Once the car was running solid I began to tackle the smaller projects that I was comfortable doing myself. The tint was peeling on the back window and I personally don't think a classic car needs tint, so I removed it all.
I used a cloth steamer on the front windows, but discovered the real trick when I was doing the back window, which you'll see below.
This worked so well, I was pretty amazed. Take a cheap black trash bag and cut it to fit the rear window. Soak the window with windex and then fit the trash bag to the window. It'll stick with the windex on there. Ideally you would do this in the summer and put the car in the sun to heat up the glass and old tint, but I did it in the winter so I put a few space heaters on the rear wing and heated the glass that way for about 20 minutes. After it's warm/hot to the touch you begin pealing the tint off (use a razor blade to get it started but be careful of the defrost wires). I peeled the whole piece of tint off in 5 minutes and didn't leave any glue behind.
All in once piece!
Used Back to Black on the wing. It looked great when it was wet but lost a lot of shine after it dried.
This was after a wash, clay, polish, and wax. I had never used an orbital polisher before but the paint is in pretty rough shape up close and I plan to have it repainted next year, so I figured I couldn't do much harm. In the end it cleaned up pretty nicely. I wasn't surprised by how much crud came off with the clay, but boy did it need it.
Took the car to Circuit of the America's for the Indy race in the spring.
And a Coffee and Cars shortly after.
And finally, a car control school with the LSRPCA. This was so much fun and really beneficial to be able to learn the limits of the car. This is my first car without any nannies, so I was glad to be able to see how the car behaved under heavy braking and around tight turns. This was ultimately the reason I began looking at redoing the interior. I was cramped on leg room and could barely walk the next day.
