My cousin has been working on the body quite a bit. I’m also very frustrated with the suspension, so, I’m using the time to make the interior look nice and fix some easier things. Or so I thought.
I love that the car has rear quarter windows that actually roll down, instead of pushing out. One side wouldn’t roll up all the way, or down. After trying to sit it back on the track, I realized the regulator was bent, and was better off buying a new one. I figured, what the heck, I’ll buy 2 and put new regulators in both sides. This was a day long project. The YouTube videos I watched were pretty straight forward, but getting my hands inside and seeing what to do was difficult. Especially since I was avoiding taking the whole thing apart. I mean the service holes are there for a reason, am I right?
And those stupid round knobby things that hold it into the track kept falling in the body. A bit of a pain, but finally got them both in and now they roll up nicely.
I was able to find interior plastic and vinyl paint that matches the original interior colors in spray cans. Many parts, like the center console and kick plates were very faded, so I thought it would be a good idea to bring them back to life a bit. While I was at it, I figured I’d paint the dash pad and center console pads as well.
I painted the gauges a silver color…only the bottom will be exposed, since the dash pad covers most of it. I repainted the metal trim that holds the dash pad on black as well.
The center console had some cracked pieces on the right side. I had all the pieces that fit back together, so it was suggested that I try to plastic weld it together again. It’s durable, sand-able, and paint-able. I was liking this idea because a new center console was buko bucks. The plastic weld was pretty easy to work with, and I really like the way it came out.
It was a very hot day so the paint was a bit tacky. I read a trick online to use baby powder to reduce the tack quickly. It worked great!
Now these parts will be ready to just be dusted off and put back into the car once the floors are done.
