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| The floor has now been completely covered with a coating of black rubbery material that will help protect the metal from rust. This material is like a very thin undercoating from years ago. The silver material is a layer about 1/8" thick that has a very dense center, similar to lead, with an adhesive back and aluminum front. This will help keep exterior heat and sound from entering through the floor. |
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| The emergency brake handle (in the red oval) has been added. |
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| What you are seeing in this photo is actually another 1/8" layer of a different insulating material. It's self sticking, black and also very dense. It has been installed through out the entire floor area of the car for sound deadening road noise. |
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| Over the previous black material I've now added a 3/8" blanket like material that has aluminum on both sides to help keep heat transfer to a minimum. |
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| A little bit more body work has been done on the drivers door. The passenger door, front fenders and hood will not be started until the car is returned from the upholstery installer. |
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| After a month, the body work on the rear the car is almost completed. We straightened the lower panel with a machine that resembled a spot welder. Worked great and left a very smooth panel surface prior to my adding a very thin layer of body filler. |
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| Although the body work isn't finished and the car hasn't been painted, I had the opportunity to get in for the upholstery, therefore I hauled the car over to "Upholstery By Jasper". I would have preferred to have the door jambs painted by this time but it wasn't happening and Jasper is in such high demand I thought I would take his open opportunity. |
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| The trophies on the wall are just a few of his awards. There are articles about his work in all of the major car magazines. Some are attached to the walls. He has been doing upholstery for 50 years and only works on hot rod style cars. |
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| If you remember the red square from an earlier post, it's now black and is the frame of this trailer. |
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| This is a fiberglass trailer and requires the same body work that is necessary for the car. Only difference is that I'm doing this myself. I could get lucky and have it turn out alright. |
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| Here it is after three days of sanding and a little filling. |
