I visited the 60yo #Corvair Rampside wearing 40yo mud.

Minimal surface/body rot, but the underside implies an entire mechanical refresh and I don't have the space (nor energy) for that. Dammit.

Pretty rare to find an original untouched, especially at the low price ask. It won't be sitting much longer.

#Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

FINALLY finished the dual master cylinder brake conversion.

It took forever to get the correct trunkside lines with 1/2" on one end and 7/16" on the other, while keeping the original 1/4" line size. Had to pick up pipe bender and double flare the shorter line after cutting to length.

I chose to use the original GM brass T and special nut, which required sourcing from 2 different Corvair supply houses.

In the end, I think it looks pretty clean. I took the opportunity to paint the new unit with "Cast Blast" paint.

#Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

The original headliner was stapled onto the car via a hard cardboard strip that was itself stapled into the metal of the roof's edge.

When the car was stripped, the old hardboard was blasted away, but the staples remained.

I ripped the old staples out, drilled out every other existing staple hole and riveted in new strips of 1/8" hardboard which had been cut to size. For tight curves, I had to wet, bend and then dry the hardboard to shape.

Now that the roof has been soundproofed, There should be nothing - but fear of doing a bad job - to prevent me putting the new headliner material in.

If I mess up headliner installation, that'll be $140 down the drain. Or do I pay someone $500 to "do it right"?