As far as restoring a trunk, assuming by your nickname of Restomod, you are considering non stock, your imagination is the limit. I have seen fully carpeted, full leather, custom sewn, even chrome panels. I suggest going to a custom car show and just looking at all varieties and gather your own ideas. Again, welcome to M&M

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Originally posted by 65RestoMod:
was wondering if anyone has done any unique trunk restorations

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Hi, Jeff:
Welcome to M&M!

First of all, I think your website idea is excellent...I have wished for something exactly like that for quite a while.

Secondly, as far as the trunk goes, I have pretty much gotten my 1965 coupe's trunk interior ready for the paint shop, and I have encountered some interesting situations.

First off, on either side of the gas tank, there should be a little round rubber plug cap. If these caps are still there, pull them out and feel the metal all around the hole. Stick your finger into the drain hole and feel the metal from the underside. This is an area that had quite a bit of rust on my car. The area around one hole had a bit of "Swiss cheese" metal around it. I didn't really want to replace this section of the trunk floor, since the affected area was so small, so I just ground the worst of the rusted bit away, and after using Ospho to convert the remaining rust to primer, I built the area back up again using AllMetal. So far, it looks great and is quite solid, and I'll just keep my fingers crossed to see if the rust reappears. If it does, THEN I will replace that part of the trunk floor.

Next, look down the sides of the trunk, down where the bottom of the rear quarter panels are welded to the trunk floor drop-offs. This is another BIG area for rust, since water can collect in these "valleys" and rust the quarter panels from the inside out. Get a flashlight and really stick your head down in there. You might be surprised at the condition of the metal. Depending on what you find, you might have to do some serious rust elimination, or you might have to replace part of the trunk floor and/or quarter panel. Fortunately, my quarter panels are pretty solid in this area, although I do notice a TINY pinhole at the bottom of one of the "valleys".

One area that I noticed was really deteriorating on my car was the seam sealer they used to seal the floor of the trunk to the inside of the tail light panel. This seam was really cracked and broken, and it looked terrible. I had to scrape the old seam sealer off and then clean the remaining sealer residue with 3M cleaner specially designed for that purpose (e-mail me if you need the 3M number...I don't know it right offhand). I am just about to re-seal this area. It's a real basic fix, but it is necessary for looks and for sealing the trunk.

There are other things I encountered during my visit to the trunk, but I can't remember them right now. I'm tired and need to get to bed. I'll check the trunk and let you know some more "horror stories"!

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*andy* ([email protected])

also known as...***Boss Hoss***

You may want to look into Rhinolining, like they use on pickups. That's neat stuff!

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