also had my interior trim and dash frame painted. I used the correct suade texture paint from instrument specialties and it looks friggn sweet!

got my glove box door on and alighned and the latch assembly back on.

another view. I got a really close match for the black on the vin and painted that. I tried to put one of ECS's dry transfers on but I botched it haha, so I have to get another one..

also, since my dash pad was toast, I have a recoverd dash pad comming from Superior dash pads out of payne OH. I heard some really good reveiws about them from some pretty reputable shops and figured Id give them a try. they were pretty reasonably priced compared to just dashes or u/r

my steering column peices painted and somewhat assembled. I have another one to help me remember how it gos back together! I have the rim blow adapter peice sitting with my steering wheel at the moment.. and that's all the updates I have for now

Very nice thread i will follow all the way,thanks for sharing..quality work too!

Nice project! I've always liked white on a 71 runner.

thank you for all of the positive comments! It isn't going to be on the scale of the Barrelcuda or Dave's valiant, but I want it to be as accurate as possible so please critique!! haha. The body got the engine bay and jams all media blasted last week and returned to the body shop this week. next we're re-hanging the sheet metal for alighnment and go to town on getting it into paint. soon after deer hunting is done, im going to tackle the rest of my steering column and start pecking away at my dash.

I got some more picture updates on the way, just need to get them resized. I ended up getting a different drivers side fender for the car. at some point in the roadrunners life, it had a little fender bender and when they fixed it, they took a 72 fender and brazed on a 71 side marker light. I was able to get another 71 fender, but it wasn't anything to brag about and needed a lot of work. as luck would have it, I tracked down yet another drivers fender that was VERY nice for $300. Ill get some pictures up in the next day or 2.

got some more pics. first up in the rear bumper I unwraped and snapped a few pic of. I still need the tail light lenses who Ill get from Mike Ross. the galvinizing on the lisence plate frame was very nice also. I just took apart the spring hinge and cleand up some of the bare metal hardware.

refinished the park lamps/ turn signals. I know that there is some stipulation weather some had orange or clear lenses, but mine had orange that I beleive are original, so I got some new lenses in orange..

I am pretty happy with how the filler neck turned out. mine was pretty rusty so I cleaned it up good and used 40/ 60 tin/ lead soldering and covered the whole thing. it looks pretty stinkin close to my 40,000 original mile duster (maybe a little shineier) and it is plenty soft enough to put your finger nail into it like original. I figured this would be a better alternative to painting it

I threw together my dash frame for looks. I still have to get my dash pad and an ash tray re-dyed to match. I also redid the wood grain on the a/c strip to match a very nice original one I had. auto instruments just painted it brown... I also sent out my roadrunner dash emblem, and heater control to instrument specialties to get redone.

for some reason, my camera is giving everything a wierd red flash. it seriously looks a lot better in person...

I had Jules restore my wiper motor. still need to send out my blower motor and latches to get redone, but I need some money haha

Bill Edwards restored a few seat belts that were fadded. now I have a really nice set

got all my date coded hoses and belts from mega parts

last one for now.. I got my exhaust tips from Mike too (curtesy of my mom for my birthday) I asked for the stainless steel ones as it seems chrome never lasts..

Keep up the nice work.

I have a couple more updates. After the car had sat idle at the body shop for an overy extended amount of time (could be much worse), its finally getting worked on. all of the sheet metal was re-hung and gapped. dents are now getting fixed too. still shooting for a march deadline for paint! starting to put my steering column back together. Ill post pics when Im done.

My old 'Bird is looking AWESOME, Kevin! I'm very glad that it went to someone who had the skill and the motivation to put her back to her former glory!!!

Thanks for all the pics- I'll be following this thread closely!

John

my car was built in mid march sometime. seems like march was the period where everything was changing over... Ill have more pics by the end of the week. thanks john for the positive remarks

also should add that I know the 6 way seat was discontinued in december, but I thought it would be an awsome addition either way