Thanks man. The other pedal pad and carpet came today but my next few "weekend's" (I have Sundays and Mondays off ) are booked so it'll be a few weeks before I tear into it. I'm hoping for some good weather soon and I think I'm gonna wait until I can get together w Dad so we can hangout and do all the stuff together (it used to be his). He's recently retired so his schedules open, I'm just waiting on my crappy one to clear up. I'll be sure to get some pics. I need to take some "before" pics I guess maybe I can squeeze that in. Maybe I can scrounge up a pic of er when she was new. The exterior at least maybe. But anyway thanks for the tips man. The interior's really not in too bad a shape, especially in the rear. I'm gonna give the console a good scrubbing when it's out. It might not need much as far as painting goes. I'm keeping the original color scheme as far as all the plastic stuff goes. The only things that are going to be different than how it came oem is the carpet and the seats. However one thing for sure on the "to do list" is clean up and paint the floor pans w some sort of rust proofer. I'm praying for no rust present, maybe I'll get lucky.I do not know how I missed this the first time you posted, but I will add anyway. Eastwood (the primo restoration supplier) sells SEM. That seals it for me. Use TSP (a bubble free soap stuff) to scrub the heck out of the parts several times and used whatever they suggest for cleaner/adhesion promoter. Armor All residue will ruin your day,
I used Krylon Vinyl dye on an airbag, and "temporarily" dyed the carpet on some door panels 25+ years ago with a parts store brand dye. The kick panels are still as dark as the new floor carpet, and the Krylon lasted longer than the rest of the Ford did in a MASSIVE hail storm.
Anyway, it's all about the prep work.
Let's see the results,please.