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Douglas GaitherMember ID: DBGaither
Status: Gold Member  Clovis, CA, USA 
Last Login: 2026-04-16 19:40
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1966 New Interior 5
Posted on: Friday September 20, 2019
Today I took a morning drive with a couple buddies. We went to Bass Lake for breakfast. Weather was great and the company was better! When I got back out in the garage, I started the carpet installation. I was a bit nervous gluing in the sills with only 2-hands but it all turned out great. I don't know how anyone else does it but I used the 3M 90 High Strength spray adhesive. First I dry fit the pieces and masked around the spray area. Then I would spray both the metal panel as well as the...
1966 New Interior 4
Posted on: Thursday September 19, 2019
Today I thought I would install the carpets. But a naked floorboard just annoyed me. My plan is to sell this car, so it would be understandable if I did the absolute minimum. But part of the fun (for me) is doing things the right way. I enjoy the work and I DO NOT want to be a future DPO. So I visited my local Lowes and picked up a roll of Peel & Seal (roofing sealer). But for all intents and purposes - it was exactly what I wanted to reduce some of the road noise through the floorboards....
1966 New Interior 3
Posted on: Wednesday September 18, 2019
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...
1966 New Interior 2
Posted on: Tuesday September 17, 2019
What a stinking mess this is to clean up!! It was incredible how much adhesive some DPO had poured into this floorboard. Most of it had become hard, but some of the thicker spots had softened the adhesive so it became gummy. The die grinder with wire wheel worked great on the lighter areas, but really bogged down when it got thick. So I eventually broke out my grinder with a twisted wire wheel and that was the big gun I should have started with. The passenger side had some surface rust that...
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