Below are the interior tear down and reconstruction
I started out by removing all of the interior panels then painting all of the trim and panels that I did not purchase from Legendary Interiors. I purchase new door panels and carpeting from Legendary, I decided to use the bright blue carpeting instead of the medium blue, I just like the color better. I will be replacing the seat foam and covers when I have the body work and paint done in the future. The seats are in okay shape with just mild fading and no tears or cracking.
The floor panels were in decent shape, except for some holes in the drivers front section, I handled this by attaching 22 gauge galvanized steel. Then spraying everything with Eastwood rust inhibitor and Rubberized Undercoating.
All of the metal, plastic and dash pad H6B interior panels were prepped then sprayed with Thunder Blue and Baltic Blue Acrylic Lacquer, with flex agent where needed. The paint was purchase from MOORE'S PBE INC here in Columbus Ohio, they were the only company to carry the Lacquer.
For the instrument panel, I use semi gloss black for the upper portion and Model Masters Acrylic Steel for the lower portion. The chrome areas were sprayed with Motostorm Moto Chrome paint. I tried several different chrome paints and this one and Alclad where the best. The prep for the chrome paint is tricking and was as follows.
Repair any chips or cracks with some sort of filler, I used Epoxy.
Sand all of the trim to get it as glossy as possible, I started with 1500 grit and finished with 12000 grit Micro Mesh.
Spray the areas with gloss black.
Top coat with the chrome paint, making sure not to use to much, if you use to much you will loose the shine.
All of the painting for the instrument panel was done with an airbrush, anything else will not give you the results you want.
At some point I will probably have the panel sent out for chroming, but I wanted to use that money for the engine at the time.
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