'n ol' Jag just leaks...

... yes, they do. Old Jags just leak. After taking out the rear window (which feels great though, to cut the windows out). The Green Lady showed some extra 'ventilation' below the rubber on the right side.

Some 7 EUR expoxy from the DIY store does the job in 5mins:

Headlining Part two: placing it

SNG Barrat delivered the headlining fast and in perfect condition, with good advice.

Now it's time to start the work...

This is how she looked like:

 


It seems worse than is was, good thing is that the sky-plate is in relative good condition.
So first remove old glue and lining parts:

 

Best glue comes with SNG the headling, 1 liter is enough:

Part,

... after part,

... after part,

... after part,

Do the gluing of the sky with two, but after all the parts are in, the result is JUST-ASTONISHING!

Interior, rebuilding the parts for headlining

Seems 35 years of moisture did not do her good. It is time to re-build and restore the fresh new leather smell and feeling of the good old classic times!

All metal parts, are cleaned and new painted in anti rust primer (it's like doing the washes):

The headlining has arrived and my wife is happy I can use the kitchen for nesting all parts on the head-lining (this is 1.5x4 meters fabric):

Renovating the windscreen whiper

seems easy, but taking it out was a little hazzle, make sure you ware gloves for the grease!

Interior is not perfect, seems like he has been whiping for 35 years...

But I took some diesel from my own car (no petrol) and with a little brush, this is the result:

Rebuilding, is not difficult, but make sure first attach the electrical connector, else you re-build again (trust me....)

Than putting it all under a fine layer of fresh grease, and another 35 years can come!

Restoring the trunk cover (parcel shelf)

Sadly the rear window has been leaking. So the trunk cover has had a rough time. Time for renewal.

Leaking window leads to bad situations,

But a quick cleaning helps before applying anti-rust primer:

Good old Makita does a great job:

Now, time for the shelf itself. Condition, Molded...

But with new board (DIY market (e.g. Brico 10 EUR), new Fabric (15EUR/meter) at my wife's favorite fabric store in Brussels: Le Chien Vert (green dog) and 10EUR for some foam, for an ordinary bed-store:

Make a great new shelf:

Restoration has started, removing headlining

Head lining (the sky), the trunk cover (parcel shelf) (hoedenplank), new card board. The big project has started.
Opening a 40 year old Jag, just brings surprises, I try to look through the 'chaos' and keep my big picture.

New headlining has been order by the Jag parts supplier: SNG Barrat. New headlining, and glue: 150 EUR. Delivered at home.

But first as always: removing the old parts. Easy it seems, but nothing is less-true. All headlining parts are fitted with small clips, just a flat screw-driver behind, and you are done.

Finally home

Fresh from painting, there she is in her new garage box. Paul Soret in Hoeilaart has just done a terrific job. 

The steering wheel, the horn, quick re-build.

The horn was not working, some research showed, the internal connector in the steeringwheel was not connecting, funny enough this is one of the few parts of the jag, that cannot be dissembled.

Time for a new coat, the second layer

Time for a new coat, the first part

There she is, getting the first layer, stitching the uneven parts in the paint. In the safe hands of Paul Soret in Hoeilaart. Which appears to be a great choice, he is the(!) expert in Jag's in Belgium. Restoring, and arranging new parts. He himself worked for more than 12 years on Jag's.

Everything gone from the crash.

The new second hand bonnet is completely flattened.

A good friend, Dirco, joins the process.

My Green Lady, ready for a paintjob