Project Tetanus, my '66 coupe restoration

I never got around to posting interior shots for some reason.

After replacing the floors I primed, seam sealed then applied a few coats of bed liner on top. On top of that I put down some sound deadener I found on Amazon. One box was enough to do my entire floor, some of the trunk and still have leftovers.

The car wasn't a console car originally but I liked the look so decided to add it. My refurb of that is in this thread. Interior is TMI's Sport R with grey stitching to match the wheels. The red stitching was too bright compared to my paint and thought it would pop too much. They quoted me last year something crazy like 4mo, but everything showed up in less than a month. Unsure how that happened but I was happy.

Still needs a radio and I'll probably buy a fresh pair of door panels as the older ones I refurbed in this thread are splitting at the door cup/pull.

When I bought it originally

I'll spare you more rust pics once I pulled up the carpets after the above shots were taken 🥴

Floors replaced, sealed, primed, bed lined and sound deadener applied.

We've been hitting local weeknight cruise-in's and just driving it around lately. I changed over to a '65 style fuel pump and added a fan shroud, but besides that I've had no issues with the car whatsoever. She starts on the first turn nearly every time and cruises perfectly down the road. Temperature runs a solid 185deg when moving even in the near 90deg heat we've had. Since it's a new car to the local scene she's been getting a lot of attention wherever we go. We've had so many compliments it's crazy, even with the car still needing a final buff. Feels good to finally enjoy it.

I said we wouldn't do judged shows but this one today benefited a local dog shelter and adoption facility. Being dog people I decide to drive ol' Tetanus down to it for the day. Was also a good excuse to get kiddo out of the house for what may be one of the last really nice weekends this season. We had six or so cars in our class ('60-'69 custom) and only two winners per class. To our astonishment we won 1st place! Total surprise as there was some tough competition.

Our town also has an organized cruise night one time a month so we hit that a few weeks ago as well. Still running great and giving me no grief. Not much longer and she'll be hibernation.



Windows work fine. Girls just didn't want them down all the way cause of the wind

Decided that yesterdays rainy cold Sunday was a good excuse to pull the open 2.80 rear end and install the 3.40 posi unit. Not the easiest job by ones self on their back, but it got done. Unfortunately, the weather and power going out just after I finished kept me from test driving. Things are looking better for today though. Sat overnight and no leaks this AM, so as long as there are no problems driving I can mark this off the list. Anyone need a perfectly good 8" 2.80?