[Norwood]

Shaping up and looking good.

[blue71ta]

love that Sandlewood; nice job

[eaglesan13]

I worked on the doors today. The glass was crap so I had ordered new tinted glass for both doors. I got my new door panels from legendary last week and they included new felts for the window guides so I installed them. They are peel and stick but I didn't trust them to stick, so I glued them on.

[eaglesan13]

While I had the door glass out I installed the sound/heat insulation to the door skins. I first cut them into strips about six inches apart (photo 1), then I was able to slide them between the door skin and the brace by pushing them down from the top, (photo two). In order to keep the stuff from sticking halfway down the door, I cut the backing paper about 2/3 of the way down, leaving the bottom part with the backing paper still on. I then slid the insulation behind the brace. Once I got the top to stick, I pulled the bottom part up and removed the lower portion of the backing paper, then stuck the insulation to the door skin. Photo 3 shows the first piece installed and photo 4 shows how it looked when done. I was able to get about 3/4 of the inside of the door done.

[eaglesan13]

Along with the felt for the window guides, Legendary also included two other felt pieces with the new door panels, (photo 1). I didn't notice where these went when I had the driver's door apart, but when I pulled the passenger door apart, I noticed the forward vertical window track had a felt piece on it, so it was different than the drivers door. Then I remembered my original passenger door was full of bondo, and I had replaced it with a 71 door when the car was in the body shop. Photo's 2 and 3 , show the differences between the 70 channel (no felt) and the 71 (with felt). I don't know if this has been documented on the 1970 specific parts thread. If not, we might have another addition to the list. Also, my car is a Norwood car, and the 71 door I installed was from a Van Nuys car, in case that matters.

[eaglesan13]

I installed the passenger side roof rail weatherstrip and adjusted the door glass, then installed the door panel. I had painted the armrests with the same paint (light sandlewood/tan) I had been using on the rest of the interior trim, but I was unhappy with how it looked on the armrests. The interior fabric is not a flat tan, it is "mottled" (I don't know if that is the correct spelling). Anyway, when I painted the armrests they looked too light. My interior guy said it's because sandlewood is actually two colors, and he knew a vinyl repair guy who could match it, so I had him do the armrests. It's still not exact, but it's much better than it was.