72 duster Build progress

Well, yesterday I traded an old gun I had that I never use and that has just been stuffed in the top of my closet for months......I traded it for a brand new pioneer CD player.

Not only is Pioneer my favorite brand of cd player, it has green lights like I have been looking for so it matches my stock gauge lighting and doesnt look funky in the dash.

so today.....I started on installing it.

first off, there was no factory stereo wires I could find besides the antenna wire.....so I ended up running all new constant 12 volt and key on and 12 volt wires....I ran a constant 12 volt directly from the fuse block and I put an inline fuse in the wire because I did not to strictly rely on the fuse in the back of the stereo, then the key on hot I found a plug under the dash that was not being used for anything and I put a spade connector on the end of my key on wire and pluged it into that plug in I found under the dash and I then ran a new ground wire from one of the column bolts up to the stereo.

so now all of that is hooked up and working other than I still need to run my speaker wires but I will lay them in just before I install my carpet.

only bummer is,someone tried steeling the old turn dial FM radio back in the day and bent the heck out of the dash around the radio and I had to cut out the opening for a cd player to fit a few months ago and was forced cut it SLIGHTY bigger than I wanted it, so you can see a LITTLE bit of the cd player cage sticking out passed the beauty trim, so EVENTUALLY I would make some kind of a backing plate to cover what can be seen behind the beauty trim and keep it clean looking.......but it doesnt look bad as it is, im just picky I guess lol.

OH, and I masked off some stuff and sanded the drivers side door down and primered it and I have to sand it one more time and then I can paint it with the gloss black.

still have to do the same to the passenger side, my sail panels are done other than I have to paint them black and I still have to paint the little section of metal in back that shows under the rear trim panels.

so its coming along, I think I can have the interior all paint by this weekend and then start reinstalling all my interior components.

OH, plus I still have to repaint my dash pad and a few other peices because they got scuffed up sitting on my bench...but thats no biggy.

Here is a few pictures for you guys and gals!