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Got my 59 home from the farm a couple days ago. Decided to clean up interior before pulling knocking 390 motor. It had the dreaded mice, but DCon put in it last year apparently convinced them to head elsewhere.
Removed seats, carpet, under padding and remains of headliner. Found a few missing parts (dash bezel for ignition and light switches, left side coat hook and chrome piece). Also found a Mexican coin, matchbook from a bar in Arizona and church bulletin from Arizona.
This car has been mostly sitting about 15 years, but seems to be pretty solid as you would expect if it is originally from Arizona. Guy I bought it from had acquired it in WI and it still has WI collector plates on it.
Interior had been redone in all black seats at one time, but the vinyl had started cracking before the mice made it worse. Odd combination of no power seats or Windows, but has tinted glass and factory AC (looks like it is all still there...)
Has a 68 390 and C6 in it already, but it has a knock. Also has noisy exhaust, so may fire it up one more time just to be sure. Assuming the 390 is not up to the job anymore, I hope to squeeze an already rebuilt 460 and a different C6 into it.
Had planned on starting on mechanicals and not interior, but car has been leaking water in back window (shot gasket) and heater core is apparently bad (disconnected, bypassed and floor on that side is pretty much gone..).
Footwell on driver side isn't great either, so have ordered both new foot wells. Inner rockers look ok, but water has been standing in some parts of trunk too. Thought it was trunk gasket, but looks like it is the back window on more thorough inspection.
Been putting together a big order for Mac's, but I just keep finding more stuff I want to replace. Think I better get the back glass gasket in on that order.
Windshield is cracked too and has been siliconed around trim on passenger side, so back glass gasket replacement should be good practice for later windshield and gasket replacement.
I fortunately live close to Auto City Classic, so will probably replace door and quarter glasses too. Both quarter glasses have the sun-induced smoking effect going on them and driver door glass has upper front corner broken out of it.
Anyone here who has done their own back glass R&R with new gasket?
Thanks, Mike H
Removed seats, carpet, under padding and remains of headliner. Found a few missing parts (dash bezel for ignition and light switches, left side coat hook and chrome piece). Also found a Mexican coin, matchbook from a bar in Arizona and church bulletin from Arizona.
This car has been mostly sitting about 15 years, but seems to be pretty solid as you would expect if it is originally from Arizona. Guy I bought it from had acquired it in WI and it still has WI collector plates on it.
Interior had been redone in all black seats at one time, but the vinyl had started cracking before the mice made it worse. Odd combination of no power seats or Windows, but has tinted glass and factory AC (looks like it is all still there...)
Has a 68 390 and C6 in it already, but it has a knock. Also has noisy exhaust, so may fire it up one more time just to be sure. Assuming the 390 is not up to the job anymore, I hope to squeeze an already rebuilt 460 and a different C6 into it.
Had planned on starting on mechanicals and not interior, but car has been leaking water in back window (shot gasket) and heater core is apparently bad (disconnected, bypassed and floor on that side is pretty much gone..).
Footwell on driver side isn't great either, so have ordered both new foot wells. Inner rockers look ok, but water has been standing in some parts of trunk too. Thought it was trunk gasket, but looks like it is the back window on more thorough inspection.
Been putting together a big order for Mac's, but I just keep finding more stuff I want to replace. Think I better get the back glass gasket in on that order.
Windshield is cracked too and has been siliconed around trim on passenger side, so back glass gasket replacement should be good practice for later windshield and gasket replacement.
I fortunately live close to Auto City Classic, so will probably replace door and quarter glasses too. Both quarter glasses have the sun-induced smoking effect going on them and driver door glass has upper front corner broken out of it.
Anyone here who has done their own back glass R&R with new gasket?
Thanks, Mike H
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