Front Speakers

A few months ago, my friend Kelly gave me some speakers for the front of the Chevelle, so I thought I'd install them this weekend. I fabricated up a bracket for the two front 5 inch speakers in the center of the dash, and cut out the kick panels for the 4x6 speakers. I was thinking of putting 6x9s in the rear deck and a Custom AutoSound head unit to fit in the un-cut dash.

The wheel molding are on, and look very nice. I also cleaned all the window felts and windshield trim, getting them ready to install. I washed most of the interior parts (dash, door panels, etc) in preparation for the color change to black, and will need to pick up some SEM black and finish the job.

Tommy Leonard stopped by with his 72 Chevelle today, and it looks great. We will get them together for some pictures soon.

Trunk

I finally got to polish the car with Meguiar's Swirl Free Polish #82 and a soft foam pad. It was all looking good, except for the trunk, where I had a paint defect and two buffer burn through marks. As you can imagine, I wasn't a happy man. I pulled the trunk off, and painted the underside again, because it was not very nice. A quick sanding down with 400 grit and then 600 grit, followed by a light mist of black and some quick dry clear worked fine. Tomorrow I'll sand the top of the trunk and prep it for the same treatment, only with the same 7900 clear the rest of the car has.

I installed the headlights, and removed the dash pad in preperation for the windshield removal, but I have not heard back from the glass man. I want to paint the rest of the dash and interior black, which would be easier without the windshield, so I may just pull the glass and install the new windshield myself and save $100.

The rear bumper, lights and valance are also installed...it is starting to look like a car again!