After a couple of weeks in early February of making huge strides finishing up the car, the past couple of weeks have knocked me off schedule. Preparing for a wedding is a lot of work - I thought Maria was going to take care of it all, lol. Met with the caterer, DJ, bakery. And we started taking dancing lessons so we would look half-way coordinated during our first dance. Lets just say I'm more Mark Worman than Fred Astaire. The last two weekends we've had company over. Last weekend my cousin from back East was out on business so he stayed Saturday night. We see each other only about once every 10 years so it was good visiting. This Saturday myself, my brother and several friends are spending the night in Reno for my bachelors party. Probably catch a show, visit some art galleries, help feed the homeless; just a quiet Saturday night. :icon_study: :downtown: Good times no doubt, but it cuts into garage time.
I did make some progress. The same guy who stitched up my seats came to the house and installed the headliner. It's the OEM black perforated. Only took him about 2 hours - amazing.
Started out with POR 15, then Fat Mat Rattle Trap, glued 1" batting on top, then headliner. Should be nice and quiet, and keep the interior cool in the summer.
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Working on the dash next. Got the new speakers in.
Pre-wired the speakers and zip tied them for now. I'm replacing the original AM/8 track player with a modern unit from RetroSound. They have recently released their Redondo line for early Mopars but the thumb wheel radios won't be ready until the end of March. Until then its just the sweet sound of the headers!
The braided lines are from the Classic Air DER controller. Notice the OEM fader knob underneath the dash.
When I bought the car it didn't have a glove box, but the PO left a new one in the trunk, still in it's YO box. I took a quick peek inside, then closed it up and it's been sitting in the garage for the past two years waiting for this day. When I took the glove box out, sitting inside was the original Chrysler Cletron Mark I crossover box, part of the "premium" sound system with fader control. It doesn't work with modern electronics but I installed it in it's original place on top of the glove box, for the next guy who takes apart the dash.
