Hello all!!!!
Well, the trunk is back together... I got the replacement trunk floor out of another car... but I was begged to bring the car to a show... And the guy that has it loves my police cars... So it was hard for me to refuse...
So I HAD to do something quick... I took some 1/4 plywood... cut it to fit the floor, undercoated it with 3M undercoating, cut out the old rust, ospho'ed it to kill any remaining rust ... and then undercoated the floor, then just dropped the "patch panel" in place.... Then I used the undercoat in the entire trunk area, including the "patch" panel... looks like metal! It doesn't look bad, and will do for now until my friend at the body shop has time to put the new floor in... So the carpet is back in, and it looks brand new after scrubbing it with purple power and a stiff brush.... alot of oil stains in it before... NONE now!!!!! It looks brand new now.... I have to get some replacement grey carpeting for the cover that goes over the tailights on the inside of the trunk (On either side of the lock) the carpeting that was on it fell off... so all that is left is some ugly black fiberboard looking stuff.... I am also going to make two "wing" pieces to cover the side wells, out of some 1/4 inch plywood, and paint them with undercoat too... and then use some screws along the edge of the well to screw them down... The carboard ones always fall own into the wells.. and I hate that.... This way they will stay put. Besides there is already three holes on either side.. right where I need them... maybe the Trooper that had the car did the same thing??? Either that, or they had some sort of equipment mounted there....
And for all of you
people.... It got too dark tonight before I got done, to take any... i'll post some tommorow, after the show....
Well, the trunk is back together... I got the replacement trunk floor out of another car... but I was begged to bring the car to a show... And the guy that has it loves my police cars... So it was hard for me to refuse...
So I HAD to do something quick... I took some 1/4 plywood... cut it to fit the floor, undercoated it with 3M undercoating, cut out the old rust, ospho'ed it to kill any remaining rust ... and then undercoated the floor, then just dropped the "patch panel" in place.... Then I used the undercoat in the entire trunk area, including the "patch" panel... looks like metal! It doesn't look bad, and will do for now until my friend at the body shop has time to put the new floor in... So the carpet is back in, and it looks brand new after scrubbing it with purple power and a stiff brush.... alot of oil stains in it before... NONE now!!!!! It looks brand new now.... I have to get some replacement grey carpeting for the cover that goes over the tailights on the inside of the trunk (On either side of the lock) the carpeting that was on it fell off... so all that is left is some ugly black fiberboard looking stuff.... I am also going to make two "wing" pieces to cover the side wells, out of some 1/4 inch plywood, and paint them with undercoat too... and then use some screws along the edge of the well to screw them down... The carboard ones always fall own into the wells.. and I hate that.... This way they will stay put. Besides there is already three holes on either side.. right where I need them... maybe the Trooper that had the car did the same thing??? Either that, or they had some sort of equipment mounted there....
And for all of you
people.... It got too dark tonight before I got done, to take any... i'll post some tommorow, after the show....
By the way I don't generally like "baby" LTDs too much, but yours sure makes for a good exception of the rule.
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