Not getting much done lately, summer flu kept me in bed several days leading up to and over the memorial day weekend. Here are a few minor things that I was working on before getting sick.
Painted the welded parts of the GTO seat frame.
Here are both seats installed.
I had also stripped the rust and painted the headliner supports.
I had restored the ashtray mount. This piece was bead blasted and then clear coated.
I had started modifying the radio opening. This is the stock opening with the divider bar removed.
The tape marks where I am cutting the bezel. The bezel needs to be 5/32" taller than stock. This will allow the RetroSound Radio to fit. I was tempted to narrow the opening to the exact size of the RetroSound radio but this would create problems with the wood grain being too small to cover the opening.
The piece that I cut out is laying on top on the tape.
This is where the bezel needs to be relocated to. The open spots will be filled with a plastic compound that will be solvent welded.
I have joined the two pieces together with plastic powder and used a solvent to weld the pieces together. I'm not concerned with the textured surface since it will be covered by wood grain. I still need to fill the gaps. Of course this piece still need to be reattached to the rest of the dash but I won't do that until I finish with the radio opening.
That about it for now.