It's been a long journey but you've done a awesome job. Enjoyed your patience. I think it's time to explore the possibility of a second generation Vair to complete your collection 😊
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING! I think the LM's looks awesome and would love to have one as my fun fast car, must have manual trans and quad carb set up with motor I build up!
As an old guy I LOVE seeing a young man passionate about an old car and just diving in and working on it with no fear driveway mechanic style....keep it up !!
What a difference! It looks totally awesome; IMHO I think doing carpets on the 1st gen compared to the 2nd gen. is way harder . You did allot personal custom touches to the install, & again it looks awesome ! Thanks for sharing some useful tips on your install as well. The floors on your Corvair are in great shape ! Looking forward too the next video.
Nice to have a rust free body. When I pulled off my rear side panels, there were the remains of a window, lots of little glass cubes and the weather strip. It's a '65 convertible that I've owned for 39 years! Yikes.
Also, watching your videos on this '64, then doing some reading about them, I've added the '64 to the list. The rear suspension changes from earlier years (mainly the transverse leaf spring) bring big handling improvements that makes the '64 very close to the later models. Plus, I love this body style!
Dude, get the heck out!!!! I'm doing the same thing to mine. The seats are at the apolsterer. I have worked on the floor. And I ordered the carpet today.
Looks good. I see you also got the tissue dispenser. If you can ever get your hands on an A/C vent assembly I recommend. Even if you never add the A/c back into your car you can still use it with a small blower fan to circulate air a bit. Corvairs can get hot at a stop light in the summer. And it looks great whne installed.
Also, I did the same thing a while back and put linseed oil on my dash. But I didn't sand it I just used little scotchbrite pad on it. I didn't want to take the paint off. I mention this because I'm thinking of painting the metal parts of the interior. It might be to big of a job..IDK.
I've used rubbing compound initially and coat the metals in linseed oil every once in a while, gives a great shine but dust sticks to it. Keeping my inside paint original. I like the patina!
Nice work! I've really enjoyed following this project. I have a '60 700 sedan with a very bad interior, but it's on the bottom of my to-do list at the moment. I'm torn between keeping it exactly original or making tasteful additions. It has black rubber mats, gray vinyl bench seats, light gray headliner, black kick panels, black package area, black and white door panels, etc. Somewhat dreary of an interior. The car itself is red though (Roman Red, specifically).
POR15 is a great product. I know of a Corvair that was POR15 in the interior on all unseen areas including under the dash. That car was made to last as they also POR15 the underside of the exterior so water and salt and stuff just wouldn't affect it. The guy did a fantastic job of building the 'Vair. It was better than new when he got it done. Who did you buy the carpet from? I hope those screws you put in on the cover(the one under the dash area) are really short or you could have problems later, especially with a gas tank.
I used the left over from when I coated my suspension with it when I rebuilt it. Carpet and the rest of the interior were purchased from Clark's! They provided glue too. The screws were short, this car actually had a couple screws in the floor when I got it that punctured the gas tank. Thanks for looking out!
What tools do I need to remove the seat belts. I am going to a salvage yard tomorrow to see if I can get an original set of seat belts that wre stolen diring an interior remodel of my dads car.. Much appreciated
I have a couple of questions; Did you use that prep spray stuff for the POR 15? Also, I noticed you didn't use sound deadening, is that because you don't need it with the Clark's carpet kit? I assume you used Clark's, you usually do. Also, the camera went to the kick panel vents before the grill was on, they looked pretty new. Did you get new ones? Or did you rebuild the old ones? And they're a pain in the ass to get out. Mine are in bad shape. If you can answer these questions it would help out. If you have any questions let me know! Thanks for the video!
For my floors, I knocked off the loose rust, wire brushed the area down then cleaned with with brake cleaner and a rag. Applied two coats after that. Using sand paper or scotch bright could give you better paint adhesion but mine came out fine. The kick panels were new off clarks, vinyl covered. The air vents I installed were my original ones. They were pretty crusty but I cleaned them up and refinished them
For the door panel moisture barrier I cut up the plastic bags my seat covers came in! It was nice thick plastic and I "glued" it down with double-sided tape.
I couldn't find it either! That's a black one I got from oreilly's, along with duplicolor's burgundy vinyl and carpet dye spray paint. Their "red" was too bright. I
