72 duster Build progress
Restored the tail lights (the picture was prior to putting the black stripe between the two....ill get some pics of them all done soon)
New headlights
cleaned the interior up ,vacuumed it and wiped all the dust off everything.
I also just finished building my own package tray and am almost finished covering my new interior sail panels. (couldnt find a good deal on a package tray so i went and bought a sheet of high density board and a roll of carpet ( $20.00 total).templated it all out,drilled vent holes where the speakers would be (long tedious process by the way lol). install new pioneer 6x9's in the car while I was right in there anyhow. sanded the board down,lined it all up,brushed on contact cement on the carpet and board and laid it all down nice and flat and put relieve cuts in it all the way around. DONE....new package tray!. going to try to get all that finished up and installed tomorrow or so).
measuring the grid out wasnt so bad......it was the repeditive drilling and deburing each hole with my deburing tool and sanding it all smooth that got a little old after awhile lol)
laying it out on the carpet to get it all centered where i wanted it
after finishing it.......on the bottom side i glued a few strips down hear and there for added cushioning so I wont get any rattling . Then as i stood back and looked at it I started laughing at the image I unintentionally had made lol. The "hat" was a chunk of fence that was laying close by that I threw above it for added effect LOL.
I forgot to take pictures of the finished product. but I will try to get them tomorrow. Looks great though, im very please with how it came out.
also installed my rear seat belts....and alot of the time to do all of this stuff was consumed by basically having to gut the interior lol, I had to pull the back seat,sail panels,rear door panels etc...etc... just to get in to do what i needed to do.
also am in the process of getting my mirrors,filler panel and hood latch support ready for paint. so I should have those done soon aswell. then The next biggest things to do on the to do list are paint my scoops and spoiler, finish restoring my grill and fix the u-joint issue that I mentioned in a previous post. after that i am basically down to odds and ends on finishing the duster up. been a long time coming but its coming together.
stay tuned, more updates to come!.
Restored the tail lights (the picture was prior to putting the black stripe between the two....ill get some pics of them all done soon)
New headlights
cleaned the interior up ,vacuumed it and wiped all the dust off everything.
I also just finished building my own package tray and am almost finished covering my new interior sail panels. (couldnt find a good deal on a package tray so i went and bought a sheet of high density board and a roll of carpet ( $20.00 total).templated it all out,drilled vent holes where the speakers would be (long tedious process by the way lol). install new pioneer 6x9's in the car while I was right in there anyhow. sanded the board down,lined it all up,brushed on contact cement on the carpet and board and laid it all down nice and flat and put relieve cuts in it all the way around. DONE....new package tray!. going to try to get all that finished up and installed tomorrow or so).
measuring the grid out wasnt so bad......it was the repeditive drilling and deburing each hole with my deburing tool and sanding it all smooth that got a little old after awhile lol)
laying it out on the carpet to get it all centered where i wanted it
after finishing it.......on the bottom side i glued a few strips down hear and there for added cushioning so I wont get any rattling . Then as i stood back and looked at it I started laughing at the image I unintentionally had made lol. The "hat" was a chunk of fence that was laying close by that I threw above it for added effect LOL.
I forgot to take pictures of the finished product. but I will try to get them tomorrow. Looks great though, im very please with how it came out.
also installed my rear seat belts....and alot of the time to do all of this stuff was consumed by basically having to gut the interior lol, I had to pull the back seat,sail panels,rear door panels etc...etc... just to get in to do what i needed to do.
also am in the process of getting my mirrors,filler panel and hood latch support ready for paint. so I should have those done soon aswell. then The next biggest things to do on the to do list are paint my scoops and spoiler, finish restoring my grill and fix the u-joint issue that I mentioned in a previous post. after that i am basically down to odds and ends on finishing the duster up. been a long time coming but its coming together.
stay tuned, more updates to come!.