Nice find, and a rare car with the options. It would make a nice Concours original. Its just my 2 cents, but I would keep all the upgrades to the point of where they can be easily changed back. I have both restomods and original cars, but it would be hard for me to alter one this good and rare beyond the point no return. Like you said....... "almost like a piece of history was just left sitting, forgot about, and now its time to bring it back... " but its your car. As far as value, its only worth what someone is willing to pay. I have seen Concours originals often bring less than a well done resto. This will change in time I think, as a car can only be original once. Either way, have fun.
had some time today to start recovering the rear seats today, wow this is the first time i have ever reupholstered and will be the last, it was a pain in the ass and my hands are killing me, i need to let it sit over night, hit it with the steamer tomorrow and re tighten some things, but overall its not bad upholstery upholstery seat bottom rear almost done done till tomorrow
hmmmm...did you get the TMI stuff??? when i did my rear seats i found it real simple...much easier than the fronts. what made it so difficult?
yea it was from TMI, and it was so difficult cause i have absolutly no idea what i was doing, it took me about 10 minutes of looking at it to figure out to start in the middle, haha, sorry but never recovered stuff before,...
haha...you are supposed to start in the middle??? oops...i was so excited when i got my upholstry i just went at it. turned out pretty nice, its definately rough on the fingers though. had to stop and take a break half way through but it was one of the most rewarding things ive done to my car since i get to look at it every day. but anyways they look great and i cant wait to see your car finished!
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Haha i'm still working on my first bucket seats, the high top mach-1 seats are a pain in the a$$! However the rear seat looks like a peice of cake to me, after my strungles on the first seat that is.
Oh and it took me like 2 hours of messing with my seat and trial and error to figure out how to even do it.
yeah, the buckets are a real PITA thats for sure. took me 2 days to to my front 2 seats and only about an hour to do the back seat. have fun with that haha .
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haha it took me like 5 hours just tod do the bottom portion of the seat. Still working on the back peice, it almost seams the new foam and the vinyl are incompatible which is making it reallllly hard. The problem with the 69 seats is you have the head rest portion that has to be slid ontop first and aligned and blah blah perfectly. I did that but everything else is still too short!! ugh so frustrating I just gave up for now will attempt again this weekend
haha man that sucks. i got a headrest kit for mine and it didnt seem that hard but yours is probably much different. i go so frustrated when i tried to do mine and actually almost gave up but i couldnt afford to have a pro do it so i made it work. took a while to figure it out but the second seat went much smoother than the first one.
yea i was in the same boat, i didnt want to pay someone to do something that seemed so minor and deff a diy, but trust me, if i knew my hands and finger tips were going to hurt this bad, i woulda payed for it, haha, but it did come out really well and looks alot better now that it sat over night and i hit it with the steamer...quater panels are next,....
hunh? there is pics of everything so far, it is at the shop now getting a entire new floor so when i get it back i need to comeplete strip the interior of all paint, sand, and por15 it, then the interior all goes back in
new floors in stripping out old paint, what a Fing pain in the ass, these are the things that drive me nuts, i just dont have patience for this stuff,... first coat of POR15, by the way, this stuff is tricky to work with and requires a lot of prep work, but the outcome was totally worth it and i would do it again in a heartbeat,... second coat of POr15 fresh coat of paint! waiting for it to dry all the way to put down seam sealer
not to sound like a dick, and please dont take this the wrong way, i know im the new guy here, but..
#1. its my car to do what i please #2. i am not a pure-ist, if thats the right word? #3. i want a safer car (4 link rear, coilovers, disk brakes all around, etc...) #4. this is a car i have wanted since i was 16, and now that i own one, i will spare no expense in making it into my "dream car" #5. it will stay somewhat original...but i would rather have a well built weekend cruiser/warrior, then a stock original 66
Good points...Rock that thing out. Looks like it is going to be a nice car. What color exterior? Any idea on wheels yet?
Very nice! And the original steering wheel doesn't even have the proverbial "9:00 crack". That is going to be a great car. Looks like it was well optioned, so all the stuff you do will really pay off. Good luck, I look forward to watching your progress.
not to sound like a dick, and please dont take this the wrong way, i know im the new guy here, but..
#1. its my car to do what i please #2. i am not a pure-ist, if thats the right word? #3. i want a safer car (4 link rear, coilovers, disk brakes all around, etc...) #4. this is a car i have wanted since i was 16, and now that i own one, i will spare no expense in making it into my "dream car" #5. it will stay somewhat original...but i would rather have a well built weekend cruiser/warrior, then a stock original 66
Good points...Rock that thing out. Looks like it is going to be a nice car. What color exterior? Any idea on wheels yet?
we are going back and forth on exterior color, between black and a dark cherry red,...i really want to see black interior, black top, black paint, blacked out,...black wheels etc,...but who knows,..
wheels...i have no ideas, but i want something different, i love the 5 spokes, but just tired of seeing the same ol same ol on all classic cars,...so well see
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I have to R&R pretty much the same as you on my vert.
