After this very long and cold winter it finally starts to feel like spring. I took her for a ride for the first time this year and she purred like a kitty.

Still, it's a little to cold for removing the hardtop but soon...

I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and thank you for visiting my blog here...

I haven't been so active this year since I had to spend more time with my family and other unexpected things in my life, but next year will be different and I have some plans for my car.

Hope that you continue to visit me ans see you all next year...

Uppgraded the car stereo.

Bought a new JVC car stereo to the car since I'm going to use it for daily driving soon, not very time typical but very practical and have a discretely look. It has bluetooth so I can connect my cellphone to it, stream music or take my calls from it (you can see the microphone near the tachometer). I will mostly use the usb port to play music from a usb memory instead of using those old CD disks which where always laying around everywhere.

Fixed illumination of Temperature wheels and Fan-knobs

Removed the plastic knobs to be able to replace the broken bulbs for the "Fan/Temp. knobs".
Seems to be ordinary standard car bulbs. Had one at home but will by some more tomorrow...

Plastic knobs removed

Now I can reach them

Standard bulb

Fixed the "shiftstick" illumiation

Replaced the auto trans. "shift stick" illumination bulb, had a really hard time finding one . Visited almost every car-part vendor but none to be found. 

Try Mercedes you think and that's what I did... They had one single bulb and couldn't get any more??? Fortunately I got one at least but since no more the be easily found around here I build one as spare using the old bulb and a high intense LED which is seen in the picture.

New bulb

In place

one spare rebuild one

Drivers seat finally reassambled

Finally... everything finished... started to assemble everything today.

Feels and look like new... Next is to put it back in the car so I can take her for a drive.

Finally reassembled...

Many stitches

Some new "soft" fabric glued on

Will it fit?

Almost there...

New flatheaded screws

Fixing the MB-Tex back piece

I have finally started to repair the back piece. It's not so worn as the seat so there are less to sew.
I have also ordered new "flat head screws" which attaches the back part to the hinges. It looks like they are made out of brass or other soft metal, probably to avoid them from snap of in case of an impact.

This is how it looked like, not so worn but need some stitches.

New piece of cloth glued on.

New stiches...