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1965 Mustang Restoration: Interior Rehab Steve Magnante and restoration expert Chad White reveal their interior motives as they restore the inside of the '65 Mustang fastback. From "Classic Car Restoration" episode DCR-508

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Steve Magnante demonstrates how to use specialty automotive interior spray paints to repaint plastic and vinyl interior panels. He paints a Mustang kick panel and then installs some of the painted interior panels into our car. He also shows how to install the rearview mirror and sun visors.

The basic steps in the procedure, as seen in episode 308 of Classic Car Restoration, are summarized below.

Passenger door interior, with panels restored.

Reupholstered back seat

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	The refurbished back-seat interior panels

Tools and materials:

rear interior panels
kick panels
interior automotive paints
mild soap and water
adhesive promoter
paperclips
screw drivers
sun visors
rear view mirror

Install Interior Panels

• To paint the kick panels, the trick with any spray paint is to spray in light coats and use long sweeping strokes.

• A second coat usually does the job and because we used the adhesion promoter first, this paint treatment will resist scratches and last for many years.
  

  Steve reinstalls the rear interior panel.

  
  

• While the kick panels dry, install the painted rear panels.

• The panels fit tightly and are simply secured with screws.

• The final touch is to reinstall the trim, which we also painted.

Tips on Locating Holes for Rearview Mirror and Sun Visors

• First, take your thumb and gently press around the top where they are normally located and before long you will find the holes where the screws will go.

• Take a paperclip and find one of those holes.

• Now, instead of trying to predict where the other holes are, just make that one hole.

  Steve reinstalls the rearview mirror.

  Steve installs the passenger-side sun visor.

  
  

• Use the bottom of the rear view mirror as your template for where the other holes have to go.

• Put one screw in, and the other holes will be clear to find.

• The visor spring studs fit easily into the large hole and the mounting screws can be installed.
  

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RESOURCES :

Special resources for DIY's Classic Car Restoration 500 series: 1965 Mustang

Mustang Club of America
www.mustang.org

Mustang Central
vintage Mustang parts
www.mustangcentral.com

Motorbooks Publishing
www.motorbooks.com

Class-Tech-Cars
www.class-tech-cars.com

Holley Performance Products
www.holley.com

Flowmaster Exhaust Products
www.flowmastermufflers.com

Genuine Hot Rod Hardware
www.genuinehotrod.com

Revelation Racing Supply
www.rrs-online.com

National Parts Depot
www.npdlink.com

Classic Auto Air
www.classicautoair.com

Pertronix Performance Products
www.pertronix.com

Stainless Steel Brake Corp.
www.ssbrakes.com

Painless Performance Products
www.painlessperformance.com

Loctite Products
www.henkel.com

Paintucation
www.paintucation.com

Dupli-Color Paints
www.duplicolor.com

Norton Abrasives
www.nortonabrasives.com

Dremel Tools
www.dremel.com

Classic High Performance Audio
Product: audio equipment

Direct Source
www.the-direct-source.com
Product: stereo electronic equipment

Dakota Digital Instruments
www.dakotadigital.com
Product: digital dashboard

Mustang Project
www.mustangproject.com
Product: LED sequential taillight system

GUESTS :

Chad White, Class-Tech-Cars
www.class-tech-cars.com