Rocky Start Resto..
Update
[FONT="]Still havent decided what direction to go with the seats sense I cannot modify them to fit the car but I have to make a decision soon. And I should be ordering the electronic speedo in Kms soon as well.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I have installed the snorkel scoop. I used the hole in the hood as a reference for the bottom middle hole on the scoop. I then flipped the scoop over and took a large piece of thick cardboard and pushed down so I had an impression of where the studs are located. I drilled the first hole through the hood..flipped the hood over..and centered the bottom, middle holes together. I marked where the other studs were then I drilled them the scoop fits perfectly except where the studs when through the brace on the bottom of the hood . I need to enlarge the hole through the brace so I can put nuts on the studs..I am not liking the top hat nuts that were on the scoop. I think I have figured out a way to get around the water problem...need to install it first to see if it wil work. The scoop looks good though :)
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[FONT="]We wanted to dye the interior but the daughter didnt want a stock colour. I also had a set of kick panels that were blue and had been painted (?) black and they were peeling.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I only want to do this once so contacted a Canadian company that deals with many auto manufacturers and repair centers. The paint will stick on metal, leather, plastic and fabric and is guaranteed for 10 years The company will custom mix so they suggest you go into a home depot and pick a colour from the Behr catalogue. My daughters pick was rising smoke. Anyway, you clean the surface with their cleaning product, spray it with an adhesive, 3 very lights coats of dye, then a conditioner anywhere between a day and a week later. For metal, a light sand, primer then the dye.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We did not tale out everything. We left in the roof liner and the front windshield so the metal in front of the dash pad was a bugger. I am trying to track down an air brush to finish it.[/FONT]
The plastic cleaner even took some of the old dye out..
Tapeing
I slid pieces of bristol board down in between the dash and the windshield rubber.
Car wash fund raising posters work well :)
[FONT="]I really didn't like spraying above me head in the small confines of the car
"THE" Colour
Alternator, power steering pump, starter and windshield fluid repository are ready to go on.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Suspension ready to be bolted on. Just missing the front shocks which I will install after we attach the k frame to the car.[/FONT] The bottom is the platform we are going to put the engine/trans on for the install.
[FONT="]Charcoal carpet.
So until next time.
Grassy
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Update
[FONT="]Still havent decided what direction to go with the seats sense I cannot modify them to fit the car but I have to make a decision soon. And I should be ordering the electronic speedo in Kms soon as well.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I have installed the snorkel scoop. I used the hole in the hood as a reference for the bottom middle hole on the scoop. I then flipped the scoop over and took a large piece of thick cardboard and pushed down so I had an impression of where the studs are located. I drilled the first hole through the hood..flipped the hood over..and centered the bottom, middle holes together. I marked where the other studs were then I drilled them the scoop fits perfectly except where the studs when through the brace on the bottom of the hood . I need to enlarge the hole through the brace so I can put nuts on the studs..I am not liking the top hat nuts that were on the scoop. I think I have figured out a way to get around the water problem...need to install it first to see if it wil work. The scoop looks good though :)
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[FONT="]We wanted to dye the interior but the daughter didnt want a stock colour. I also had a set of kick panels that were blue and had been painted (?) black and they were peeling.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I only want to do this once so contacted a Canadian company that deals with many auto manufacturers and repair centers. The paint will stick on metal, leather, plastic and fabric and is guaranteed for 10 years The company will custom mix so they suggest you go into a home depot and pick a colour from the Behr catalogue. My daughters pick was rising smoke. Anyway, you clean the surface with their cleaning product, spray it with an adhesive, 3 very lights coats of dye, then a conditioner anywhere between a day and a week later. For metal, a light sand, primer then the dye.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We did not tale out everything. We left in the roof liner and the front windshield so the metal in front of the dash pad was a bugger. I am trying to track down an air brush to finish it.[/FONT]
The plastic cleaner even took some of the old dye out..
Tapeing
I slid pieces of bristol board down in between the dash and the windshield rubber.
Car wash fund raising posters work well :)
[FONT="]I really didn't like spraying above me head in the small confines of the car
"THE" Colour
Alternator, power steering pump, starter and windshield fluid repository are ready to go on.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Suspension ready to be bolted on. Just missing the front shocks which I will install after we attach the k frame to the car.[/FONT] The bottom is the platform we are going to put the engine/trans on for the install.
[FONT="]Charcoal carpet.
So until next time.
Grassy
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