Now for an update.... Got some good work out of the wife tonight on the floors. After doing a bunch of reading I decided to use Peel N Seal to help damper some of the noise we're gonna get in that thing. I know Dynamat is THE way to go, but I'm on a tight budget that is getting tighter by the hour, and I've read several "reviews" from folks that have used Peel N Seal with little to no problems.
Seats are pretty much done too. A guy in the shop across from mine is converting a CART bus into a taco wagon and was going to toss out the seats, I latched on to 5 of them. We're going to eventually recover them, but they are in great shape and comfy as hell, plus they were the right price...FREE. We used the existing lower bench seat frames to mount them on with some polished diamond plate to cover the open areas. All in all, rat rod perfect. And they look good IN the truck too.
We removed the seats that we just finished and installed and Mandy, the wife, scraped and cleaned the floor pans in preparation of laying down the Peel N Seal. Only took her about an hour to do the prep, but after we got home she said it was the hardest hour of labor she's ever done. Welcome to my world woman, welcome to my world.
While she was "laboring" on the floor prep I mocked up the engine to check for header clearance and to acutally SEE how the thing will look in the engine bay with the carbs installed, and to check clearances for other stuff. Looks like the scoop will be a little close to the fire wall, I may have to add a 1" carb spacer under each carb to push the street scoop a little higher for clearance. The passenger header now has good clearance, unsure about the driver header cuz i couldn't get it installed. Probably going to have to lay the driverside header in the engine compartment and THEN set the motor in. Yay, what fun.
The wife only got a little more than half way thru the Peel N Seal installation before it was time to head to the casa, so she'll finish up that little project tonight. Her next project is to clean and prep the engine compartment for paint. She says she likes the cleaning and prepping things, so I'll let her do it till she figures out she doesn't really like it. She's also making custom head liners, but we won't say what they'll be made of just yet. I wanna see if they will actually WORK before I tell y'all what we're doing.
Doing something a little different with the headlights on this one. This truck is originally a pie plate grilled specimen. I've never been crazy about that look to be honest. The donor truck was a 4 eye truck. Same year, 1965, but earlier production. I'm gonna use the 4 eye core support, grille, and headlights to give it an "older" look. I really didn't like the turn signals that were used so I've adapted the turn signals from a '65 Barracuda to fit. Did this on the pie plate grille and it looked awesome, so I figured it would be just as cool on the 4 eyes....was I right? I think so. The thing is, these turn signals are BRIGHT. I'll wire them up to be on when the headlights are on as well, can't wait to see how they look in the dark.
Well guys, no rest for the wicked and weary. I've got 7 weeks to finish this thing before it gets it's first photo shoot. Nope, she won't be the prettiest gal at the dance, but she'll take you under the bleachers and make you think she IS....
Wayno
Austin, TX
- Laying down the sound deadener
