1971 Javelin SST

Wow, Santiago, the paint looks great. I'll be getting around to that someday. I think the brown color looks great in the Javelin.

Did some more working taking the interior out of the Javelin. The only rust  that I found was located in the passenger foot well. I'm not positive, but I think the rust may have started from the inside.



Maybe the heating system gave way and flooded the foot well. The heating valve located on the firewall just doesn't look right.



It seems to be missing something. Is there supposed to be a plunger that goes into the hole?

Them dash units get crispy and do that just looking at them.

My speaker grill was tater chip warped and things was so busted up. Can be rebuilt to usable condition with some glue or adhesive and backing material. I used metal flashing to rebuild broken out mounting tabs.

The external heater valve works, but is a pain to deal with in the winter. You could use a 73 on up valve with vacuum and piggy back from the vent switch a line off of a T to a vacuum switch mounted under the instrument switch overlay.

Your valve is probably can be sold as parts for rebuilding. They look good enough, just some get damaged, like mine with a slight crimp on the pipe. Restored valves are not easy to come by if such pipe is damaged, but internals are usable.

Well, winter is really here now. I can tell by freezing temps all the snow. lol
I've got some pictures to post of my progress in tearing the the Javelin down this past fall.
And after reading some of the other members post about their projects, I realize how blessed I am to have found a car that was well taken care of for most of its life. No accidents or dents, and minimal rust.
There is one thing that I didn't take into consideration when I started this, and that's where to put all the parts that I remove from the cars. Here's one solution.

And here's the back seat area.