Thats my old 72 in the first pic painted dodge pacific blue...I sold it along time ago ....you can see a few other pics on Buick Street.com in the 72 section of it.
Great job Troy. Did you just clean your dash lenses? Keep it up. I hope I can get to my convertible again soon.
No, the lenses are reproductions. They needed a little adjustment, and I had to drill the holes for the adjustment dials. The dash itself I just painted and used one of those silver paint pens.. its not chrome but I think it looks pretty dang good and VERY cost effective!
WOW, all these pics bring back alot of memmories, of redoing our buick and my gto,, and the hidden rust and lots of bondo remind me of the "surprises" that came with my dads mustang, i did the very same with our dash,, paint and used the testor paint pen to do the "chrome" looks good, keep it up
Troy, if you don't mind sharing, how much are you going to spend on the materials and stuff? I've been starting on the same type thing for my convertible. Selling parts to buy some replacements. I have all the parts cars and stuff sitting around, so I think I can do this all pretty cheap. I have not done much body work, but I am going to try to do some. Guess it can't hurt to try.
Well depends on what parts need restoring. As far as my interior goes, My door panels were White top / wood grain middle / black carpet bottom.. I simply just removed all the chrome trim, cleaned them really well, and used vinyl dye. Converted front door panels, rear interior panels, front bench seat, rear seat all for around $150... Rear repro - package trays are $20, etc.. I bought new carpet, dashpad cover, rebuild the dash bezel, black dash kit, tilt steering column out of a monte carlo painted, and then a $80 steering wheel. Did my seatbelts for $10.. basically my whole interior will look bran new (headliner is in good condition (original maybe) and its all for around $500..
I've been following the thread and enjoying your hard work, inspires me to get my but back in order and get going on mine - but that's for another story..:gp: Anyways, the dyed seat looks awesome - is this your first time to do a dye job on an interior or ? I am wondering how well the dye holds up - does it scratch off or is it permanately absorbed into the material? My dash board cover could use some TLC and is slightly faded so I am contemplating the best way to freshen it up.. Spray Dye, Interior Paint, or ? keep up the good work... dan c..
Iv never done anything to a car before. I researched the dying technique and was told by multiple people on here whom used the same technique that they have had no problems with chipping/flaking, fading, rubbing off or anything. One guy did his seats 10years ago, without a single problem. As far as the dashboard goes.. I have no idea what would be best, I purchased a dash cover. Both mine had large cracks and the dash covers are $80-100 and fit right on top of the original. :TU:
