Looks great! I'm a little scared to try to install my headliner myself....had no idea thay can charge as much as a grand to do it though! :wow:

Wow Rich you guys did an awesome job on the head liner. Did I mention you and the wife are invited over for the weekend I put min in. :_paranoid lol It came out great. :thumbsup:

You are doing some killer work Rich. Top shelf stuff....:thumbsup:

Beautiful car man! Not sure how I have been missing this thread.

That looks killer Rich. Great job!:thumbsup: :cheers:

Thanks for the kind words guys, more pics to come.

Rich

What a good job Rich!!

I am also in the stage of installing the head liner...... pushing it forward and doing all other things instead.......I have to start some day.
I think next week:yes:

Nice car by the way.
I bought you Baer brakes a few years ago....

Thanks - The headliner is one of those jobs at the bottom of the list, but if you take your time, its not rocket science and it can be very gratifying when done. Im not an expert but here's a few tips my wife and I use. When the headliner comes out of the box its wrinkled beyond belief. place it on your iron board upside down(white side), iron on low heat keep the iron moving in circular motion all wrinkles gone in 10 minutes. place all screws in there holes sticking out a bit so you can find them after its done. Hopefully you marked the holes that the bows came out of, put them back in the same holes. Measure for the center of the headliner and strike a line down it and measure the center of the bows, line all centers up with center of windshield and back glass opening. cut the listing strips about an 1.5 inches from the ends of the bows for them to stick out. Pick up 5 dozen large black binder clips as clamps, stretch,stretch, stretch. front to back, side to side. When all wrinkles are out peel off clamps five or six at a time and paint contact adhesive around perimeter car retainers and the material re-stretch and re clamp. 3M 1357 works well for me has a pretty quick set up time. One more thing vynal does shrink so slight wrinkles will come out with heat, but be very careful as the heat will cause shiny spots if held to long.

Hope the brakes worked out well for you. Thanks again- Rich

Door and quarter window glass is always fun, lots of adjustments, I got it pretty well adjusted, it certainly doesn't fit like the original but it does look nice on a new build. Working from the top down and back to front. So the rear deck and rear seat and door panels are in. Because of the harness bar tab coming through the belt line, I thought it would be a good idea to use a 67 door panel. This way I didn't have to buy/cut in to the 69 rear panels and try to trim it out, we finish painted the belt line all the way around for this reason. A couple of Polk 6x9 speakers in the rear deck and getting ready to trim carpet.
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Those guarter panels look great in there. How is the rug fitting with the raised tunnel in there?? Will it have enough on the sides to get under the sill plates, or is it going to be close? Where did you pick up the headliner?

Very nice Rich. Car is coming along very nicely.:thumbsup:

Thanks Wayne, I only set the rear carpet piece in and it looks like there's plenty to cut off. Ill let you know when I do the front. The headliner is PUI, but I buy it from Ricks. There doing another 15 percent off sale this week end.

Really awesome job you are doing on car. Fantastic details

Rich -- I love the fact that you're willing to tackle any job in your build. That's a great attitude. Most of this stuff is NOT rocket science... it's about thinking the job through - having patience - working methodically and in some cases - stopping and taking it all apart etc and starting over. My hat is off to you and you should be really really proud of yourself and your car. Nothing beats the feeling of knowing "I did it myself". :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cheers:

Thanks you Greg, that really means alot to me, appreciate the kind words. I certainly know what you mean when it comes to starting over when things are not going well. There are times when I really feel like Ive run out of talent, but keep persisting. Thanks again- Rich

Wayne,

Started fitting the front carpet, looks like there should be enough to fit under the sill plates. Its not a ton of material but should be enough. I have a nice size bubble on the drivers side of the tunnel near the shifter, I need to pick up some carpet double sided tape or glue it down. Once that is pressed up against the tunnel theres another 1/2 inch overlap at the sills. Still have a bit of cutting to do. Think Im gonna get me some Sam Adams Cream Stout(its real good :cheers: ) and call it a day.

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Thats good that it makes it. One problem averted.

Great job Rich. Moving right along!:thumbsup:

Damn Rich, everytime I look at your thread I just think WOW, what a beautiful build. I cant wait until the next time I can get up there with Tommy. I gotta see this car in person. :thumbsup:

Thanks Tones, Im pushing for a spring drive :yes:

Thanks Steve- Tell Tom to give me a buz when he gets the Goat I want to hear about it. Thanks again- Rich

Rich..... Spring is comming fast!!

