Dads 67 "S"capade

4spdragtop · May 14, 2022

Slow go as usual, but was able to get inner whiskers installed. Mounts and slotted holes didnt line up with those either. I enlarged the slots, thankfully a good amount of metal there to work with.
While in there, I lubed the heck outta the regulator and added anti rattle tape where it was missing. I "adjusted" the regulator....boy that novelty wears off quick! Also verified all the electrical in her arse end works... defrost,stop/turn/signal/4ways and reverse lights. With the reverse light housings, they didnt mount snug as the mount screws just mount into rear valance and were sloppy, shitty design. I bought some clips/speed nuts from hardware store. A pain in the *** to install, but in and snug. Basically a 2 person job. Should have put new bulbs in.. :BangHead:

Still have to put the interior panel in and fine tune brake switch.

4spdragtop · May 17, 2022

Spent a fair amount of time wrestling with interior panel and courtesy light bulb holder....I applied some blk electrical and white hockey tape to back side of festoon bulb holder as its EXTREMELY close to touching C pillar and would possibly short out.
That metal panel with new inner cat whiskers was a pain, but it's in. Tested and new LED works great. Overall the whiskers appear to fit good, but took a bit of work. Nerve wracking as I didnt want to wreck them...we'll see how they stand up. Window appears to be adjusted pretty good, but now door glass needs adjustment :BangHead:

Wish I was organized enough to have the metal panels powdercoated ahead of time. Next time

Now to figure out what I'm gonna do with rear oem side panel. Obviously I wasnt careful enough and a couple of the panel clips popped thru the masonite panel. Velcro maybe like I did with the front door panels...

4spdragtop · Jun 1, 2022

Making progress, altho its taking longer than I picture in my mind lol. Of course I forgot to put the wind lace on just as I was going to put sill plate on :BangHead:

Thankfully I decided to not use the oem panel clips, but instead glued velcro onto interior panels and the metal panel. 3spots, works great. The panel is "held" in place with big arm rest screws and also gets tucked in at the top under the stainless trim. Wrestled with the big rear stainless trim. But got smart and marked the holes where the clips go.
So the rear harness is on and done. Next is getting rid of the slight mouse piss smell!

wiped with mr clean and "final" with Pinesol. Fingers crossed....still gotta vacuum.
Off for 2 weeks after tomorrow so not sure whether to insure and enjoy, OR get the windshield.guy out to remove so I can do my dash and harness upgrade as well as stainless windshield upgrade. 2 weeks, but nothing goes according to plan and my boat is calling me too.

4spdragtop · Sep 5, 2022

Been a bit to update this but have made some good progress.
Rally dash redo is complete. The car is completely rewired from dash harness to rear lights.
While interior was out I scuffed some of floor pans from minor surface rust and rolled some Rustoleum on them.
With bucket seats out I had to do a couple repairs and replaced a broken spring that @Mr. Sinister generously sent me free of charge. I cleaned up and painted the tracks with Home Hardware Beauti-tone paint lol. It was a dead ringer for black suede!
Thanks again Frank for the spring. Buckets are in, dash is in, console, triple gauges. Need some minor tidying up but almost there. Glass guy coming for ws install tomorrow.
Thanks all for the help.
Oh drivers side bucket is missing tin strap for seat adjuster. I cobbled it with mech wire and it seems to work!
Probably something at work I can make one from