69 Z/28 Day II Project (Air Force Brat)

[NorCam]

Ron seam sealed all the joints, sanded the firewall and the door and trunk jambs today, then he primed/sealed the inside floors. I would imagine he'll prime the firewall tomorrow and put it on the rotisserie before getting after the bottom side. I'm headed out to the upholsterer's shop tomorrow and will stop in to see the car on the way back.

[Jonesy]

Wow, those floors look great. Thats a huge accomplishment to get those off the list.

[NorCam]

Also dropped off all the door and seat plastics today. The plastics and the headrests will now be dyed to match the new yellow vinyl and should be ready early next week. Seats should also be wrapped up by early next week. Here are some shots of the frames being built up with new materials and the piping being made for the new patterns.

[NorCam]

Was out to visit with Mike @ Crown Automotive Interiors earlier today and see how the seats are taking shape. He was in the midst of building sections for the bucket seat patterns while I was there and shared a lot of info with me. I left there at about 2:30 and three hours later I was rolling into my driveway as he was texting me some images of the lower seat covers. They are bright...but it's going to look really good when it's all done.

[ZLP955]

Fast work! Is that the original vinyl material in the background of your last image?

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by ZLP955

Fast work! Is that the original vinyl material in the background of your last image?

Yes. The old covers can be seen on the side of the table in a few of the shots above, as well as on the second pair of buckets that are sitting down on the floor beside the table. They are old dirty and faded covers, but when you unfold the back seams to a piece that has not seen the light of day, the color is very close to the new vinyl. It also looks brighter under this T5 lighting than it does under natural light so the inside shots might be a bit skewed.

[TimG]

Those covers look great, this is going to be a great build.

[NorCam]

Slowly but surely Ron's been nibbling away at it. He went to sand the top of the trunk lid yesterday and found something odd. Insidious "creeping rust" which is like little hidden channels of rust that spread under the primer and branch out like a network of little veins. In this case, it was all hidden under the original factory primer. Like cancer in waiting. Anyways, stripped down to the bare metal, chemically treated, and now dressed in primer.

[NorCam]

Seats are continuing along and are on pace to be ready next week. Mike has just finished the seatbacks for the buckets and the patterns are nearly ready to go onto the frames. Just the buttons need to be finished up and he can wrap them up.

[NorCam]

Ron has also been steady on things today. The insides of the doors and trunk lid were sanded and sprayed with some color today. He also moved the car onto the rotisserie and will now get the floors and the firewall finished up. Won't be long until the jambs will all be in color too. Then I can get it back down and make it a roller again.