I know, can't believe how time is flying by, seems the older you get the quicker it seems to go. Ive been throwing a lot of hours at it, getting burnt. might be a summer drive.

Made some progress on the interior, its starting to take shape. Tough time with the urathane repro dash pad but it will have to do for now. Recaro seats, kick panels, front door panels, done. Still have to pick up harnesses and a fire exstinguisher, should have the interior done by end of Feb. here's a few pics.

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Looks Killer, keep up the great work! :thumbsup:

It looks great Rich. how did the door panels fit? Was it tuff to get them on? Which ones did you use? Very Nice.

I love seeing 1st gens with no console, looks badass!

Thanks- The fit was ok once I relocated all the card board cuttouts with a sharp xacto knife and hot glue gun in the back for the push clips(3/side). The corner radiuses at the bottom of the door are a bit funky, not to difficult to get on, I had to add one extra sheet metal screw to hold the panel from bubbling out. You just have to make sure the big metro seal ends at the top ends are tucked in tight at the top of the panel. I used the Pre-asembled standard front panels from Ricks, you may want to go for the platnum edition for 30 bucks more. On mine across the top surface its a bit wavy, I heard the platnums are stuffed nicer and the pleats look a bit closer to the originals.

Ive probably said it a million times, the repro stuff just sucks athough I guess we should be happy we have it. It all has to be massaged in one way or another. Perhaps its me but it seems like the quality is getting worse. This is a good one, the repro window cranks dont fit on to the repro regulator shaft. Something as simple as a bore diameter they cant get right. You cant just stuff a drill bit in it since there are key ways on each side of the bore, so out comes the die grinder, and once again your cutting metal as well as the splines being a sloppy fit. Enough rant for now, I wish all manufacturing would come back to this country.

Rich

Great build can't wait to see it done.

rich

Rich its not only the repro geulators the window cranks don't fit they were tuff to get on my factory regulators too. You did a nice job putting them on they look good.

Looking good Rich. Great progress. Keep us posted.:thumbsup:

Rich, sorry to switch back to the headliner topic.
I can't get the wrinkels out of the last bow at the c-pillar. The rest is perfect but at the c-pillar there is not a real good way to tighten the headliner.
How did you do this?

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Just read entire thread, very nice ride!
I was wondering if you could give me some details on your bi level heater/defrost set up? Would like to have defrost and like you not really interested in putting in an ac system. Any info would be great. Thanks

Glad you like it-Thanks - Vintage air bi level heater w/defrost model # 50616. We mounted it in the same location as the old heater box(fire wall opening welded shut/smoothed, controls in the glove box. The defroster ducts that come with the kit are to small get the bigger ones that are used in there air kit for the 69 camaro, cant remember the part numbers. Mounting them can be tricky, I used some killer epoxy to adhere them to the under side of the dash, if the car was nuked this stuff would still be there. hope this helps - Rich.

Thanks for the quick reply! I will check it out hopefully I can make it work in my '71 Chevelle. Again thanks for the info.

Hey Rich - how you doing?

I called VA about four months ago, told them I needed the same for my 69. They reccomended the 506101:

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I'm wondering if I wouldn't be better off w your unit?

Hey Ron- Im doin good, thanks. Im not sure what the difference in the two kits are. I wonder if the unit they recommended you is smaller than mine, need to call them and find out.

I think the dimesnions are about the same. The only difference I can see is a bi-level. I'll call them and send you a PM...

Almost ready to turn the key. A bit more progress, the exhaust was a big hurdle for me, I ended up with a magnaflow system. Its really tough to beat from a price stand point, all stainless although it is pretty ferrous, it aint no 303/304 SS. I have a feeling its going to be a lot louder than I want, I dont have a prayer in getting the tails past the monkey bars back there so its dumps for now. It would be nice to take it to someone who can bend something nice and tight completely under the frame rails. The windshield and trim went in and I did pull the trigger on those fender supports from DSE.
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How do they call it a muffler when you can see through the damn thing :wow:
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Car looks great Rich. I have those same mufflers and was wondering the same thing.

Wow That looks awesome! You did a beautiful job putting it together Rich. The exhaust looks great too. Glad to hear you like it I have the same kit for mine good to know it fits. I'm glad to see your getting close to start up I can't wait to hear it running. Its a good thing you don't live closer You'd be saying "oh no here he comes again". lol Awesome job!