Sound Proofing

What started out as a quick coat of paint on the dash ended up being a 2 full months long project. The dash was removed and was stripped, sanded, etched and painted. Stationary glass removed and the glass flange cleaned.

I decided to remove the steering column, brake pedal support, wiper motor/linkage, heater box and wiring harness and finish the floor to the windshield opening with Rust Bullet. Three layers of Peel & Seal was applied to the firewall and toe board. Two layers applied to the floor, kick panels and inside the quarter panels.

I disassembled the steering column to bead blasted and paint. I found the shift lever tension spring was broken in 4 pieces and the grease in the steering column was dried up. I lucked up and found a substitute spring that I could use in my 5 gallon bucket collection of nuts and bolts. The speaker mount was bead blasted, painted and new cloth was glued down using cardboard for a gasket. The parking brake assembly was bead blasted and painted. I found a nice driver's side fresh air vent from a early '70 complete with a intact control handle. The old howling heater blower motor was replace with a new motor and new fan.

New carpet pad was added before the freshly dyed old carpet was installed.

The speedometer cluster housing was brittle and crumbled and was replaced with a '75 housing. I swapped my gauges in the cluster because I wanted to keep up with the original look. A fresh coat of paint and new lens for a 69-70 Mustang to replace the old cloudy scratched Maverick lens made things look good as new.