My "new" 72 Javelin SST

Looks great! Things are going very well on the interior considering off the shelf color.

Yep, I agree lighting is one of them things that really can't be helped. When I custom mixed color I had to do a spread of various shades and grey scaling. 3 pictures done with the same light source and at different angles, all did not match between them. Though even with a well kept interior my 73 had slight color differences by plastic vs vinyl on the interior. My door panels and kick panels were lighter than than the crash pad and upper door pad on the door panel. Though the console was the only factory painted part had matched well with the plastics. Steering wheel and arm rests were oddly darker, as oils or what not from being handled darkened up the color. Never bothered with the steering wheel clean up, as a cover was installed right away.

I told you your steering wheel looks great... looks just like mine but missing stitchery and not black. It took a bit of getting use to the thickness feel. As my first attempt was more to my tastes, but had bad leather, so after the replacement was found to be out of whack with its stitch holes, I compensated by adding more padded wrap. Thus the thickness matching what you have done on yours.

Maybe you should get into the sports wheel custom grip service in the side.





Edited by 304-dude - Aug/08/2017 at 2:43pm

CamJam, you may find my crash pad fix thread helpful. Though now that I have a better glue for vinyl adhesion for pulled away and bubbled areas I will get back to correcting once more. 3M gasket and rubber adhesive does wonders for tough things like keeping vinyl in place for the eye brow overlay area.

Plus if you pickup a shifter handle kit from Amark you may want to use my shifter handle mod for long term reliability, since yours popped put it's top.

Will look for my threads.

http://theamcforum.com/forum/strenthening-7174-javelin-console-shifter-handle_topic49961.html

Edited by 304-dude - Aug/10/2017 at 6:31pm

304-dude wrote: CamJam, you may find my crash pad fix thread helpful. Though now that I have a better glue for vinyl adhesion for pulled away and bubbled areas I will get back to correcting once more. 3M gasket and rubber adhesive does wonders for tough things like keeping vinyl in place for the eye brow overlay area. Plus if you pickup a shifter handle kit from Amark you may want to use my shifter handle mod for long term reliability, since yours popped put it's top. Will look for my threads. http://theamcforum.com/forum/strenthening-7174-javelin-console-shifter-handle_topic49961.html

CamJam wrote: All clamps on deck!

Ha! Yep, I see you had a bit of lifting in the vent area. I too, and very crispy I may add. I was able to warp back most of my ABS plastic under the vinyl with map gas. I tell you the dash pad was a t**ser. But it is good enough for my use, once tamed down with a bit of man handling. Ha!

Well I think there is no hold down not redone with metal flashing and a good bit of liquid nails. That stuff is great filler and for reinforcing. Just have to be patient and a bit creative. Though I see you have plenty of other glues and what available that will do as well.

As for the handle, that was used long ago when in college. I had a 10 year old factory handle split in two. Used some adhesive to glue in the copper pipe segment to hold the two together. Figured after getting back to owning and some repair work on my AMC, to add that wee trick here, as a good piece of preventive maintenance.

CamJam, if you want a factory look. I suggest searching for a very very light blueish green clear film sheet. I donno if art or photography supplies can help. But a cut thin sheet behind the new clear lens would make it look more OEM.

Maybe the new LEDs are too bright but seem to wash put the tent of the lens.


Looks great by the way!