My 1971 Road runner

[Grabbergreendream]

Much better!
Love those covers. Man they look nice with that combo!

 

[71Beeper]

What I meant to say in my last sentence was....Once the weather warms up I hope the carpet will relax.

 

[71RRHI]

Love the black and white color combo. Just read your whole thread, your doing great work.

 

[71Beeper]

Many Thanks 71RRHI!
I got the front half of the carpet installed today.

Of course I had to put some weights on it to get it to flatten out as its only 5* Celsius in my garage.

I also got the dash frame out of storage and took some reference photos before I start taking it apart.

And the dash pad is beat to ****.....

I started cleaning up the underside of the speaker cover.

And got a start on the underside of the dash frame. It looks like they never had paint on the inside from when it left the factory.

Making some progress.

Next step is to drill out the hole to install the reverse light.
Any members here have a reference on the location of the reverse light? I do know it goes beside the ash tray but am not sure on how close to it should it be?

 

[72 Satellite]

Many Thanks 71RRHI!
I got the front half of the carpet installed today.
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Of course I had to put some weights on it to get it to flatten out as its only 5* Celsius in my garage.
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I also got the dash frame out of storage and took some reference photos before I start taking it apart.
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And the dash pad is beat to ****.....
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I started cleaning up the underside of the speaker cover.
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And got a start on the underside of the dash frame. It looks like they never had paint on the inside from when it left the factory.
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Making some progress.
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Next step is to drill out the hole to install the reverse light.
Any members here have a reference on the location of the reverse light? I do know it goes beside the ash tray but am not sure on how close to it should it be?

Looking great. I noticed the same lack of paint on the back side of my dash frame as well. I'm guessing it may have to do with generating a better ground once installed.

I've received wonderful help and advice from Jimmy Boros on the 71 through 74 B Bodies. Including his email... [email protected]

Rob

 

[71Beeper]

Thanks Rob - I have bought a few trinkets from Jimmy Boros.
I'll send him an email.

 

[71Beeper]

I had time this past weekend to try and get the front half of the carpet to lay flat.
I borrowed a steamer from my work.

So I can put some steam on the carpet to get it to lay flat.

It took some effort....

But all in all it turned out just fine.
I trimmed up the edges where the sill plates go too.
I did use some Alien Tape on the 4 spd hump to keep the carpet molded properly.

I'll wait to cut the hole for the shifter.
I did manage to get the holes burned thru for the seat tracks. I used a soldering gun to do that.

 

[Rockland71GTX]

I don't have the exact dimensions but here is where mine ended up. I did use reference pictures for the location.

 

[71Beeper]

Many Thanks Rockland - the light looks to be closer to the ashtray in that photo.
Down low too, so that's where I will place mine.

 

[T2R9]

I used this to install mine. Car is looking great!

 

[T2R9]

installed pic

 

[71Beeper]

Sweet!
Thanks TR29 - excellent pics.

 

[71Beeper]

So we had a warm spell this weekend...so it gave me time to put some primer and paint on the dash frame.
Primer first.

Then I applied some satin black to the underside of the frame and the speaker cover..

The top of the frame got flat black paint followed with a topcoat of black suede textured paint.

I also started cleaning up the defrost ducting and noticed something weird.
The passenger side outlet had this funny shaped piece of metal on it.

Here's a closer look at it.

Anyone ever seen this type of plate before?
The staples holding it on look like the rest of the staples on the duct.
Why would it be there?

 

[Nxcoupe]

So we had a warm spell this weekend...so it gave me time to put some primer and paint on the dash frame.
Primer first.
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Then I applied some satin black to the underside of the frame and the speaker cover..
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The top of the frame got flat black paint followed with a topcoat of black suede textured paint.
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I also started cleaning up the defrost ducting and noticed something weird.
The passenger side outlet had this funny shaped piece of metal on it.
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Here's a closer look at it.
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Anyone ever seen this type of plate before?
The staples holding it on look like the rest of the staples on the duct.
Why would it be there?

Changing airflow direction more than likely. How late of production is your car? Could have been an engineering change mid production and they came up with this 'fix' to get by until the vendor making the duct could alter production. Just an educated guess.

 

[71Beeper]

That sounds like a logical answer Nxcoupe - it would make sense.
The build date on the car is Feb of 1971.

 

[71Beeper]

Not much done this weekend - I did get to install the 'go' pedal....

And install the door sills - now I can close the doors once again.

 

[440marv]

What black suede textured paint did you use?

 

[71Beeper]

This is the textured paint I used.

 

[T2R9]

Looking good!

 

[71Beeper]

While waiting for dash parts to come in I installed the reverse light.

Then I dug out the steering column to start taking it apart.