The Interior

The interior was not too bad over all, the dash pad was badly sun warped, there was black missing on the black camera finish on the dash, turn signal was bent and dash paint scratched and worn. First was to strip it all down. it is very important that you bag and label everything or your life will be hell when it comes to putting it all back (trust me on that lol).It was interesting to see how Ford assembled and designed these cars when it came to taking them apart. The hardest part was figuring out how the light switch came out, there is a button on the switch behind the dash you have to push to get the shaft out, it just a pity no one anywhere in books or web sites tell you this sooner.

Dash painted and assembled again, I changed the colour slighty from the original Turquoise to a Honda lite blue mainly because I like the shade and availability of the paint in a rattlecan. I also changed to a dark blue on the knee pad and piller pads. I fitted white overlay on the dash gauges, some people say this is hard to do and a pain but all it took was to not rush it and be careful and tidy about it. I went with a black rim Grant steering wheel (everyone goes with the wooden one usually), I would have stayed with the original because I like the chrome spokes horn rim but would have cost twice as much to replace the chrome and the wheel was also cracked.

Roof lining was all ripped and aged so I thought I would do the daunting task of replacing it myself. After a lot of research I stripped it and installed it. Now there is a couple things you must do to make the job easier. Lay the lining in the sun for an hour to make it softer, it is best to remove front and back window, use the liquid form of glue instead of the spray(stronger sticking), keep the roof rods in order. I tried using clamps of various types but the best solution was cutting up old windlace into 2 inch strips and squeezing them on to hold it all place( deburr the steel on the ends of them first tho).

Custom made parcel tray I made, third brake lite is out of a Ford Mercury Grand Marquis.
Rear seat on day I brought the car, still good(I think they were redone not long before I got it...lucky me)

Still a work in progress more to come.