Making some progress, but it is always slower than expected.
Floors are done: Second Skin ceramic heat treatment and then application of Damplifier pro sound deadening pads across the entire space.
Dash area: The Dashboard base had some very small areas of light surface rust, that I cleaned with wire wheel back to clean metal and treated with Eastwood rust encapsulator.
Dashboard base: water damage was repaired with birch veneer and the hold-down nut was replaced with a standard nut captured in epoxy. A little risk with the latter as there is not much room for adjustment, and will require some washers for spacing to tighten.
This weekend I attached the replacement dash wood to the base. Quite a lot of work extracting the old screws from the old wood. New dash from
@bela22 was attached with brass #4 x 1” screws. This is quite an improvement from the slotted screws that were originally used to attach the dash wood.
Windows:
The W&N windshield arrived, very poorly packed (possibly a custom inspections thing), but the cardboard box was damaged in several spots and really didn't look much like it should have made it intact, but the window is in great shape. The edges were wrapped in duct tape and then covered with a continuous piece of foam and the box filled with minced cardboard packing...it worked! Now have a new windshield and gasket to go along with the other bits ordered.
Drivers side front window tracks cleaned, lubricated and the window transmission cleaned and filed with synthetic grease.
When I removed the drivers-side rear window I was surprised to find two of the snap rings had failed with the guides literally falling apart as I pulled it out of the hole. I did find the part that took a walk during the removal, but of course that happened after I purchased replacements on eBay.
The factory sound deadening in the back-seat window bays was still intact, but not a solid tar based material as original, but was a light fiber material that was installed with what appeared to be contact cement. This may have been done when the car was apart in the 90's for extensive rust repair. I have seen evidence of the repairs which are all in good shape.
On both side panels I removed the old material, cleaned the panels with wax and grease remover and then treated any surface weld spots with rust encapsulator. The great news is that there were only a few areas of very light surface rust.
Very pleased that the rear wheel wells look to be in great shape as well.
At the last minute I realized that I had forgotten about the quarter panel drains that are in the window cavities and made a quick trip the the hardware store to grab some clear tubing that made for a quick replacement of the old rubber tubes that were degrading with surface cracks. I may revisit the replacement of the tubes as several on the forum have drilled through the wheel well to drain outside rather than through the rockers. Seems like a good plan, but I just didn't have the material to do it this weekend.
Getting ready to order the interior leather and carpet now, as it seems like I am on the right path, but still have some big projects to finish such as
Heater core case re-assembly (core was rodded and dipped, no leaks!) and the AC evaporator and expansion valve...and a lot more...
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