Thanks! The factory seats will be reupholstered. I am normally I don't care either way if a car is "original" but for some reason I hate the way aftermarket seats (or seats from other cars) look in this particular car. However, I've never seen a decent seat in one either. People usually put miata seats or something equally as crappy looking.

Factory seats:

 

Nice progress, Chris! Can't wait to see it all finished!

 

Awesome Project. Great car. You look like you are only going to do this the right way. Looking Forward to more.

 

Thanks! I can't wait either

Thanks, I would have rather done a body off resto but if I end up keeping this car, I will be changing the engine later and the body will come off then.

 

very nice

 

Not to threadjack, but this is for someone who's interested in the roadster and would like one of his own:

1969 Roadster in Baltimore $2000
http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/1969934672.html

 

Dope build, can't wait till you get cracking on the body portion as that's when the fun usually starts,lol.

 

Yea, that a high winshield car (with the plastic looking dash) not a bad price though!

Going to the body man Monday

 

So it'll be his good time to have then,lol ,smart move as I can't say I have much patience for it myself.

 

I made a little more prgress today. I know I'm all over the place with this thing, but that's kinda how it goes I guess. The center console is just about finished with the exception of rewraping it with new vinyl. Here is the slider for the ash tray door after being refurbished (I didn't spend that much time on it since it will never be seen):



Here are the door strikes, these were covered in about 4 different coats of white paint. So I stripped most of the paint off of them and cleaned up the factory bolts:


Painted and ready to go:




My original plan was the leave the heater non-op because the previous owner had looped the coolent lines and bypassed it, however my wife had other plans. So I will be fixing the heater which is probably for the best anyway. Here is everything disassembled:


Again, I didn't spend a lot of time making this look perfect as it's not seen but i grinded all the rust off and sprayed it with rust preventer:


Also, the parts car came in handy again! I pulled the heater core and fan out to find that the rubber connection pieces for fresh air to the fan and from the fan to the heater box were falling apart. The parts car had good ones, and after a bath in simple green they look practically brand new!!!