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Post by chip on Feb 25, 2021 14:57:28 GMT -8
I bought another '73 a couple of years ago and figured it's about time I started a thread. So . . .
Meet Earl.
This is the day I brought Earl home and introduced him to the race car. Why do I call him Earl, you ask?
Well, I bought this truck from a fellow up in Frasier Park, Ca. His uncle bought the truck new in 1973 in Fresno, Ca. and when he passed away in the 1980's this fellow inherited the truck. His Uncle was named - you guessed it, Uncle Earl. So the truck was Earl from the day he inherited it. When I bought it he told me all about Earl, showed me photos of Earl with the truck and with the family. So I decided that I would honer Earl's memory by keeping the name.
Earl had obviously been well cared for up to the time that Uncle Earl died. After that, while it was stored under cover, the rats got to it here and there and the maintenance was generally neglected. But there was no significant rust, no holes in the floor, no rusted out A-posts or anything like that and the engine was all there, ran perfectly and had clearly never been opened up. So I bought the truck on the spot and adopted Earl into the family.
I've done some work on him since then. Mainly interior restoration which I will detail in future posts, but I plan to keep ol' Earl looking just like he does on the outside. A few dings and a few dents, the typical scars that one picks up over a 48 year life.
But these only add character!
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Meet Earl
Feb 25, 2021 18:58:44 GMT -8
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Post by Richie on Feb 25, 2021 18:58:44 GMT -8
Well done! Nice back story too.
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Post by rmfool on Feb 26, 2021 8:59:16 GMT -8
Nice
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Post by chip on Mar 24, 2021 13:13:20 GMT -8
So given the sad shape the interior was in, the first thing I did was to rip everything out, seat, mats, insulation, door panels, windows. You name it, it came out of the cab. And I cleaned and scrubbed and cleaned some more to remove the accumulated grime of decades. But there was no rust to be found enywhere and that made me happy.
Then I started in on the sound proofing. I put DynaMat (well I used a cheaper equivalent) on everything and everywhere. |
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Post by chip on Mar 24, 2021 13:14:48 GMT -8
And I put in heavy rubber sound mats on the floor as well |
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Meet Earl
Mar 25, 2021 4:11:04 GMT -8
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Post by Richie on Mar 25, 2021 4:11:04 GMT -8
Looks super clean! You have a link for that mat? I wanted to use dynamat on the firewall too, but it was a bit expensive.
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Meet Earl
Mar 25, 2021 4:11:57 GMT -8
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Post by Richie on Mar 25, 2021 4:11:57 GMT -8
Are you keeping the heater and vents out?
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Post by chip on Mar 25, 2021 10:13:01 GMT -8
All my links for the mat are too old and don't show up any more, but I just searched on e-bay. Here is an example of the kind of thing I bought. www.ebay.com/itm/Sound-Deadener-Insulation-Automotive-Heat-Shield-Noise-Killer-Mat-15x39/154377329759?hash=item23f19b1c5f:g:-0IAAOSwl1dgU0f1But I shopped hard and found the cheapest price I could get. You just need to be sure that it is a peel-n-stick Butyl with a foil back. I also used some DynaLiner, which is a 1/4" foam product and I got the real thing for that because I only put it in a couple of places. Don't have any photos of it when I installed it, but I put it on the roof and fire wall. What a difference this all made in the end. It's not as quiet as my 2015 Toyota, but it's damn close. |
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Post by chip on Mar 25, 2021 10:13:35 GMT -8
I did re-install the vents and the heater, more on those in a later post.
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