Preparing an Imported 1964 US Valiant Racer to be a Street Legal Car in Canada
Interior:
Here is where the little stuff matters as it greatly affects the ability for me to pass inspection. I have to have working lights and turn signals. Wipers have to work as well as the horn.
Well here is what I found when I got the car....see something missing?
Yep... the seller snapped off the turn signal lever getting out of the car just before the sale and never told me about it. It wouldn't have stopped me purchasing the car but I think it should have been something to mention.
The good news Cosgig FABO member extraordinaire sent me 2 levers free of charge. I also purchased an original service manual to figure out how to install it. Again....all this is new to me.
Also, I couldn't figure out what those 3 switches did. I played for about 30 minutes until I finally called the original owner's son and he told me they had another engine in it before and the switchs were for fans and stuff for that engine. Any ideas what to do with the switches now?
Next issue....the seats. They are supposed to be original and they are beautiful. No compliants there but.....
....they forgot to include any seatbelts! The original owner had race seats in it and switch the seats just before the sale. He is trying to find the lap belts for me. Here is pic of seat. Not sure how lap belts are attached. I can not pass inspection with out seatbelts!! Suggestions?
On to the next problem with the seats......I have this shifter.
When I was playing around with it the positioning seemed odd. It was leaning towards the seat and I can not get the stick into third gear as the seat is in the way. I didn't know it originally had racing seats. You guessed it. The shifter now has to be relocated as these seats are much wider than the race seats. How hard is that to do?
Interior:
Here is where the little stuff matters as it greatly affects the ability for me to pass inspection. I have to have working lights and turn signals. Wipers have to work as well as the horn.
Well here is what I found when I got the car....see something missing?
Yep... the seller snapped off the turn signal lever getting out of the car just before the sale and never told me about it. It wouldn't have stopped me purchasing the car but I think it should have been something to mention.
The good news Cosgig FABO member extraordinaire sent me 2 levers free of charge. I also purchased an original service manual to figure out how to install it. Again....all this is new to me.
Also, I couldn't figure out what those 3 switches did. I played for about 30 minutes until I finally called the original owner's son and he told me they had another engine in it before and the switchs were for fans and stuff for that engine. Any ideas what to do with the switches now?
Next issue....the seats. They are supposed to be original and they are beautiful. No compliants there but.....
....they forgot to include any seatbelts! The original owner had race seats in it and switch the seats just before the sale. He is trying to find the lap belts for me. Here is pic of seat. Not sure how lap belts are attached. I can not pass inspection with out seatbelts!! Suggestions?
On to the next problem with the seats......I have this shifter.
When I was playing around with it the positioning seemed odd. It was leaning towards the seat and I can not get the stick into third gear as the seat is in the way. I didn't know it originally had racing seats. You guessed it. The shifter now has to be relocated as these seats are much wider than the race seats. How hard is that to do?