70 duster: updating, and a no-dough pro-touring makeover
wow, its been a while since Ive updated. Ivee been pretty busy doing a partial resto on a 79 corvette pace car. 52koriginall mile car thats been outside for the last decade or so. the seals had started leaking, trashing the interior. so the wife asked me if id be willing to take it on as a resto for her husbands retirement present.
before:
during (im not done yet):
got my new spoiler in yesterday. finally. this one is the quality the last one should have been. seller (CNS mopar parts) stated that they think the last one popped out of the mold, and wasn't why it wasnt alldon'tt great. donrecommend id reccomend these guys to anyone or not. just....eh. they did stand behind their product and make things right, so ill give them bonus points for that,. pretty rare these days.
so i test fitted the new spoiler last night, taking a page from dartordemons play book and using blue painters tape didn'tld it on. picturese any picdidn'tm though. didnt have my camera with me.
i also FINALLY instaseat beltsestcoyou'reatbelts. if youre plannioriginaltain the origonal mounting points, get the 11 inch buckles. i used the threaded mounbuckles the ford buckels built inseat beltsts.
the seatbelts work great, and very comfortable, and lock right up when you jump on the brakes or corner hard.
installed pics:
and im also still working on reducing the wind noise. noticedmyoday while driving that my rear edge of weatherstripping was moving around going down the highway. that cant be helping.
so while i had my weatherstripping stuff out for the vette, i glued the rear edge into place.
a question:
on the roofrails, how is the weatherstripping supposed to look? up on the leading edge at the a-pillar, inside of the car, the weamoldingpping wraps around the moulding like the picture shows. further back along the rochannelctually goes up in the channell entirely. which way is correct? or are both of them?
budget is the same.
i hope all of you have a merry Christmas if i dont talk with you before then.
Michael
wow, its been a while since Ive updated. Ivee been pretty busy doing a partial resto on a 79 corvette pace car. 52koriginall mile car thats been outside for the last decade or so. the seals had started leaking, trashing the interior. so the wife asked me if id be willing to take it on as a resto for her husbands retirement present.
before:
during (im not done yet):
got my new spoiler in yesterday. finally. this one is the quality the last one should have been. seller (CNS mopar parts) stated that they think the last one popped out of the mold, and wasn't why it wasnt alldon'tt great. donrecommend id reccomend these guys to anyone or not. just....eh. they did stand behind their product and make things right, so ill give them bonus points for that,. pretty rare these days.
so i test fitted the new spoiler last night, taking a page from dartordemons play book and using blue painters tape didn'tld it on. picturese any picdidn'tm though. didnt have my camera with me.
i also FINALLY instaseat beltsestcoyou'reatbelts. if youre plannioriginaltain the origonal mounting points, get the 11 inch buckles. i used the threaded mounbuckles the ford buckels built inseat beltsts.
the seatbelts work great, and very comfortable, and lock right up when you jump on the brakes or corner hard.
installed pics:
and im also still working on reducing the wind noise. noticedmyoday while driving that my rear edge of weatherstripping was moving around going down the highway. that cant be helping.
so while i had my weatherstripping stuff out for the vette, i glued the rear edge into place.
a question:
on the roofrails, how is the weatherstripping supposed to look? up on the leading edge at the a-pillar, inside of the car, the weamoldingpping wraps around the moulding like the picture shows. further back along the rochannelctually goes up in the channell entirely. which way is correct? or are both of them?
budget is the same.
i hope all of you have a merry Christmas if i dont talk with you before then.
Michael