As part of the greater interior work on the Truckstang, I planned on spray painting the different interior pieces as part of making the car look a lot better than it would've otherwise if I just threw everything together. If I'm going to do body patching on the outside after welding the crude sheet metal patches on the quarter panels and fenders, I may as well do the simple act of spray painting these panels. Of course a lot of these trim pieces were used for helping to hold the headliner up but since I won't be installing one of those right now, the trim pieces will just be screwed in place. I plan on spray painting the ceiling and other areas of the interior. I may install a headliner in the future, who knows. In the meantime the panels and other surfaces will also be sprayed with this same ivory spray paint, covering all surfaces of the car to make the interior look as aesthetically pleasing as possible. Even a couple plastic panels that mount under the dash on either side were spray painted. Even though these panels are degraded, I still took the time to spray paint them. As with all the panels, I took the time to sand the pieces down with 200 grit sandpaper to clean the surfaces of the surface rust and faded paint so the new spray paint will adhere to the panels appropriately. The spray paint is good for multiple surfaces so everything is all good, plastic or metal. The panels I really wanted to make look new were the two triangular panels that go on the sides just above the rear seat panels. These panels cover up the vents on the sides and are the most noticeable panels out of all the panels, so painting these would go a long ways towards making the interior look awesome. With all the panels spray painted, I'm able to proceed with the reassembly of the interior. I did grab some undercoating since I was unable to find the can of enamel black paint I normally used to paint floors after I welded up patches. The undercoating is fine, as the rubber material may go a long ways towards a slight insulative property that may go a ways towards keeping the inside cooler when the heat of the exhaust and powertrain is radiating all over the underside.
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