Finally getting back into the car after being a bit under the weather for a few weeks. This weekend I finished paint stripping the driver’s side. All I have left now is the front and rear panels and a tidy up underneath to remove the stone chip in the wheel wells and then the shell will be ready for dust blasting and panel work. I also painted my gearbox in the original Ford Racing Green colour and stripped my back seats. The plan was to leave these to the upholsterer but I’m buying the seat covers from Aldridges in the UK and they have lost the pattern for the Australian GT rear seat so I’m sending them mine so that they can make a new pattern. This should help out a few Aussie restorers in the future.

Painted Gearbox

Seats have been recovered but I’m not sure that all the foam and backing was replaced.

Foams were pretty good but they smell a bit musty, even after being aired for about 8 months.

Seat backs were in pretty good nick, no rips or tears but they were getting brittle on the sides so would have cracked up when a few people started riding in the back. It’s what I expected after the car sat unused in a shed for so long.

Frames are perfect. Will get them blasted and powder coated to make life easier for the upholsterer and hopefully have them live on for another 50 years.