72 duster Build progress
Sorry I havent updated in a bit guys. I took a little break....wasnt feeling to well for about a week and I wanted to spend time with the family for awhile also. Was just plain worn out on working on the car every day all day.
anyhow, I started getting back at it!
went and picked up some buffing wheels for the bench grinder and some rouge bars.
got a bunch of the trim done (hammered and dollied all the dings and dents out of the trim,wet sanded them,buffed and polished them. And they look new again!).
also ordered my new set of door handles and they arrived the other day,got all my locks polished and looking new again.ordered a new rubber bumper duster kit and it arrived last week and I installed all of that too (new hood bumpers,hood adjusters,door bumpers,trunk bumpers,ash tray and glove box bumpers...etc...etc...) also finished up some wiring. installed some of the trim thats done (drivers side drip rail and the entire rear window.
should be able to finish polishing the rest of the trim tomorrow. Then some time this week ill probably pick up the supplies i need to finish paint the rest of the stuff (scoops,spoiler,hood latch support and front filler panel and mirrors) and then Ill go ahead and get those painted so I can install them.
once thats done I will likely hop back and forth between finishing up the interior and the rest of the mechanical work that i need to do (ordered new interior sail panels that I have to put in,need to build a new interior speaker shelf,install my new transgo tf-2 shift kit and install my new fuel line.
Thats BASICALLY the biggest stuff i have left to do. lots of odds and ends but nothing major. I SHOULD be able to get it dang near DONE in a couple of weeks depending on how much I work on it.
Id like to have it done and ready to go some time in august so i can still get a couple months of driving out of it before i need to park it for the winter.
anyhow, that should have you guys up to speed on everything.
Heres a couple pictures of the trim work and stuff.
This is one of the BETTER looking of the trim pieces prior to polishing.
BEFORE
AFTER
The old garage gets dusty real fast. going to have to give it a bath sometime.
Sorry I havent updated in a bit guys. I took a little break....wasnt feeling to well for about a week and I wanted to spend time with the family for awhile also. Was just plain worn out on working on the car every day all day.
anyhow, I started getting back at it!
went and picked up some buffing wheels for the bench grinder and some rouge bars.
got a bunch of the trim done (hammered and dollied all the dings and dents out of the trim,wet sanded them,buffed and polished them. And they look new again!).
also ordered my new set of door handles and they arrived the other day,got all my locks polished and looking new again.ordered a new rubber bumper duster kit and it arrived last week and I installed all of that too (new hood bumpers,hood adjusters,door bumpers,trunk bumpers,ash tray and glove box bumpers...etc...etc...) also finished up some wiring. installed some of the trim thats done (drivers side drip rail and the entire rear window.
should be able to finish polishing the rest of the trim tomorrow. Then some time this week ill probably pick up the supplies i need to finish paint the rest of the stuff (scoops,spoiler,hood latch support and front filler panel and mirrors) and then Ill go ahead and get those painted so I can install them.
once thats done I will likely hop back and forth between finishing up the interior and the rest of the mechanical work that i need to do (ordered new interior sail panels that I have to put in,need to build a new interior speaker shelf,install my new transgo tf-2 shift kit and install my new fuel line.
Thats BASICALLY the biggest stuff i have left to do. lots of odds and ends but nothing major. I SHOULD be able to get it dang near DONE in a couple of weeks depending on how much I work on it.
Id like to have it done and ready to go some time in august so i can still get a couple months of driving out of it before i need to park it for the winter.
anyhow, that should have you guys up to speed on everything.
Heres a couple pictures of the trim work and stuff.
This is one of the BETTER looking of the trim pieces prior to polishing.
BEFORE
AFTER
The old garage gets dusty real fast. going to have to give it a bath sometime.