Maintenance & Restoration

KevinDR · 07-31-2007, 09:59 PM

Well, after a year of reading the forums, and encountering virtually every challenge that has been described here, considering all the advice, I have finally finished pimping out my boler. (I had troubles finding classy spinner hubcaps so I just settled for chromed ones)

My daughters (9 and 12) did the graphics layout, and I painted with Interlux brightside. It's not a new-car finish because of some of the brush marks, but I am satisfied. Attached are the before and after pictures.

I wanna thank all the people who provided me so much invaluable information and knowledge.

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Bigfoot Mike · 07-31-2007, 10:02 PM

Very nice.

Lainey · 07-31-2007, 10:03 PM

That's fun that you got your daughters involved! Looks like a present waiting to be unwrapped. Did you do any interior mods?

**Gina D.** · 07-31-2007, 10:08 PM

Wow!

Outstanding!

KevinDR · 07-31-2007, 10:15 PM

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That's fun that you got your daughters involved! Looks like a present waiting to be unwrapped. Did you do any interior mods?

Shucks the interior was the first year. We finished it and tried it out last summer before I committed to finishing the outside. It is the most amazing little thing there is, and tows fabulously with my Honda Odyssey (even without weight distribution hitch). The fabulous 70's brown interior was resurfaced with Maple laminate and wood trim. Fantastic fan was installed, stovetop was re-chromed, fridge was taken out shaken and fitted with computer fans to blow more air through the coils, grey water tank was taken out and the cracks were welded, screen door was installed, the rubber seal around the door was replaced with the sliding door seal from a '95 chrysler minivan. A hot water tank was installed so my wife would be happy

. Only thing missing now are the florescent lights.

Tom Trostel · 08-01-2007, 04:54 AM

Kevin,
Great job. It looks good! If you are still looking for spinners, did you look at hubcapmike.com?

Tom Trostel
http://www.hubcapmike.com/fiesta_hubcaps.html

Herb P · 08-01-2007, 06:30 AM

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Shucks the interior was the first year. We finished it and tried it out last summer before I committed to finishing the outside. It is the most amazing little thing there is, and tows fabulously with my Honda Odyssey (even without weight distribution hitch). The fabulous 70's brown interior was resurfaced with Maple laminate and wood trim. Fantastic fan was installed, stovetop was re-chromed, fridge was taken out shaken and fitted with computer fans to blow more air through the coils, grey water tank was taken out and the cracks were welded, screen door was installed, the rubber seal around the door was replaced with the sliding door seal from a '95 chrysler minivan. A hot water tank was installed so my wife would be happy

. Only thing missing now are the florescent lights.

Awesome. Can we have some interior shots please? Sounds like you're forging through the jungle just ahead of me.

Questions:

1) Did you do the graphics with masking-tape and paint or is that a commercial stick-on?

2) Did you get the door seal at a wrecker or did you just order it from a mopar counter?

3) How did you decide on that door seal specifically?

4) Did the door seal take up enough of the gaps at the top/bottom or did you have to do additional surgery to the door?