New door panels

My old "tuck and roll" door panels were starting to look pretty sad. The PO had removed the 'plastic liner' from the door when they installed the panels and the rain got to the fiber board pretty bad. They kinda sagged in the middle and were really looking ragged. I had read an article on replacing the door panels. LINK

I purchase some 'white board' from Lowes, the kind of stuff they use to make marker boards with and turned the 'white' side towards the outside to help with moisture control. Then I made the trip to Joannes. They had the 'head liner foam' in stock and so I started looking for some vinyl to cover them with. I stumbled across some 'costume' material that just 'said' USE ME !! So I bought a couple yards and went to work.

Here's some pictures of the 'white board' and the finished panel. I will take some of it installed and post later.

I had some time last weekend to pull the tailshaft extension housing off the C4 automatic. I knew the bushing was bad as the drive shaft had some play on the transmission end. It really wasn't that big of a deal. About 2 1/2 hours for everything. The old bearing did show wear so it was about time. I also changed the seal (again). While I had the cross member out I modified the 'homemade' C4 adapter that the PO had made for the trans. This involved griding down what was left of the downward facing angle iron that was put there to 'strengthen' the mount. It wasn't really necessary as the plate portion was quite strong. It just hungdown and looked ugly. Anyway all back together and it appears it fixed a slight 'cluck' I was hearing when I shifted from reverse to drive.

Replaced the carburetor to manifold gasket yesterday and also changed the mounting bolts as I got the feeling they were a bit too short. It appears to have helped fix the 'missing' at idle. The engine now purrs like a kitten!

Still chasing the 2000 + vibration problem. I did some reading and it appears that there is a bushing in the C4 transmission extension housing that the driveshaft yoke rides in. Thinking back to when I changed the seal (which is still seeping by the way.) that there was some play in the shaft. I ordered a new bushing and seal today (12.00 or so including shipping.) and will change it out. Looks like I will have to pull the trans extension housing to get to it. Hopefully not that big of a deal.

We shall see.