New Headlights and Halos

Keagan gave Connor some new headlights for Christmas, which will allow us to use new modern bulbs rather than the round sealed beams that it has now. These new headlights also include white LED Halos, which should add a nice touch to the car.

We connected the LEDs to the battery mains, with a daytime running light controller, so the halos will be on whenever the engine is running.

Here they are in progress, we had to take the headlamp covers off to remove the old bulbs, and to wire in the new LED wires.

Here we are with just the halos on.

 Running both the halos, and the new headlights.

Daytime running lights, in the daytime.

Rear Seat Restoration

Grampy was here again, and the project this weekend was to restore the rear seats. We have been looking at various ways to get the interior restored, and found that the most common suggestion has been to clean the mold and dirt with a spray of white vinegar, and gentle scrubbing. Then once the seats are mostly clean, to go over them with mineral oil which will bring out the sheen of the vinyl and also help soften them up a bit. We gave it a try.....

The first test went well. We cleaned up the section on the right, and it was now in much better shape.

Here we are with half the backrest done.

Here is the set bottom completed.

All cleaned up and installed back in the car.