Well, this is a bit of a marathon post. It's been a while since I updated, and today was a long day with me and MPD working until after 8:00 this evening. A lot got checked off the list, and that's a good thing.
I've been collecting seat backs to try to get two really good ones and finally did. I got the two best cleaned and painted today with SEM Landau Black and they look much better than the old ones. I scrubbed them with Dawn, scrubbed them again with SEM Soap, sprayed with SEM Sand Free, and three coats of Landau Black. Pictured below are the old and then the new ones.
The seat frames came back from the powder coater this week as well and look great. The hinge arms on the front seat backs had to be painted so I taped off the paint line based on measurements taken prior to sand blasting. After taping off the line I scuffed the powder coat with green scotchbrite and shot several coats of gloss black paint.
The console also got a coat of Landau Black today to clean it up and even out the color. I did the same Dawn, SEM Soap prep, but used adhesion promoter instead of Sand Free. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, but now need to check out all the other pieces and get it reassembled.
The biggest project was the steering column as it was in rough shape. We got it partially disassembled, cleaned up, sanded down, prime and painted. It too is looking great, but need's to dry for a few days before reassembly. The Formula Wheel hub also has been bead blasted and painted with wrinkle paint. It looks like new.
Lastly, I got a 5/16" hose stamped for the EVAP system. This hose goes on the outby side of the charcoal canister and connects on each end of the steel EVAP line that runs around the lower side of the core support.
Here's a few pictures.
