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I had to pull the car out of the garage so since the drive train & brakes were brand new why not take her for a test run. I drove her out of the yard and ran her through the gears with the hammer down. Damn the car ran great. With no windshield and no goggles I figured I backed off the gas at around 50. Of course that's just a guess.., considering no dashboard.
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Made a u-turn at the Christen school and then I headed back to the house. No problem.., nothing but farm on both sides of the road. Of course the local sheriff might have had a slight problem considering no seat belts, or seats, or windshield.
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I cleaned up the driver's side fender.
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Sprayed the inner side with undercoat. In the picture on the right the coating was not yet dry.
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The wife got involved in the fun and sanded down the dashboard and did a nice job with the headlight housing.
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Saturday the weather was so nice that I decided to paint the dashboard and do the wood graining.
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The picture on the right is the dash board with the base coat. I used Gloss Sand which is a Rust-Oleum oil based paint. I thinned the paint with 15% acetone so it could be sprayed.
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Sunday I did the wood graining in the early afternoon. Temperatures got into the 60's and I had the heater on in the garage to dry the stain.
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I don't know if I am truly happy with the way it came out. The color is correct for the interior. But the graining is to harsh. Once it has dried I will try to soften it up with a fine brush or very fine steel wool. We will have to see what it looks like once it is all finished. This may not be completed on the first try.
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Actually it came out better then I expected.
