| Here is the Front of the console. I used epoxy to glue this plastic plate to cover the
open area originally used to store cassette tapes. Once the epoxy was dry, I drilled a hole for the
clock and I sanded it smooth and primed everything with sandable primer. |
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| Here is shifter surround with a plastic plate epoxied in where the ashtray used to be.
This is where the power window switches are going to be installed. Once the epoxy was
sanded and the panel was primed, I used the SEM texture paint to give the panel a
factory like texture. |
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| Here the console primed and sanded. I also used epoxy to repair a break in the console
near the parking brake handle. |
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| Here is the front of the console completed, painted and the installation of the
Autometer Phantom clock and cigarette lighter. The clock matches the gauges that I have
in the dash.
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| Currently, I do not have the funds for a radio to install into the dash so I made a
radio delete plate out of a piece of plastic, a couple of nuts and bolts and JB Weld. |
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| I welded some steel to the factory brackets to give the console something to screw into
utilizing the factory console mounting holes. I then mounted the console into the car.
It is a real tight fit under the dash. |
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| Here is everything that comes in the box for the door panels. I went with the black
cloth inserts. They are made of ABS plastic with a pattern that matches the other interior
panels. They were too shiny out of the box to match my other panels that I dyed with
Duplicolor flat black interior dye. So I also dyed the new door panels to match. |
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| The door panels do not come with the inner weather strip seals. I purchased these
reproduction units from Rock Auto. To install them I had to drill small holes in the
weatherstripping and the panel and manually installed staples to hold them in place. |
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| Next I installed the round trim rings that go around the lock knobs. The panels needed
the holes drilled. The panels did have an outline of where the hole needed to be on the
backside of the panel. |
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| The door panels are not designed to have the power lock switches in them. I decided to
put them in the insert next to the door handle. This required me to cut the panel and
the insert. I also needed to cut the door behind the panel to fit the switch and plug. |
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| I also needed to cut the door behind the panel to fit the switch and plug. I also marked
where the front speaker holes needed to be. |
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| Here are pictures of me test fitting and modifying the inserts. They do not come with the
holes cut for the door handle. I also needed to cut out where my door lock switch would go. |
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| Here are pictures of the clips and plugs I needed to buy to install the panels. I also
needed to drill holes in the lower half of the door for the clips to mount to. I also
needed to mount the door pull supports in a different spot from the factory application. |
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| I installed heavy duty plastic as water barrier behind the panel. Also, here is the back of
the panel and the mounts for the door panel clips. Most of the holes
match up with the factory locations except for the lower rear one. Unfortunately, the clips
did not do a great job of holding the panel. Ultimately, I used trim screws on the bottom of
the door to hold the panel in place. Here are the panels installed. |
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