I took a break from the metal work to repair the heater control. Here is the broken rivet:
New holes drilled:
Drilling countersinks:
I felt like these screws best matched the rest of the interior:
It is not perfect, but it is better than it was.
About this same time, I decided to start on the suspension and brakes. Thankfully, my parents decided to visit us from Missouri. My Dad immediately went to work. Here is replacing the U-joints and the carrier bearing on the drive shaft:
We then moved to the front suspension. We replaced the lower and upper control arm shafts/bushings, upper and lower ball joints, installed 1" drop springs from GMC Paul's and also installed McGaughy's 2.5" drop spindles from Tim Christian and Christian's Classic.
We also installed a 5 lug disc brake conversion from Tim Christian and added KYB shocks:
