Doug's Journal

So today I took the wire wheel to the bottom side of the floorpan to clean of the surface rust, Afterwards I coated it with some primer. After that dried I put the seam sealer on. After that dried - I sprayed a topcoat on it.

In the morning sun, the trunk had a lot more color than I could see at dusk. I am pretty certain a single can of Damask Red single-stage spray paint is NOT going to fully cover. As you can see the difference between the previously black trunk and the seam sealer. I'm planning on putting some carpet in the bottom, so I'll focus on the non-carpeted areas.

I top coated the floorboards and tunnel, Removed the transmission access cover and painted it. I have some bubble heat shield for the tunnel, but I may skip it since the molded carpet tunnel piece has pretty heavy insulation. In my previous 1966 (Nigel), I used too much insulation - as a result it was very quiet but the seats wouldn't adjust fully because the width of the tunnel had increased with the extra insulation.

I moved to the window regulators, both windows were pretty stiff, but after some light lithium grease, they freed right up. So I installed the vapor barriers on the doors. The passenger side window scraper was deteriorated badly. I had an extra so installing that was much easier than I anticipated thanks to a tip on the board about removing the bottom stop to allow the window to drop another inch allowing removal and installation of the window scraper without removing the window.

Tomorrow I'll start the installation of the carpet.