1966 404 Coupé Injection Restoration

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You're probably thinking: "Mike, when - for criminy sake - will your 404 be painted?".  Well, I was asked to bring the grille surround back to the shop on Bastille Day to Coachwerks, as the bodyshell is virtually ready to paint.  A final fitting of the grill surround to the shell will confirm that it's ready.  Meanwhile, two of the three taillight bezels I have as well as the door handles are still at the chrome shop, as well as both bumpers, the latter for dent repair and polishing only.

You've read this before, but it's possible that the car will be painted in a week's time, and almost certainly by the end of July.

So, Peter Gallagher of Automotion, 1390 Pemberton Avenue North Vancouver, did the mounting and balancing when I was at his shop on Tuesday (11 July) morning.  When I arrived he was nearly done, but I managed to catch the last bit of work.  The wheels were "too pretty", Peter said, to hammer rim weights onto, so he used stick-on weights that will be invisible behind the large hubcaps. 

I think I will keep the two 30 year old Michelin MXL and two 28 year old XM+S 100 tires on rims, so when the car sits in the garage it can be on those tires, saving the XAS from flat-spotting during storage.

7-22-2017

Today I picked up the derusted and coated (inside) fuel tank.  We didn't stop by the shop because I wasn't given a call to say the bodyshell has been painted.

7-23-2017

The fuel tank after external derusting.  Sunday it will be painted.  The areas with surface rust were all treated with Zinga yesterday.

Note the two fuel line fittings.  One is the feed and the other is the return.  Only Injection models had this tank.

The restorer who did the inside had to cut the bottom of the bowl off to remove the coarse screen, which would have been gummed up with the anti-rust coating.

Painted with POR15