[damannhw]

Originally Posted by eaglesan13

Thanks Dan. I keep waiting to see pics of your car posted on the forum, can't you quit driving it long enough to have a picture taken?

You betcha !

[OVERULD]

Car looks great Chris - great videos. Is that a flex fan sound I'm hearing as the car approaches the camera?

BJ

[eaglesan13]

Yes, I used a flex fan I had and it's pretty loud. I will swap it out this weekend and hopefully I'll be able to hear a little more exhaust and a lot less fan.

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Car looks great Chris - great videos. Is that a flex fan sound I'm hearing as the car approaches the camera?

BJ

[OVERULD]

Yep - that will make a difference. Car looks great - sort of reminds me of my 74 Fire Coral Bronze Formula 455. Love to have that one back!

BJ

[eaglesan13]

I'm back working on the car. I was trolling Craigslist a few months ago and saw an NOS set of wheel opening moldings so I bought them. I installed them today along with the wheel trim rings. The trim pieces on this car really accents this color well. Maybe I should add the roof moldings and decor trim.

[keith k]

Originally Posted by eaglesan13

I'm back working on the car. I was trolling Craigslist a few months ago and saw an NOS set of wheel opening moldings so I bought them. I installed them today along with the wheel trim rings. The trim pieces on this car really accents this color well. Maybe I should add the roof moldings and decor trim.

Very nice !

[eaglesan13]

The carpet arrived this week along with a bunch of other stuff I ordered. My upholstery guy told me to lay it out in the sun to get rid of the wrinkles before we install it. The second picture shows the under dash filler panel sitting on the carpet. The panel has already been painted the correct dark sandlewood and it's an almost perfect match for the rubber pad in the driver's foot well.

[eaglesan13]

My new rear inner trim panels arrived last week and the console showed up today. I am using the 71 style panels since the 70 style is not available, besides, I think the stitched insert looks nice. It was 70 degrees today so I went ahead and painted them. I'm using the PY interior paint which is a pretty good match. Picture number three shows one of the door panel pockets. The inside of the pocket has been painted and the outside is unpainted, so you can see how close the color is.

As for the console, I'm not sure how to prep this for paint. I used plastic prep on the inner trim panels but the console looks like it may have a vinyl "skin" on it which means maybe I should use vinyl prep on it. Has anyone painted a repop console?

I think I read somewhere on the boards that the metal brackets should be removed from the original console and used on the repop, and to use special bolts with with a head that looks the same as the original rivets, does anyone know where to get those?

[LeighP]

That is a nice match.
I just received my new set of these upper and lower rear trim panels for my 71. They are very nice looking pieces.

[eaglesan13]

I'm finally getting around to installing the insulation in the interior. I did some reading on the different products available and it was very confusing, so many different options and opinions to sort through. I eventually decided on a product called "Second Skin." It was rated better than Dyna Mat and costs less. Before I could install it I needed to clean the underside of the roof. Before I got the car a previous owner had installed a later style cardboard headliner. It appears they glued it to the roof as there was a lot of old glue on the metal that needed to be cleaned off in order to get a flat surface for the insulation to stick to. What a pain in the a$$ that was. I used a product called "Goof Off" and it seemed like it took forever. Pictures one and two are of the roof before I started, and picture three is after I finished cleaning it.

[eaglesan13]

The floors in this car are in really good shape so they didn't need a lot of prep. I just scraped of the old factory insulation and used degreaser on the floors. This Second Skin stuff if pretty easy to use. You just peel of the back and stick it on, then use a roller to work out the air bubbles.

[damannhw]

Looks great, and should make a huge difference in noise and heat !

[RicksGTO]

looks great Chris, I'm doing my interior last as well and went with Raammat for noise combined with Ensolite for a heat barrier on top. Looks like a very similar product to what you're using. Are you doing anything under the door panels or behind the rear seat?

[eaglesan13]

Yes, I intend to do the rear bulkhead and the doors but it's 105 degrees in the garage right now so I'll probably finish up on Wednesday morning. My garage gets afternoon sun, so after about 2:00 PM it's just too hot. I'm not sure yet where to put the insulation on the doors, on the inside of the door skin or on the backside of the door panel. Any thoughts on this?

Originally Posted by RicksGTO

Are you doing anything under the door panels or behind the rear seat?

[damannhw]

Originally Posted by eaglesan13

Yes, I intend to do the rear bulkhead and the doors but it's 105 degrees in the garage right now so I'll probably finish up on Wednesday morning. My garage gets afternoon sun, so after about 2:00 PM it's just too hot. I'm not sure yet where to put the insulation on the doors, on the inside of the door skin or on the backside of the door panel. Any thoughts on this?

Chris,
I've always placed it on the inside of the door skin itself. That really helps to eliminate the hollow drum sound that comes from the door. You don't need much for it to really make a big difference, usually 2 or 3 rectangular pieces about 6" x 12" are plenty.

[eaglesan13]

The headiner is in.

[eaglesan13]

The carpet is in. I'll probably try and install the console tomorrow. Sure wish I had the door panels and seat covers. I ordered then from Legendary in January and the vinyl has been on back order since then. The last I heard from them it was supposed to be in last week and maybe I would have my stuff by mid-July. That would be nice, although the original plan was to have the seats already done by now so I could just go ahead and install them. As it is, I had to put the seats with the aftermarket seat covers back in the car. They don't look terrible, but they're not what I want. If Legendary can't get me the stuff soon I may just go ahead and order the stuff from PUI.

[gtome]

Originally Posted by eaglesan13

The headiner is in.

Did you put the headliner in or have it done? I am about to have to do a 70 Formula headliner at work and I have never done one like this before. Fishing for some tips?!

[RicksGTO]

we've been having the 100+ heat a lot as well so my desire to work for more than a few hours at a time is very limited! Here is a link to the install recommendations for the product I bought which is mainly a sound/resonance deadener. They have different recommendations for door with speakers and doors without:

http://www.raamaudio.com/pages/How%252dTo.html

[keith k]

Looks awesome, Chris! Still time to get it to the T/A Nats this year...