Trunk Tune-Up
Resto Interiors
Photography by John Kiewicz
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Here's the view after we removed most of the junk from the trunk. The factory trunk paint
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With minimal time, effort, and cash outlay, the trunk in our Nova was standing tall. Fresh
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Year One makes gobs of restoration parts for a variety of GM and Mopar musclecars. For our
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Although not required, the pictured items helped make our resto work much easier. A Crafts
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We started by using a shop vacuum to clear out all the dirt and leaves. Be sure to suck ou
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To remove light surface rust and an oh-so-tacky spray-can gray paint job (an earlier owner
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Vigorously shake the can of spatter paint to mix up all the rubbery spatter goo inside, th
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Although the directions say to let the spatter paint dry about four hours, ours was still
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After the spatter paint clearcoat was dry, we installed the new color-matched trunk mat. A
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For that sweet factory look, we even installed a new rear seat-to-trunk partition panel al
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To keep environmental scungies on the outside, rather than gathering on the inside of the
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If your trunk lid has a crunched-out or severely worn lock, now is a good time to upgrade
Although your street machine may be sharp on the outside, oftentimes the inside of the trunk isn't so hot. Trunks often serve double-duty as parts haulers, shuttling greasy blocks, heads, tranny guts, and even grimy rear gears.
Consequently, your trunk looks like a war zone from hell. Good thing a trunk makeover is easier and more inexpensive than you may think. Resto companies like Year One offer scads of reproduction trunk goodies including mats, factory-type spatter paint, weatherstrip kits, and even entire sheetmetal floorpans. Check out how we did a magic makeover on the crusty trunk of a 1966 Nova SS during a cool December weekend.
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Year One
PO Box 129
Tucker
GA
30085
800-932-7663
770-496-1949
www.nextgenparts.com/mustang
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By John Kiewicz
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