the"Busted knuckle duster"
As usual its been awhile since I posted. Strangely enough though a ton has been done. Unfortunately pics of the last stages of the dash and car will have to wait till Tuesday when I get back to the shop because I forgot to take pics.
So we built a few brackets ,and got the throttle pedal mounted as well as the holley ecu ,and wiring routed.
We removed the dash stripped it,and got that as well as the ashtray,and glove box door painted.
We started painting the gauge,and heater control bezels
Thanks to some guys here on FABO we were able to find some cool taillights with the matching center panel. I think they are way cooler than what the duster had,and I couldn't find originals in good shape anyway. Funny thing is the matching set came from different sellers in different states. Gonna paint them so wasn't worried about condition,but needed the lenses to be great,and the bezels not broken. Check on both boxes thanks guys.
We also managed to get the rest of the body disassembled,and stripped of all its original paint. Gonna KBS coat a few dark spots in the metal that showed evidence of future rust,and seam seal all the areas that need it tomorrow. Will take pics of that tomorrow as well as some of the sound deadener we started to apply.
Last but not least we got the new TCI seats mounted. Had to make a few riser brackets to mount the inside tracks since this was a bench car,other than that they look great. Was nice to sit in the car again.
Here's the pics of our last weeks journey with the busted knuckle duster
View attachment 1715699626
Fitment on the badge was obviously meant to be.
Post more pics tomorrow night.
As usual its been awhile since I posted. Strangely enough though a ton has been done. Unfortunately pics of the last stages of the dash and car will have to wait till Tuesday when I get back to the shop because I forgot to take pics.
So we built a few brackets ,and got the throttle pedal mounted as well as the holley ecu ,and wiring routed.
We removed the dash stripped it,and got that as well as the ashtray,and glove box door painted.
We started painting the gauge,and heater control bezels
Thanks to some guys here on FABO we were able to find some cool taillights with the matching center panel. I think they are way cooler than what the duster had,and I couldn't find originals in good shape anyway. Funny thing is the matching set came from different sellers in different states. Gonna paint them so wasn't worried about condition,but needed the lenses to be great,and the bezels not broken. Check on both boxes thanks guys.
We also managed to get the rest of the body disassembled,and stripped of all its original paint. Gonna KBS coat a few dark spots in the metal that showed evidence of future rust,and seam seal all the areas that need it tomorrow. Will take pics of that tomorrow as well as some of the sound deadener we started to apply.
Last but not least we got the new TCI seats mounted. Had to make a few riser brackets to mount the inside tracks since this was a bench car,other than that they look great. Was nice to sit in the car again.
Here's the pics of our last weeks journey with the busted knuckle duster
View attachment 1715699626
Fitment on the badge was obviously meant to be.
Post more pics tomorrow night.
