67GTX440
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I Second Skinned the crap out of the 67 GTX. I went all the way up the firewall in the front leaving access cutouts where needed. Also did the kick panels, but left all access holes. I covered over all the heat/AC firewall holes and will cut them from the engine side before I reinstall the restored under dash heat/AC heater box. I have got people telling me to reuse that huge factory compressor that sucks 30 HP for originality sake, but I am not sure I am buying into that.
The ends of my fingers look like a Jinsu knife salesman. I found that a large roll of 2 inch wide duct tape makes a better roller than a 2 inch wide short handled plastic wallpaper seam roller.
The Second Skin I bought was factory seconds, supposedly with slight thickness variations. The three boxes came taped together. The top one was perfect, nice smooth sheets. The second and third box had buckles in the sheets like they hiccuped in the machine during the manufacturing process - one in each sheet. I assume that is what made them seconds. It seemed to work fine and as it will all be under carpet, any slight wrinkles are no big deal to me. The stuff sticks great. Not silver like Dynamat. It has the black adhesive and the silver and a flat black coat on top of the silver. Lots of little slices to my fingers, but only three cuts requiring band aids. I tried using surgical gloves, but they just wanted to stick to the sticky stuff.
I saw where someone on here covered the doors under the door panels. In order to allow inner door access, I am going to replace the clear plastic with sealer, but am thinking about putting Second Skin on the back side of the door panels before I put them in. I may do the underside of the package shelf and the seat side of the board between the back seat and trunk also.
I should get the dash back from the powder coater the end of this week and can start putting it back together. I am hoping to get some flaws in the top repaired out and painted before the windshield goes back in. The car originally had a vinyl top. My wife was not happy that I duct taped in the windshield and drove 70 miles on the interstate to have a painter give me an estimate.
The project continues - slowly. I think I am ahead of the game for right now. I have already bought most of what I need, so it is now a factor of time more than money.
The ends of my fingers look like a Jinsu knife salesman. I found that a large roll of 2 inch wide duct tape makes a better roller than a 2 inch wide short handled plastic wallpaper seam roller.
The Second Skin I bought was factory seconds, supposedly with slight thickness variations. The three boxes came taped together. The top one was perfect, nice smooth sheets. The second and third box had buckles in the sheets like they hiccuped in the machine during the manufacturing process - one in each sheet. I assume that is what made them seconds. It seemed to work fine and as it will all be under carpet, any slight wrinkles are no big deal to me. The stuff sticks great. Not silver like Dynamat. It has the black adhesive and the silver and a flat black coat on top of the silver. Lots of little slices to my fingers, but only three cuts requiring band aids. I tried using surgical gloves, but they just wanted to stick to the sticky stuff.
I saw where someone on here covered the doors under the door panels. In order to allow inner door access, I am going to replace the clear plastic with sealer, but am thinking about putting Second Skin on the back side of the door panels before I put them in. I may do the underside of the package shelf and the seat side of the board between the back seat and trunk also.
I should get the dash back from the powder coater the end of this week and can start putting it back together. I am hoping to get some flaws in the top repaired out and painted before the windshield goes back in. The car originally had a vinyl top. My wife was not happy that I duct taped in the windshield and drove 70 miles on the interstate to have a painter give me an estimate.
The project continues - slowly. I think I am ahead of the game for right now. I have already bought most of what I need, so it is now a factor of time more than money.
