Hello all,
I thought I would update the progress we have made on my Late Uncle's bird. It has been media blasted and primed. The floor pans have been replaced. The rear quarters are next.
In have restored the console and the original 8 track. I have decided to retain all the original wiring harness' from the radio and 8 track, however, because we are having the radio converted with the Aurora system, I have upgraded the speakers in both the kicks and package tray and have kept the original grilles. I will run new speaker wire with the originals.

The 8 track will be converted as pre-amp out and then into the new "aux" in the radio and run through the new amp.

The dash speaker and fader control will remain, but will be disconnected.

We are also looking at tires. We have decided to go with the correct size, but in a radial. The 1971 photo of the car clearly shows having white line tires. These are available in white and red. Since the car will be in autumn bronze with white HO stripes, we thought white stripe would be not only original, but nicer looking.

We would appreciate any thoughts on this tire issue.....red or white stripes..??.

The drive train will also remain stock with the 350 HO and two speed hydro glide.

The car should be ready by next Summer.