"Beater" interior upgrades

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by Fred Hickey, Oct 3, 2021.

  1. Fred Hickey

    Fred Hickey Founders Club Member

    Wow, I was just joking with JC. ( I know this could never happen). I’ve heard about factory sloppiness but Never tripped over it, lol
     
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  2. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Yep, that's actually factory paint! My ocd would never allow that
     
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  3. Super Bald Menace

    Super Bald Menace Frame off oil changes

    If you make the interior nice and the exterior stays rough you might have to change the name to butterface
     
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  4. Fred Hickey

    Fred Hickey Founders Club Member

    I've had some rough looking units that felt real good on the inside...:D
     
  5. GKMoz

    GKMoz Gary / Moz




    Your talking cars ? Right :)



    P.S. My choice on your interior jus sayin [​IMG]
     
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  6. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

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  7. Fred Hickey

    Fred Hickey Founders Club Member

    Ha, well deserved. Disassembly went well, but damn work keeps getting in the way. Seats are at the upholstery shop. Sorting out the hvac and thanks to Dano for some missing duct work. I have a full set of floor pans, the welder is out but I’m still a bit torn. The largest patch needed on the floor is no larger than a dollar bill. It just makes sense to do it while I’m here, right?…
     
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  8. Max Damage

    Max Damage I'm working on it!

    I feel your pain. Good job moving ahead!
     
  9. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Full set of floor pans?? Whaaaaat? If I still owned it, I would of probably wire wheeled the holes, put some rust converter on the area and put some fiberglass mat over the couple small areas. It would be ashame to replace all the pans
     
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  10. Fred Hickey

    Fred Hickey Founders Club Member

    No, no! I’m not cutting anything. Maybe just replace what’s missing.
     
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  11. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    You scared me! I thought you lost your mind:D:D
     
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  12. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    And that front seat used to be green. I vinyl dyed it. Oddest thing when I bought it. Had the right bench with matching upholstery just dark green.
     
  13. 350cid

    350cid Well-Known Member

    I'm going to guess all the vinyl front seats do that eventually..... looks just like the one in my LeSabre other than color.
     
  14. Max Damage

    Max Damage I'm working on it!

    From all of us with POR/Rust converter and fiberglass on the floors of our cars, I would like to say a big thank you to Jason.
     
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  15. 446379H

    446379H Well-Known Member

    Some new pedal pads would be less slick / more safe driving . “While yer at it stuff “
     
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  16. STAGE2PAT

    STAGE2PAT Well-Known Member

    I have driven and built patina/ crusty drivers . Make the interior nice . It's cool to drive a garbage can just don't want to sit in one .
     
  17. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    And if done right, would probably outlive us.
     
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  18. Fred Hickey

    Fred Hickey Founders Club Member

    Hvac duct work is reconnected. First and largest piece of floor is cut out and patch is almost ready, hopefully get tacked in tomorrow. I’m sure some fiberglass will have to do in some places, but not this one. 85A6BDB0-E27F-4AB1-BECD-92055EF5535A.jpeg
     
  19. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!


    The inherent flaw is patching floors with fiberglass is a step below using a street sign! It can't be "done right" because it's not right to begin with!! :p
     
  20. Fred Hickey

    Fred Hickey Founders Club Member

    Not the prettiest patch but it’s all steel. 50ED064F-FB53-4191-84D8-CFC943487A08.jpeg
     
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