be fairly simple to fit new material?

 

[Kevinlincs]

With the car painted late on late year it got a ride across the yard in the sunshine

[Kevinlincs]

With the car pushed into the bigger workshop and the freshly painted panels laid on trestles it didn't take long for me to worry about knocking them off so the decision was made, the safest place for them was on the car!


For fitting them to the car by myself without damaging the paint I had to think about the best way, so came up with a method that worked very well.

First off fit the door latch mechanism to the door and door shut.

Then an extra long stud was screwed into the top hinge mnount.

This allowed the door to be lifted onto it's latch whilst sliding the top hinge over the stud. Once the door was latched it was simple to put the 3 correct hinge bolts in before removing the long stud and tightening up all 4 bolts.

[Kevinlincs]

With the lock mechanism then removed the door could be aligned on the hinges then the latch refitted and adjusted for a good shut.

[Kevinlincs]

Pleased enough with the shut lines from my arch repairs I made

[Kevinlincs]

Windows too were deemed safer fitted to the doors!
Freshly painted (and repaired, this side) window runner with weather strip. Most of the bits were faded so all got painted with the same satin black

[Kevinlincs]

Front doors went on using the same method, gutter trims were faded to grey so satin black went on those too, B pillar plastic trims looked out of place too so they got painted with plenty of plasticisor to stop them cracking and peeling.

[Kevinlincs]

Front windscreen went in without issue

[Kevinlincs]

Sits nice with the A pillar repairs where it got joined half way up...

[Kevinlincs]

With the dash all sorted I decided best to fit in before putting the passenger front door on so access was a bit easier..