I was chatting on the VMF chat today with Shaummy, Beebz, and Baracu and it got me to thinking about that rattle that I get from somewhere in my upper rear passenger's side quarter. For those not in the know, I have a 65 fastback, you know one of those like Kent secretly wishes he had....! Anyway, I go out with a couple of screwdrivers and some pliers, I mean, how hard can it be to find something loose and tighten it up? So I start by taking off the upper quarter trim. Of course the moulding strip had to come off first, and then the rear roof moulding, too. Hey, maybe I can find my build sheet while I'm in here (thought happily as I contort my 6'2'' around on the lowered rear seat). Wait, I have wanted to take out the rear seat anyway! Let me get my tool box! So, an hour later, I have the rear seat completely out (whoever the expert was that said losing the rear seat would only save me a few pounds needs to come to my house and pick up the complete rear seat out of mine! How about 50-60 pounds?!). Where was I? Oh yeah, took the seats out and the side trim and the upper trim and all the moulding and as a matter of fact, EVERYTHING behind the front seats is out.....except the hatch door leading to the trunk....it has two rivets on each side. Did I find the rattle? No/forums/images/icons/mad.gif! Am I going to put the rear seat back in? No way! Mine's a restomod, soon to have a rollbar, at least 4 points, maybe 6 or 8, haven't decided. Did I find my build sheet? No. Undoubtedly, the person who patched in another patch in my drivers rear floor, under the seat (Hey Mid, it matches the one in the front passenger's floor/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif!) found the sheet and kept it/threw it away. Oh well, such is life in the restomod fast lane /forums/images/icons/cool.gif. I do intend to see about fabricating a plywood floor and carpeting it to cover the assorted seams and such in the back. I believe that I can gain quite a bit of interior storage room and make it look alright and still be able to retrofit the seat if I ever feel the need. This should save quite a bit of weight, also (I'll gladly weigh the seat/rear shelf if anyone doesn't believe me).
So, isn't it funny how things go sometimes? One minute I'm talking about mosquitoes in Wisconsin on the chat and the next I'm completely gutting my car interior! Funny/forums/images/icons/frown.gif, it didn't seem like much of a jump between one thing and the other, either. I think I might need to take an aspirin now.........
So, isn't it funny how things go sometimes? One minute I'm talking about mosquitoes in Wisconsin on the chat and the next I'm completely gutting my car interior! Funny/forums/images/icons/frown.gif, it didn't seem like much of a jump between one thing and the other, either. I think I might need to take an aspirin now.........