American Autowire Upgrade Part 1

On October 9, 2024 By Brad AlbrechtIn Interior, Lighting, Projects, WiringLeave a comment

After spending some time sorting out the original wire harness on the 68 F-250, I started leaning heavily towards a new aftermarket harness. This truck needs to be solid for the owner who doesn’t want everything exactly vintage as much as the vintage look with reliability as a focus. With all the cut wires and hacks under the dash and under the hood, we decided to do a few upgrades and focus on keeping it looking original, but making it easier to get working again while also adding some reliability.

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Restoring Rear Side Vent Shutters

On April 7, 2020 By Brad AlbrechtIn 65 Fastback, InteriorLeave a comment

The fastback has unique louvers on the side, with functioning fresh air vents. They came in one of the boxes when I bought the project. While I am on lockdown, I have been going through the boxes, looking for small projects. This one is pretty straight forward and needs to be done before its finished, so might as well do it now.

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Parking Brake

On January 6, 2019 By Brad AlbrechtIn Brakes, Interior, Projects1 Comment

This is something I probably should have done a while ago. It’s one of the last few things on or under the dash that I need to finish. I have had a taped bundle of parts sitting in the pile from the tear down that I finally opened up and took inventory of and got to work putting it all back together.

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Instrument Cluster Rebuild

On May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 By Brad AlbrechtIn 67 Coupe, Interior, Lighting, Projects, Wiring5 Comments

One of the “mod” parts of my resto-mod 67 is the instrument cluster. Since it started pretty low end, it didn’t have anything useful in the dash. Even though it had a 3 speed, it didn’t have a tachometer. Part of fixing that, I went with all modern gauges that look a little nicer, with newer technology. Continue reading “Instrument Cluster Rebuild” →

Carpet and beyond

On April 29, 2017March 18, 2018 By Brad AlbrechtIn 67 Coupe, Interior, ProjectsLeave a comment

As these projects go, once I can get the top most dependency done, things just start falling into place. The interior is waiting on the carpeting. Carpeting is waiting on the sound deadener and padding. This week, that came in so I got to work.

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Interior progress

On April 27, 2017March 18, 2018 By Brad AlbrechtIn 67 Coupe, Interior, ProjectsLeave a comment

Things are coming together for the interior this week. Some of the finishing touch parts have arrived and are really pulling things together. I was finally able to align the glove box, and the radio bezel arrived.

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Installing Roofrail weatherstriping

On March 19, 2017July 6, 2019 By Brad AlbrechtIn 67 Coupe, Interior, Projects3 Comments

With the headliner in, the next step down the side is the roof rail. This is pretty straight forward, but it has one catch. the stainless steel rail isn’t reproduced. Not a big deal since it’s more functional than visible, but I spent a bunch of time trying to clean mine up to reuse anyhow.

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Headliner

On January 27, 2017March 18, 2018 By Brad AlbrechtIn 67 Coupe, Interior, ProjectsLeave a comment

One thing I have learned with this build is that all projects lead back to one that has to be done at the head of a long line of projects. Right now, the one thing at the head of the stack for many projects is the headliner. That is holding up the front and back glass, the upper trim, the door weather stripping, the back interior panels, on to the carpet. So that’s what’s next.

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Seat assembly

On January 20, 2017March 18, 2018 By Brad AlbrechtIn 67 Coupe, Interior, ProjectsLeave a comment

When it came to seats, I had a number of options. Many people use a later model so that there is a headrest. Some as close as a 69 mustang seat. Others a late 80’s or later. While it would be nice to have the leather seats I have in my 05, I wanted to stay with the original look. Even then, there were options. I went with an upgraded sport seat which has improved foam and support, but keeps the original frame and style.

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Finishing the Steering Install

On January 3, 2017November 19, 2021 By Brad AlbrechtIn 67 Coupe, Interior, Projects, Steering3 Comments

It’s been a long time since I had a steering wheel in the car. The main thing holding me up has been the fact that I need to cut the steering column to accommodate the Borgeson conversion. Well, today I stopped avoiding it and made the cut. I made this post picture heavy since I had a hard time finding pictures of some of the parts as I was learning.

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Brad Albrecht's Mustang Restoration Projects

Tag: Interior

American Autowire Upgrade Part 1

Restoring Rear Side Vent Shutters

Parking Brake

Instrument Cluster Rebuild

Carpet and beyond

Interior progress

Installing Roofrail weatherstriping

Headliner

Seat assembly

Finishing the Steering Install