I'm finally turning my attention to some of the interior renovation and have torn apart a fair amount of the dash, most of the connecting interior hardware, and have removed all of the carpet(which was a hassle since it was glued EVERYWHERE). The floors didn't look too bad in most spots except under the driver and passenger's feet where it was seriously rotted. I used a grinder with a cutting wheel to cut the floor out that was entirely rotted and plan on doing my tried and true 'AC Fabricator Floors' install. (Back when I went to work at a ski resort I owned a 1972 Ford Bronco with similar floor rot. Restoration shops love to charge hundreds of dollars to sell you new floorpans. I had an AC mechanical shop construct some floorpans out of galvanized sheet metal and I pop riveted them in, sealed them on the inside with body sealer and sealed them on the exterior with spray-on undercoating.
Held up great and probably saved me $1000.) Since this is a renovation and not a restoration I plan on doing the same. I also started to grind down the interior metal to remove the surface rust for a similar treatment as I applied to the trunk. (you can see right is started vs. left that is not) .
Also received a few more parts including a battery tray, some switch knobs and NEW bullet mirrors! Not as streamlined as I would have liked but I found these for $20 each on ebay. Done deal
I'm finally turning my attention to some of the interior renovation and have torn apart a fair amount of the dash, most of the connecting interior hardware, and have removed all of the carpet(which was a hassle since it was glued EVERYWHERE). The floors didn't look too bad in most spots except under the driver and passenger's feet where it was seriously rotted. I used a grinder with a cutting wheel to cut the floor out that was entirely rotted and plan on doing my tried and true 'AC Fabricator Floors' install. (Back when I went to work at a ski resort I owned a 1972 Ford Bronco with similar floor rot. Restoration shops love to charge hundreds of dollars to sell you new floorpans. I had an AC mechanical shop construct some floorpans out of galvanized sheet metal and I pop riveted them in, sealed them on the inside with body sealer and sealed them on the exterior with spray-on undercoating. 
Held up great and probably saved me $1000.) Since this is a renovation and not a restoration I plan on doing the same. I also started to grind down the interior metal to remove the surface rust for a similar treatment as I applied to the trunk. (you can see right is started vs. left that is not) .
Also received a few more parts including a battery tray, some switch knobs and NEW bullet mirrors! Not as streamlined as I would have liked but I found these for $20 each on ebay. Done deal
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