Refreshing trunk area on my 64 Valiant. Pics inside

[Kmrumedy]

Lots of money was spent by the previous owner on the chassis and motor but they lost interest in the car and now I am getting it ready for street use. One area of neglect was the trunk area of the car. So I did a little refresh this weekend.

Here is what it looked like when I started. Corroded double batteries.







Removed the batteries to make sure all was well underneath.





Started the clean up with some rust converter for floors, sealed up the holes, and some basic degreaser cleanser.







The battery tray was nasty.



So I dumped it in this and worked like a charm.





A little paint and a new powerful battery and voila!

 

[Kmrumedy]

Next up I painted the trunk floor with POR 15. Never worked with this before but it is great stuff. Almost like an enamel. Looking much better.

Prep


POR15


Guy at the store gave me a great tip on working with POR 15. He said never open the lid just put two screws to pour so air never gets in. Makes it last much longer.



Next I decided to Dynamat the entire car so I started with the trunk. Left an area uncovered in case I ever have to remove the fuel cell.



Thought it looked cool leaving it with the dynamatt but decided to play with $20 of fake leather vinyl. Decided to cut and tape in two pieces so it is easy to remove. I guess I could tape it to the floor to get it smoother but I like I can take it on and off. Was kind of tricky to cut and measure but it turned out ok.



Oppps. Painted the tray wrong colour! :banghead: Would look better in Hemi orange.



Back to paint....




And finish...





BEFORE



AFTER



That is a little better. On to the interior next....

 

[Back in Time]

Looks great....nice work.

 

[BillGrissom]

Nice work, but are you going to use it on the street without a spare tire? Many new cars come that way, with just a bottle of Stop Leak in the trunk. I wonder why they needed 2 batteries. I would like a steel panel behind the rear seat so all that fuel and battery acid doesn't slosh into the cabin if rear-ended.

 

[Kmrumedy]

Nice work, but are you going to use it on the street without a spare tire? Many new cars come that way, with just a bottle of Stop Leak in the trunk. I wonder why they needed 2 batteries. I would like a steel panel behind the rear seat so all that fuel and battery acid doesn't slosh into the cabin if rear-ended.

Thanks Bill. It was a race car. There is a firewall between the trunk and interior backseat for safety as well as a battery disconnect switch.