Sunday, March 28, 2010

Headrests



Not being able to simply recover the headrests, I went and bought some vinyl spray, gloss black from Advance Auto store. The Dukes series sprayed the whole interior sometimes in their cars, a little spray on the headrests won't hurt it. The second photo was taken right after I sprayed them once. I went over them a second time. I thought about not putting the headrests back on, but I really like them on there.

The Wife's Part in this... seats











Aside from helping with the financial pit to support such a build, my wife was nominated by yours truly to get the seats back to looking good. I purchased the original tan seats from eBay a couple years ago. They sat in my parents basement forever until last month. She pulled out the 40 year old hog rings and stripped the original seat covers made right here in Michigan off. On the back of the original seat covers it read May 1969, MI.
The new seat covers came from Dante's Mopar parts store online. The seats are actually made from Legendary Auto, which are Mopar supported and exact reproductions. Everything down to the buttons are real, not sewn on like some I have seen. These new covers fought hard and had to be stretched with a lot of effort. It was tough in some spots, but man did momma do a good job. Now she can ride in the car for her duties!!!

Sunday, March 14, 2010




My cousin Larry has been the master mind behind the engine compartment, tranny lines, and everything else that resides around the hood department and under the car. 440 cubic inches of power waiting to stretch its legs....

Console Sticker

The top part of the console has seen better days, but with Paddock Parts I was able to get the new "wood" sticker made for the console. That sticker costs $30!!! And we had to cut it to make it work with the new shifter.

Carpet






With a lot of the focus being on the engine lately, my dad started the carpet layout and cutting holes in the areas where we need them to fit around the shifter, gas pedal, bright lights pedal, etc... It does make it nice to be in the car on carpet rather than that cold hard floor.