Shiny Happy Trim

I bought repro window trim for the front and rear glass. The trim was installed last year and frankly it fit fine.



But all the trim will have to come off to reseal the front and rear glass because they are leaking. So I started thinking that I would send out the original trim to have it straightened and polished...



The original trim is thicker, stronger, doesn't have sharp edges, and it clearly fits better, particularly around the corners and the curves of the window openings.



The original trim is also original Ford stuff, and it's nice to keep the car original if possible for things like this.



I put the original trim in a PVC pipe and shipped it out to Colorado to get straightened and polished, which might take two months. Not sure about the cost, but it was already nearly $50 for the pipe and the shipping! I believe it is at least $15 per foot...



The photos here show the repro corners that I don't really like that much upon close inspection. And the final photo shows the original trim cleaned up and ready to ship in the pipe.

Blast from the Past

Since the weather was in the 70s here this weekend, I wanted to take the car out for a drive. On the short drive I took, I saw a black 80s Lamborghini Countach, another '66 Mustang (convertible), and a '68 or so Firebird convertible. I took this photo of the Firebird hoping it would look like a shot from the 1960s back when these cars were all over the place...

Junk in the Trunk: The Finale

I picked up the carpet pieces that I had dropped off at Gresham Lake Upholstery the other day. I had them sew vinyl around the edges, and it looks great. (That service cost $65, which puts the entire trunk carpet project well under the $250 that a pre-made kit would cost.)



I think this is one project that worked out pretty well. At the car show next Saturday I will leave the trunk open so people can check it out... :-)

If I were doing it again, I'd use the fuel filler tube to lay the Eucaboard up against a little more, and have a single long piece of carpet for the back panel. That might look a littlle cleaner, but the way I have it, I can get into either side of the back panel without disturbing the other side.



(BTW, there's glare on the carpet from the flash.)