Gutted the interior

Old 01-01-2012, 10:54 AM
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Started the interior teardown today. Plulled the cluster and dash. Someone had already butchered the cluster before, 2 bent metal tabs screwed into the housing was all that was holding it in place!




Took the front seats out and then removed the dash, a few rusty screws and it all came out.





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Dash is nice minus the big warp in the top, gonna work on that. It has no cracks or damage so I gotta save it!




So the floorpans have been replaced on both sides, decent job but they never painted the floor. I had some leftover POR, so a good scuff and slap it on!




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The cooling fans were wired up to run all the time so a new thermo-switch from Jeg's and a little wiring and now they work properly



Picked up 3 rolls of Peel & Seal from Lowes today. Start on that next weekend.

Happy New Years guys!
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Old 01-01-2012, 01:22 PM
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Looks good Harbone. I'm sure it will look as good or better than your last few rides, and they were all sweet. 8)
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QUICK MARK---DID YOU SEE THOSE WORKBENCH CHAIRS HARBONE HAS IN HIS GARAGE ---MOPAR !!!!!!!
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You like those? The white one is actually pretty old, found it in a storage room at a Dodge store I used to work at. I got about 5 of the black ones, intended to build a bar but put in a pool table instead.
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I CAN'T SAY TOOOOO MUCH--I HAVE A V8 S10 SITTING IN MY GARAGE RIGHT NOW ops: ops: :roll: :roll:

BUT I DO LIKE THE MOPAR SEATS 8)
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'Bone, You're one of those typical hotrodders that just can't leave ANYthing alone for one single second ! :P :P :P :P

Looks like you found some 'shortcuts' from previous owners !
I hope the drive train is in better condition

It's always the stuff you can't see that can bite ya !

So are those stock or modified OEM bar stools ?
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Them barstools are stock!
I dont have to worry about the drivetrain, previous owner knows what he was doing in that department. He gave me plenty of receipts and a ton of photos he took while putting the motor together. I already scored a cluster housing with all the tabs intact from a guy. I just have to get the heat gun out and some patience to straighten out the dash warp. The paint and the engine compartment are beautiful so I had to do something with the interior. Thats one thing about living in Illinois, January through March is the best time to work on the warm weather toys
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Old 01-06-2012, 04:50 PM
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Busy week at work and woop ars tired but I did a little work when I got home. Picked up some valve covers this week, GM Performance with holes and baffles so I can hook up a PCV hose. Plus they look good and almost match the car color of the car perfectly. Heres a pic of the valve covers that were on it, TIG welded drag race parts.


Here is the new ones.




It looks a whole lot better! Gonna start putting down the sound barrier tomorrow on the floor boards...
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