Captain's Comet

Looking good! It's gotta feel great to make progress.
I like that PnS. Gonna have to look into that.

 

x2. Please share product details for those of us who don't know...
For me it's like looking into the future...

 

Congratulations...Looks like you're accomplishing a lot.

 

Peel N Seal is really being used as an inexpensive alternative to Dynamat, and it can be found in the roofing section in Lowes. Comes in 6"x25' rolls for about $16 IIRC. I used 3 rolls. I was turned onto it by others on the board here. If you do a search, you will see their uses for it.

Also Google it, there are varying opinions about it. Some folks say to just put in the middle of large sheet metal panels, very similar to how some drummers "tune" drums. It does have insulating qualities ... like putting a foil tent on a turkey while in the oven so that it roasts more evenly. The foil reflects heat. I chose to do the entire floor with one layer. Others have put two layers down.

The Reflectix that I am using has a bit higher insulating value and is somewhat cushioning, so that will serve as further insulation and carpet padding, in place of the factory stuff that was pretty well gone when I took the interior apart.

 

I somewhat remember reading a thread on this subject a while back. This isn't the stuff that has an odor (tar or something) is it?

 

nice progress, will be doing my interior soon

 

The adhesive is referred to as a "butyl mastic" and to me that reads "rubber". There is a very minor odor to it ... I doubt it would really be much later. With the seams taped like I have them, probably nothing at all.

I read a rant online claiming P-n-S would smell written by someone who sounded pretty young. I think he was trying to defend his Dynamat choice. I had to laugh ... I was thinking about the 1/4" thick asphalt-based sound deadener that I peeled off the floor that the factory put there.

 

Got the floor insulation down ....



Lots of cutting, fitting, and taping ...

And look at what the UPS man brought me yesterday ...


It may be ugly but the price was right ...
Needs a bit of repair.... some cracking on the right front, just about three inches, and needs an edge repaired. What looks like more cracking on top in this pic is just surface scratches.
It even came off of the "right-colored" car.... same as mine. Very Happy!

 

that is neat

 

same as what my car has in it and i have no smell even on 95* + days

 

scoops are good btw capitan, is the paint code on your comet "P" like my 71 ? curious because i'm having hard time getting it matched. trying to get a single stage urethane for some odd reason local suppliers don't have the formula.

 

Tell them to look up "4P" ... that is the code on mine.

I just went to this link ...

http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/

Apparently the paint codes are different between 1971 and 1972, but the name of the paint color remained the same. Hopefully, the formula stayed the same.

Incidentally, my Comet was repainted by the original owner. It is a shade lighter than the factory paint.
For some reason, long ago, I suspected that it is a non-Ford (as in ... cough, cough, ... GM) color ...:confused:

 

Whoo-hoo ... there is new carpet resting in the car. I just have it sitting in place, no trimming yet. Letting it relax a lot, and take the proper shape before trimming it. I am also waiting for my new 3 point retractable seat belts to arrive ... great score off of eBay.

I have been busy installing little stuff back in the car.

Of course ... only right after I reinstalled the visor rest (repainted black) and my mirror is mounted back on the windshield, do I find a perfect factory black visor rest and flawless mirror at the boneyard. ...

 

Wow ... a month since I last updated. Probably because I was busy actually doing stuff to the car.

It is utterly amazing how one new piece installed can make everything around it look like cr@p.

With the new black carpet in there, the pedals started looking really old, so they got restored. I also repainted the steering column. The whole dash was masked off when I was dying the headliner and it escaped my attention until now.

I already had my rear speakers installed under the rear package shelf and had that covered in speaker cloth from many years ago. I tried redying it, but it still did not look that good, so I got some replacement cloth, and recovered it.



I did a tech article and put it in the audio section of the board ...
http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?p=702752#post702752

In the picture, you can also see one of my new seat belt drop arms. These arms came out of a mid 90s Econoline Church Bus, so I feel much safer already.

I tracked these down after reading discussions on the board about adding 3 point retractable seat belts (Thanks Hawkco!). Using the stock upper belt mount, these do put the new belts in a much better position. I got a new set of belts for the front seats off of eBay, and have mocked them up ... going to be good.

Found out the hard way that the retractor is gravity-specific. It won't work if held the wrong way. I thought I got a defective piece, but found it was OK after I took it halfway apart. It's OK, because in the process of doing that, I figured out how to get the belt through the new belt drop. You just have to pull out a long plastic pin that traps the belt into the retractor.

Still have to finish trimming the carpet. I want it fully relaxed to be sure that the bolt holes that I have to cut line up, and that it settles all the way down around the tunnel. In the mean time, I am repainting the kick panels and rear sides. It really is motivating me to see it coming back together.

 

Had today off and went down to Bradenton to see Joe "ShinySideUp".

It was a very good day ...



Happiness ...

I really needed a good front bumper and that was where the whole trip to see him started. Then he asked me if I knew anyone that needed the heat/AC box, and found myself stuttering "...me .... " . OMG ... perfect timing too ... just had it as a long range goal, but I am at the perfect spot to restore this one and pop it in. The taillights are even better than they look.

A very good day indeed ...

Joe has a lot of good stuff and he really needs to clear out some space. He sold his Mav and has three cool non-Mav cars now that he needs to turn his attention to now. If anyone needs something give him a shout.... he'll tell it like it is.... no sugar-coating ... but he has a lot of very useable parts.