Art & Inspiration 51 Styleline deluxe project

No problem it’s always nice to have an insight on things from someone who has been there the hamb has always been a place to find info so don’t hesitate to ask and my suggestion on heat/ac is vintage air I’ve used all the units available and the vintage air stuff is by far the best on the market and the stock heater will work but it takes a lot of room that is not necessary and won’t work as good as the vintage air gen 5 stuff and you get a/c when you buy it lol good luck on your build I’m following along so keep us posted on all updates

 

The front inner and outer fenders are all off. Prior to putting it up on the lift I decided to pull the interior out. After getting the seats out, curiosity got the best of me and I had to test fit the buckets. As with most things this gave me ideas that may not be acceptable to NHRA rules. I need to raise the outside of the seat mount by about 1.5 inches. I think I want to build a reinforced compartment under the seats that may be covered with the carpet. There will also be room between the seats for a potential console. I’d like to do a 1st gen Camaro or 70 Challenger free standing console. I do have the skills to build a custom console but I’m not sure that I would be happy with it. Thoughts?

 

Look at Jeep consoles on eBay. I was considering buckets for my car a while back.

 

I did a quick look at them, but I don’t think I want something that sticks up with an arm rest. The automatic is a manual valve body so it will look a lot like a stick shift minus the clutch. I will be moving the emergency brake to the floor between the front seats. A 1st gen Camaro console will probably be the best choice.

 

Well I put the car up in the air and waited for my help to arrive. As I waited we started discussing steering columns in an other thread. I saw what looked like a few rust spots and made a mental note to check them out later. Help didn’t show up and I brought the car back down to check out tach placement. Since I don’t really want to drop the rear end by myself, I decided to pull the carpet up and check out the floor. The car was gone through by someone and they did things to it. Some good. Some not so good. I saw the jute carpet pad when I pulled the back seat. What I found today was the chopped foam carpet pad that they glued down to the rest of the floor. There are a few small rust holes and some joint gaps in the floor. Most were covered with the shiny metal tape. I pulled the carpet and pad and will clean the floorboards and paint them to seal them after I fix the bad spots and get my cage in.

 

Those floor pans look good for originals my luck I would have removed the carpet and pad along with the floor lol a few spots of repair won’t be too bad

 

I think I'm going to get rid of most of that black rubberized undercoating stuff. They put it everywhere so hopefully I won't find too much more rust. That little bit should be easy to take care of. I thought about flattening the floor under the front seats and then building a box pedestal for the seats to sit on. I hidden door latch and a slide out tray makes for convenient storage. I need to find a second clock housing for the dash. Boost and fuel pressure gauges with the tack in between. The plan is becoming more concrete.