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Looks awesome Buddy, glad to see it "finished" Headliner turn out great (would have loved to watch THEM put it). Hope to see it in person soon. Call me if you need anything
Beautiful! Integration of bcm is very cool
I am at peace with the tailgate, I think you could either leave it (cleaned up as much as possible) would look just fine , or total restoration of it,(chrime trim,weather striping,ect) it could be redone to brand new and be very cool but no "pho-tina" however you say it.....
The interior turned out beautifully! Where did you get the front shoulder seat belts from?
They all came from SeatbeltPlanet.com. Made in Oklahoma I think, so not Chinese crap! There are a lot of different styles and colors to choose from. Just give them a call and tell them what you're working on so you can get the correct length. Super cool guys to talk to and were really helpful, I'll definitely use them again.
I put this car away at the beginning of the winter to finish up some other projects, but got it back out a week ago to try and finish up a few things that never got done before. I was originally going to paint the tailgate, but don't think I want to do that now. The original lacquer paint I bought matches the base/clear I got for the firewall, so I'm thinking the green has just faded and although it buffed up to a decent shine, the color wouldn't match good enough. So, I decided to just paint the inside of the gate so the interior part is finished and I could finally put the weather strip on it. Had to disassemble the whole thing to make it manageable to remove.
The lower part of the tailgate jamb had a few patches welded in it and was primered, so I decided to clean this area up too since I don't really care for primer.
Did a quick smoothing of the whole area.
A little primer on the jamb area and the tailgate.
Then sprayed the green lacquer on the jamb and the hinges that had also been primered. You can see how it looks a little greener than the rest of the car.
I also painted the inside of the gate the gray that all the rest of the interior metal is painted and now just need to get it back together in the next two days so I can drive it to Texas this weekend for the GoodGuys show in Fort Worth. I'm going to this show because I sold the nicest vehicle I have ever built, my Blazer, and the guy who bought it is taking it down there. I had wanted to take it to a big show, but it was really too nice to drive that far, and it never had a top when I was driving it, so not something you leave in a motel parking lot. But, this way at least I'll get to see how it does at the show!
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