07-19-2013, 03:29 PM
Well I promise pictures will come. On the what did I do today list, for me its more of what did I do the 2 weeks I was off work list. I work a 2 on 2 off work schedule. So 2 hitches ago I finished my painting. I painted my car in pieces since it was a color change. This time off I reassembled the rear of the car. Deck lid, trunk seal, honeycomb panel & trim, gas cap, taillights, rear window & seal & trim, rear valance panel & lights hooked up, and lastly the wing of course. Then onto interior I got the new carpet installed on fold down rear seat & accompanying floor panel, I installed the rear plastic interior pieces and rear quarter windows & weatherstrip. Before that I put Eastwood's version of dynomat on complete interior floor pans. Then I buffed & polished all original chrome pieces-IE: drip rail moldings, upper weatherstrip channels, front windshield trim, and my car has the lower body side trim that separates the lower black from the main body color, front twist hood locks, and the rear window trim & taillight panel trim, gas cap, door handles etc. Then installed half back half of the new carpet, Put new front & rear Mach 1 correct seat coverings on. I then temporarily fitted the hood and two front fenders but left the doors off until the rest of the carpet and corresponding plastic trim pieces are installed. I will finish adjusting hood & doors when I install doors. Then I reassembled the front doors with all new weatherstrip and cleaned glass track mechanisms. Then installed front fender & rear fender marker lights after cleaning & buffing the lenses then installed new air damn on front valance panel & turn signal lights. Whew that's about it for this last time home. This project was started 21 months ago with sanding original finish off and replacing rear trunk floor & taillight panel. Building my own new cowl piece from a 1972 torino since no replacement was available and most used ones are rusted as well. Then fixing all dents high spots etc. Then priming & blocking car straight and fixing what few things I missed the 1st go round, then re-priming and re-blocking to be sure it's way straight, then sanding in 3 steps 320, 400, and final sand 600 wet & dry to prepare surface for paint. then sealed and finally base clear coated and now on assembly. I will color sand and buff this winter, then install the new body side graphics and , however I have not driven the car in the time while "under construction" short of moving from place to place in my shop and one romp down the road with no doors, fenders, hood, deck lid or glass in the car to blow the dust off before final wipe down for being in homemade paint booth. Mind you the local law enforcement personnel didn't have such a sense of humor about that trip. Oh well they will get over it I am sure. So I hope to next time home finish up interior and doors enough I can at least start driving the car for the rest of the summer while finishing up the interior details. As far as pictures I have literally thousands that were taken during the entire process of before and after. I am just trying to get them all together in one place and in some sort of order. Once done I will post a few and see what kind of response and how many you all really want to see. Hope you all have a fabulous Mach 1 day.
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