49 3600, s10 swap, project boogie

[joedoh]

here is the test panel showing the color difference. the rustoleum is on the left, krylon on the right.


sanded off the rustoleum ivory and painted krylon ivory today. I worked at a business that sold steam mops and had an overstock of microfiber mop pads, I seriously have a couple HUNDRED of these around. they work nice as tack rags




I have a better glovebox door, ignore the overspray. it wouldnt come off, the screws are rusty and so is the hinge, so I worked around it. I plan to leave the speaker grille rusty because its a super slippery slope. right now its just a painted dash (need a wet sand, only "signed my name" once) but as soon as you start cleaning stuff up it can really start looking amateurish to paint silvers and redo the blacks... then the knobs look out of place. I am looking for cleaned up, not restored. the next guy can fix it.

in that vein I took apart the gauges. they were rusty, which is ok because I need to relabel them anyway, different min/max on a few and backwards operation on a few others. the 4 gauge label is ok, and I might even be able to just use a metallic sharpie to draw on the new values, but the chrome rings were just terrible. first picture is a reminder from earlier.






I disassembled and sanded with 2000 grit and then steel wool. much better and fits the look I am after, will look great with the rusty speaker and dulled stainless.




I need to pick up the ribbon cables for the gauges, and I think I will put in molex plugs this time so disconnecting it isnt such a chore. I have to fix grandmas mower tomorrow but I am hard at it this week, glass install is next!