I've been procrastinating for the past week over finishing the rear passenger side reay wheel arch, as pictured.
The front edge profile needs trimming back, but as its cut currently, it wants to kink and not sit nicely. 
The other side came up ok, but i've lost my recollection or condifidence on how to do it and not screw it up. 
Probably needs cutting up higher to make the blend behave.
so for now,we'll do something else.
Floor basically sorted:

 
and some extra weight stuck down incase the future spec Pinto goes wild
 
 

in the end, it's just an unreliable connection with terminals on the membrane in general.
I cleaned them also with isopropyl, which helped a bit, plus also cleaning the powdercoating off the underside of the new bumperettes where the front indicators mount gave them a much better earth.
 
Some new black vinyl is coming for the seats, which led to the next decision, going all vinyl and having highlight seat stitching instead of the Recaro fabric insert. This was mainly as I coudn't find a material color effect I liked
 
So what stitching? Ideally, it should match the stripe colour as well.
I reread my own thread (a bit perverse?) for stripe color suggestions, and ended up following Drews comment about liking a Suzuki swift lime.
There's a guy around the corner who has one of these, a Suzuki Jimny, in the same colour, Kinetic Yellow:
 which you have probably all seen examples around.
Its the right mix of Pine Limey for me, and maybe a bit of a through back to trad escort colors also.
 
I need to check it will work over the grey base of the car, as the website says it may need white base and the plan was just to get a couple of rattle cans mixed up and spray the stripes on. Will need to be cleared after, so a bit of phaffing all up..
 
The other option would be to do vinyl stripes instead.
I have access to a cutting machine, but may just do it manually.
Theres a few Lime colours available, just need to pick the closest.
Ebay cost is around $70 for 6metres of decent film, which would be heaps. Does anyone know (or could easily measure) the typical width of the outer ring, and the boarder width of a Mk1 with the common bubble arch stripes like the below example?
It wont have the bonnet ones done, but may have some on the rear barn doors.
Its still miles off from this stage, but we can all dream huh.

 
 

With the arch that you butchered, I think I recall saying to cut along the style line ( the one an inch above the return lip ) and trim away the bubble where needed so it can flow nicely without anyone picking it. This is how I did the fglass ones on my mk1, you'll need to cut almost where the sharp hook starts, about 300mm up from the base/floor

Deano, I got the 2 printed circuits and they are great.
I'll dig out the guys details if you want.
I think $100 was the cost. Well worth it if you value your time and sanity.
 
Isn't that Car Builders nice to work with. Here's my pic of the heat proofing on the build car. Made carboard templates so very time consuming but really happy with the job and now will be doing engine installs very carefully.
 
My favourite car, the Jimny. Sexiest little beast, but I cannot figure out value for money, 40 odd K for a box with 4 wheels?
My cousin has a the bright blue one.
 
My option would be the vinyl. Super fast and easy to change. You probably know more about it than me but there are varying types for different applications.

I'll be doing something similar to Mark with my engine bay too, On the fence if I'll use the gold foil type or the embossed type. Plus i'll be adding something like this to the straight pipe sections.

Can't help with the body stuff unfortunately, I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to paint etc. Leaving all that to the panel shop  
 

 
 

Oh i didn't make that! That's a screenshot of a product you can buy, Though i'll give it a crack when the time comes. 

since everyone else is playing with their heaters, i may as well do the same.
Stripped down, cleaned up

I thought someone may have been in here before me at some stage, unless the styrene foam was a common thing. The motor was pretty tight to rotate but freed up. The O ring seal was stiff and going crusty, but some liberal coating in whatever oily stuff that was close to hand (Le Tan SPF30+) actually breathed new life into it. The seal came up a treat, going back to pliable and soft. Plus when its buggeringly cold and I need the heater, we'll get a pleasent coconut scent reminder of being on hols. Or it will rot the seal in a couple of weeks, stay tuned.

I thought the core might have survived, but it dribbled slightly and needs a bit more of a test.
 

That would be great.
I havent been sure from the website which was the correct core for the metal (mk1?)version heaters.
Would be good if they gave dimensions: the one I have in cthe pics is 270w x 80d x 100h, and 220mm overall height.
 
I'm thinking about painting a dotted line inside the van:
front 1/2 of the mk2 van is mk2 up to the firewall, and everything back including  the heater, was mk1.?
Well, maybe at least when it left the factory. Now, who knows.
 
Cluster guage sheet for the 4 door is on its way. Thanks Mark for the link.