Hello Everyone,
I've been disassembling my 1968 Coupe to do a nut and bolt restoration and as I go, I'm not sure what will be the best thing to do as far as the inner body panels that get covered. My car is a very clean southern car with next to no real rust but it does have a light surface rust in areas on the body panels the get covered such as under the dash and under the headliner. I'm not sure if I should leave them the way they are since they have been like this for many years or should I media blast the entire inside as best as possible and the spray with epoxy or coat with a "POR15" or "Rust Encapsulator" type product?
What would you do? Note - I'm not looking for easy or cheap, I am looking to make it as best that I can without massive overkill.
Thanks in advance for your opinions ~ Len B.
See pictures of my interior below:
Passenger side kick panel and bottom of cowl:
Bottom of driver's side cowl:
Firewall area behind brake pedal:
Passenger inner quart and sail panel:
Roof rail near map light:
I've been disassembling my 1968 Coupe to do a nut and bolt restoration and as I go, I'm not sure what will be the best thing to do as far as the inner body panels that get covered. My car is a very clean southern car with next to no real rust but it does have a light surface rust in areas on the body panels the get covered such as under the dash and under the headliner. I'm not sure if I should leave them the way they are since they have been like this for many years or should I media blast the entire inside as best as possible and the spray with epoxy or coat with a "POR15" or "Rust Encapsulator" type product?
What would you do? Note - I'm not looking for easy or cheap, I am looking to make it as best that I can without massive overkill.
Thanks in advance for your opinions ~ Len B.
See pictures of my interior below:
Passenger side kick panel and bottom of cowl:
Bottom of driver's side cowl:
Firewall area behind brake pedal:
Passenger inner quart and sail panel:
Roof rail near map light: