Addicting
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Too much estrogen in our house this weekend. The boy and I had to hide in the barn.
Decided to finish the interior. Had to get the carpet dry so it took some creative heat sources and fans in 27 degree weather. By noon it was ready to start on.
First up was changing out the broken door handle. To get to it the whole door has to get disassembled. Since the window was etched we snagged one from the junkyard a few weeks ago. 25 bucks for an unmolested vintage window. That was a YouTube video to help us figure it out. Went pretty smooth and in about an hour we had it all back together. The window interior sweep was broken. It was a little more difficult to change. Being stapled together and thru plastic, I didn’t have one that worked. We had to salvage the old staples and drill holes to put them back in. Mason did a great job finishing it after I showed him the first few.
Next was getting the new old stock console in. That was easy once we realized the bracket had been installed 180 degrees. The reupholstered seats were next and that wrapped up the interior.
The only thing left is the radio and replacing the light switch while the dash is opened up. I also want to find a bezel to mount a digital dash gauge to monitor the transmission temp. All in all a good day with the boy.
Decided to finish the interior. Had to get the carpet dry so it took some creative heat sources and fans in 27 degree weather. By noon it was ready to start on.
First up was changing out the broken door handle. To get to it the whole door has to get disassembled. Since the window was etched we snagged one from the junkyard a few weeks ago. 25 bucks for an unmolested vintage window. That was a YouTube video to help us figure it out. Went pretty smooth and in about an hour we had it all back together. The window interior sweep was broken. It was a little more difficult to change. Being stapled together and thru plastic, I didn’t have one that worked. We had to salvage the old staples and drill holes to put them back in. Mason did a great job finishing it after I showed him the first few.
Next was getting the new old stock console in. That was easy once we realized the bracket had been installed 180 degrees. The reupholstered seats were next and that wrapped up the interior.
The only thing left is the radio and replacing the light switch while the dash is opened up. I also want to find a bezel to mount a digital dash gauge to monitor the transmission temp. All in all a good day with the boy.
