Good afternoon,
Here are the new seat covers and thus far they look to be of very good quality, getting the seat foams next week and will get started on them. Speaking of parts, will be getting the first (sorry Jennifer there will be more) one next week and then I can tackle a few other issues like the droopy boot lid, the door seals and so forth.
Today I decided to deal with the asbestos heat shield that looks to be 'melting' down onto the frame rail. This piece will be going off to the hazardous waste center on my next visit.
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| pretty rough, the asbestos has been sloughing off the heat shield |
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| Making a new insert for the heat shield, I've found that Hardy Backer board works quite well as a heat barrier |
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| Completed shield ready for installation |
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| Compare with the first heat shield picture. That's it for today, will be back at it next week. Looking over the service records it looks like the Brake and clutch master cylinders are all original, it's time to either replace them or have them rebuilt, even the original yellow striped reservoir hoses are still on the car. While that is very cool from a survivor standpoint it's not great if they fail and they should be replaced too. Let me know if you have any questions Jennifer. Cheers, Lynn 3 hours |
Oooh. Seat covers look nice. Especially sitting on the nice Persian rug. The Gardner garage has gone upscale.
ReplyDeleteAnd good job getting rid of the asbestos. I still have my original asbestos and it's largely intact. I don't think originality is a plus with the asbestos though. Looks like you kept the original metal. Perfect!
--Drew
Morning Drew, Nothing but the best for the 'cats' ;-) Just got back from celebrating our Princess Granddaughter's fourth BD in Cottonwood (she was on cloud nine all day-so excited!). I discovered that I could re-use the original 'rivets' if I annealed them so it will take a discerning 'eye' like yours to tell that it's not OEM. Thanks for the comment.
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Lynn
Nice! Glad the rivets could be saved!
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