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Let's button this up...

I ordered a license plate housing gasket to replace the old, dry, cracked, and broken unit. Let's add that to the "Easy Wins" list. And then replaced it. As I was trying to unscrew the nuts from underneath the engine cover, every one of them just unscrewed the stud from the co...

I Give Up.

I came back out this evening after work with renewed determination to get the dash buttoned up. After five or ten minutes of wrestling with the piece of garbage that is a $110 rubber dash pad, I threw it out into the yard and got busy reassembling the dash without it. I don't...

Defrost hoses

I picked up this washing machine drain hose at Lowes (Lowes link) and it fits perfectly without the need for clamps. I cut both ends off, then cut it in half. It's an 8 foot hose, which is way more than I will need, so I can cut each side to fit. Since Dupli-Color engine ename...

Kick Panel Speakers

When I ordered the new vents for the dash install, I also added fiberglass kick panels to allow me to install front speakers. Because I have spent so much money already, I did the sensible thing and ordered Pyle speakers (Amazon link). I have had nothing but good experiences w...

Speaker hutch

The car came with a tape deck and one four inch speaker in the dash to the left of the steering wheel. I bought a couple of cheap Alpine 6x9s (Amazon link), traced and cut out a template for the space behind the rear seat in a flattened cardboard box, and then cut and screwed...