Interior Upgrade: 70 Bump? 70 Mach 1 seats!

[HIO Silver]

Just got done with installing '70 Mach 1 seats with TMI Sport R foam and upholstery. Here is the synopsis....

Let's start with the headliner... originally it was the OEM perforated hardboard which had warped. Some patience and this showed up in the salvage yard. Tuck and roll for $20!



Applied Eastwood Rust Encapsulator on selected portions of the floor and then started laying down Dynamat Extreme.



Made my own roller too.....



Pulled the trans cover, Dynamatted, and sealed it up with aluminum HVAC tape from HD.



Applied a new rubber seal instead of the stick strip caulk. Got it from HD and doubly made sure that it wasn't going anywhere with 3M weatherstip adhesive... the corners have little relief cuts so there is only one seam.



Pulled the rig in the garage, pulled the bench (whew!), cleaned the sheet metal, layed out where the bucket seats brackets are positioned and drilled the pre-dimpled holes (thanks Ford!), and continued to apply Dynamat. Also redrilled the fuel tank selector hole because the factory had installed it in the wrong place.





Installed the carpet (whew!), then the brackets, and finally bolted the seats to the brackets.





Working on door panels now. I've got a center console from a 95 F150 XLT to complement the interior. It'll need to be raised three inches because it's a touch low...

Here how she sits.... DJM beams and an axle flip.



... to be continued.

[iwhodat]

Your truck looks great, man. I like the seats.

[sargentrs]

Looks great! Looking forward to seeing more.

[HIO Silver]

Black is the new black and coordinates much better than the putty-colored door panels and arm rests that came with the parchment bench seat upholstery. Black and New Lime looks great IMO.

Yesterday I lined the doors with Hushmat which came in 12"x23.5" sheets. The upper part of the door, between the mirror mount and door handle, is 7"x23.5". Sections on the large plain of the door are 6"x12" for easier handling through the door shell opening. Then small sections were cut as fillers. Coverage is more than 75 percent.

Foam weatherstripping was applied to the perimeter of each door panel using the same technique applied to the transmission cover. Each door panel requires about 10 feet which is how the self-adhesive strips were packaged for a nice low $3.49 per bag. There were wear marks on the back of each panel where it had rubbed against the door shell so short strips of foam were applied to those areas to stave off vibration. I heated a finish nail with a cigarette lighter and melted the screw through-holes so the screws would not grab the foam. Worked great! The paint is..... Rustoleum Engine Enamel in semi-gloss black - same as everywhere else.

The door panel was positioned using a couple of screws and then the remainder of the screws loosely installed. The screws were tightened in sequence so the foam would be "crushed" evenly and the metal not bend or divot. They're snug for now and they'll get tightened until the foam achieves its final crush. The arm rests are $50 or $60 per pair from NPD.





The next step is to find some carpet for the bare area btwn the seats, fab up a bracket/base for the 96 XLT console for its eventual installation.

[Steelhorse]

The truck is really looking good...those seats look so good, I'm second-guessing my decision to go with a restored bench seat in my project!

[1972hiboy]

they look like comfortable seats....