1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible
Progress Report: Stripping the car interior, front windshield, body cleanup
The car is stripped of interior now. The carpet had been installed with abundant amounts of glue between the carpet and insulation as well as between the insulation and floorboard so it required a bit of time to separate from the car.
The seats and door panels were removed along with the dash pad and cluster. The windshield was pulled because we have some areas of rust in the window channel -- a problem common to these cars. It is not too bad but will need repair and repaint before the windshield is reinstalled.
After a good bath, some compound, wax, and paint chip touchup she looks pretty good -
The car had some aftermarket body side molding that was commonly installed by owners during the 1960s in an effort to protect the doors from getting chipped by other car doors. Holes were drilled during this era to attach the moldings, but we don't want to fill the holes until we later paint the car so we will leave them on. As you can see from the picture below the body trim inserts would shrink over time, start looking old and yellow, and would also get dinged by other car doors. (Watch out - those car doors are out there waiting to touch your car.) I found a company that still makes the inserts for this trim - they even still make the screw on moldings if you need to replace them. They offer the inserts in white, black and silver. I ordered the white like that originally on the car and it will look great.
Front Windshield Opening
The windshield was removed. The lower channel will need some work but you can see from the pictures that the opening is mostly very solid with a few spots that need attention. The sides and top of the opening are in great shape. Not bad at all.
