Restomod69

Thanks Stangme428, unfortunately no memory, that was linked into the original Bentley key. The heating will work though, so thats good in Perth where its 40+ degrees :clap:

Just a small portion of the parts that werent needed from just one seat Whats left underneath Bit worrying when it was this far apart

Been a while since I have updated, however the Bentley seats are finally in and working. They are not as yet secured down, this wont be an issue

The Ridetech airbag control system arrived This won't be seen once finished The tank itself is huge, much bigger than I expected, but it fits fine regardless

Hi, I have 15x10 and 15x7 cragars on my 69 and they "just" fit. However my diff was narrowed and we also had to take a little bit out inside. I run a 28" diameter tyre. They have the standard -32 offset and 4 1/4 backspacing. You can look at them on my build to see what you think. ultimately if you get the spacings right and go with slightly smaller tyre, I doubt there would be a problem. However, it took Cragar around 12 months to replace a damaged wheel because they were having trouble with aluminium centers (?). I'd make sure they have what you want in stock first, good luck

Just a quick update. Didnt want to go the tubbed look Small cutouts were made inside the rear wheel housings Pieces put back in so the tyres dont rub Once painted, a factory look and no tyre problems

Hi 69FB, Scotts believes around $500au per side for the rails. Lots of time and effort getting the curve to match oe Cheers

Steering column is in position

Very nice build, looking forward to seeing the end product

Thanks Rudolph and 69FB. I'll ask what the rails would be and post it on here. Hard to believe but thats a big block 460. Looks small without the heads. This isnt the engine to be used, its being used for mockup An easy fit

A couple of pics I didnt get around to uploading. The dummy motor, t56 and bellhousing is about to go in so Scott can work out how much trans tunnel he needs to remove. I've heard you can drop the trans down, but I want a clean look underneath and everything lined up as it should be. Once the trans tunnel is done we can mount the console back down and see how much needs to be cut out and where from. Right now its all looking quite good, hopefully not too much width will come out, therefore it fits lower over the tunnel without cutting down the sides as well as width I'm incredibly happy with Scotts work, its nice not to have to worry about if it will be done right. I have some extra work going on above this area shortly and the area in the picture below wont really be seen, regardless it will be seam welded and die grinded so we know its how it should be I did have some bad news, the engineer wouldnt pass my chrome spindles so I've had to get unplated ones from the US sent out. (we can have chrome wheels?) Anyway, everything will be powder coated, so all good. At the same time I've ordered all of the air suspension ride-tech control system so thats coming at the same time

Thanks Buening, agree, yes the doors are going to be probably one of the more interesting things to get right. Primarily because the door cards from the Bentley are incredibly deep. To get them on may mean cutting away a large amount of the original door internals, possibly stopping the window from working? Regardless, I have a couple of spare doors to practice with so we'll be giving it a go and see what happens. Ultimately if we have to do as your suggesting I'll be fine with it, so long as we keep to my original planned look I'll be happy. The seats should go in next week so Scott can get the relationship between the column, dash and seats all correct and feeling normal. We're similar height, so that helps

Work continues on the engine bay. Once welded up all welds will be ground smooth and unseen Starting to look very neat Beading around this area for some extra strength. They're a bit weak in this area otherwise Dash is in loose to get the fit right. The wheel is currently offset to the left so Scott will join the areas where the gap is and make a new area where it should be. Then it will be recovered in factory leather (found an original factory Bentley leather stockist) The console and area up through the dash will be narrowed and remade by the guy here who does genuine Bentley work so it looks factory (sort of) Obviously still a lot of work to go. The woods will be remade in piano black

Holidays were calling and Scotts been tied up with other projects. I'm not in any great hurry, so here's where its at now, cheers Not finished, they're having rolled lines placed in them for strength. I havent been to look at it as is, these were texted through for me I'm very happy with the clean look along the tops

Work on the damaged area This seam lip will be cleaned up Starting to take its shape back