I am pretty low on funds for parts for the 400. But I still want to work on it so I have been cleaning and figuring out what I need. I started by pulling out the seat and pulling up the rubber floor mats and the insulation.
OH NO! Rust. When I first looked at the car I saw some surface rust on the floor, but now I found a soft spot on the passenger side that turned into a hole the size of a quarter. I don't know if I will fiberglass or weld the hole. I am leaning towards welding in a patch. After that I am planning on using a rust inhibitor/ converter like POR-15. After that I plan on putting down some dynamat or something and then finally the rubber mats.
I have been pretty scattered when it has come to working on the car, I have taken both of the engines i have apart. I have gotten the generator rebuilt and I have also rebuilt the oil pump.
I think one of the hardest things about restoring the 400 is that there isn't any company that is making parts for the car. So for the most part it is using parts that will work and refurbish or make new parts.
So in order to figure out what I need, I went around and measured many parts. Tonight I measured all of the control cables because I plan on having Motion Pro make me a set of cables. Or else use Vespa scooter cables where I can.
Here is what I found. The Emergency Brake inner and outer cable is the same as diameter as the Vespa scooter rear brake cable.
The inner is 2.4mm and the outer is 6.4mm.
The rear brake outers are 32" long or .8128m.
The throttle cable outer is 73" long or 1.8542m.
The throttle cable outer is 5.08mm in diameter.
I am going to look for after market headlights that aren't sealed and hopefuly halogen. Right now there are 7" GE sealed beam headlights in there.
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