My '73 Comet GT Restoration Thread

That two- tone dash...the vents...the cluster...very nice, I like it! Want to see how good it looks back together with trim installed, nice work.

 

Thanks! Once all the paint has had a few days to cure I will start putting it back together.

 

great work looks really good, you have motivated me to take my dash apart and repaint everything

 

Thanks! And that's one of the great aspects of this forum; motivation!

 

Your job looks awesome. Good for you!!!. Please tell me what material you put over to replace all the cracked plastic trim. Can't imagine how look after installed. please share that. Thanks!!

Victor

 

Thanks, Victor! What cracked plastic trim do you mean? Can you show me which picture?

 

I bet he's talking about the grill..

 

I bet you are right.

Victor, I used a product call JB Weld to repair the cracked pieces. I will take some closeup pictures of the repairs tomorrow.

 

Here are some pictures of the repaired cracks. I could have spent more time on them, but I'm more than happy with the results.

 

I finished up with the dash today, or at least as far as I want to go right now. First I touched up the HVAC panel with a white paint pen. Then I used trim adhesive to reinstall the parts into the panel. It came out sweet!
Before touch up:


After touch up:


Assembled:


Next I fixed the missing thumb adjuster on my center dash vent. Not too big of a deal. Just took it apart and replaced the adjuster.


Next I assembled the AC vents onto the package tray. Once that was done, I installed all the dash stuff, including the package tray. I even threw a decent dash pad on it. I have a cap that I will paint blue and install, but I ran out of blue paint, lol. I set it on just to see what a black pad would look like. I'm still going with blue, though. I love the way it came out.



Oh, and never mind about that weird looking emblem on there. Not sure where that came from.

 

My next project: restore my leather sport steering wheel. Yes, actual leather with the finger grips. The silver paint needs attention and I may try and recover it myself. The leather is decent. We'll see.

 

i like that gt badge i wouldnt mind having one myself would work perfect to cover up opening in my dash were the fasten seat belt light was

 

yes, the gt badge really fits well!

 

Thanks!

Thanks!

 

Very nice job Rusty!!

I also like the 'GT' emblem!!