Over the past couple of days, we worked on putting on the turtle deck, rear window, gas tank, and engine cowling. Installing the top cowl was a little hairy, in that one side fit, but the hinges were way out of place on the opposite side. But with a little patience and a larger plastic mallet, we managed to get everything back on. There were some scratches on the instrument panel cover, so we smoothed them out and sanded down some of the rough spots on the cowl. George filled the holes in the bottom cowl where we had drilled to put in clecos to hold the parts together.
We rerouted some of the red hoses on the engine to make them fit a little better, and we tie-wrapped more of the hoses together.
We installed the seats and seat belts and reworked the flapperon handle to make it work a little smoother.
We decided that we'd order the upholstery kit (the wives are paying for it for an early Christmas present)because it kind of makes a nice finish to the project. We sent in the request for the registration paperwork so I guess we'll get that back in about a month.
Next step is to finish working on the canopy so that it clears the front a little nicer.
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