Moving right along.... I'm into the interior. Step one was to mask things off and spray the Metallic Black funk down on the dash frame. Red Oxide visible on the underside and firewall and notice the inspection markings on the wiper motor. Also, the pivot transmissions had yellow and green marks on them, much like the suspension markings do signifying L and R. Will anyone notice this? No... but I will! Once that was done I turned my attention to the instrument cluster. I went with a Scott Drake clock, bezel, and lenses. Extremely happy with the quality of these parts. I left the factory installed surface rust on the back of the cluster housing for sentimental reasons.
After all, much like freshly painted car waiting for its first ding, I'm heading this confrontation off at the pass by leaving this little bit of flash rust on the car so no other rust forms!
Heater Box, main wiring, and today defroster vents, dashpad and bezels go in. Notice on the instrument cluster the "Brake" light is not installed. Since my car has the uber rare convenience group, that's incorporated into that panel and instead of "Brake" it says "Park". Another neat thing is the seatbelt warning light says "Belts" yet the aftermarket lens you can buy say "Seat". Why they can't get that right is beyond me, but I kept the original bezels and lenses.
More to come!
Cheers
Dave