1972 Chevelle: July 2011

Today is the second day, and looks like the final day of dismantling the interior. As well as a little cleaning in between too. More inspections of the roof around the rear window, it looks a little worse that we anticipated. Surprisingly the headliner is still in really nice shape, but trying to get it out in one piece will be another adventure.

Lots and lots of pine needles!

Rust chunks and more pine needles.

The brush and dust pan didn't cut it.

All clean.

Got my handy dandy prying device.

Half way off.

Needed some assistance.

He's done this before.

Took the rear upper panels out as well.

Took the rear glass out, quite simple. The windshield will be another story!

A little weather stripping. She'd be rusty!

Chillin in my trunk unbolting the defroster.

Rear defroster, factory option and yes it works, just needs a new fuse.

No more package tray.

We'll save it for now, it'll be replaced but we'll probably need the under pad for the new one.

Mid way through the process.

Only six screws and clips holding the dash on.

The dash came out a lot easier than I anticipated.

Looks kind of cool inside, I can replace the headlight switch very easily now.

Door prior to handle being taken off.

Handles came off fairly easy. The driver's side kind of scraped my arm trying to get the bolts.

Chevelle catalog, we'll probably order some stuff up eventually.

No more disassembly today, time for bed.

Today after some polishing is the start of taking the interior apart for cleaning and patch work of the roof. This is when the real fun begins.

Steel wool can do wonders!

Polishing away!

Polished the two middle stainless inserts.

Letting her get a breather.

My dad put his 55 in the other garage.

I get the whole garage to myself until winter! Time to disassemble her even more!

Sittin in the middle of the garage waiting to be taken apart.

Most of the parts taken off thus far.

Unbolting the seat and belts.

The previous owner put over a half an inch of washers under the rear of the front seat to bring it closer to the wheel. We'll take those out.

Taking the seat out!

We went this way to avoid the steering wheel.

No more seat.

Time for the rotten, stinky carpets to go.

No more rear seat.

Insulation.

All gone.

Original build sheet form the factory. We found one under the rear seat and one under the carpet. This is the better of the two. Specially customer ordered!