When I bought my car the interior was mostly converted to new black components however some was still the original blue.

The kick pannels have proved to be the biggest pain in the *** ever, I eventually got the passenger side in after trimming it....

The drivers side refuses to so much as even come out the e-brake and about a billion other things are in the way, For those of you who have swapped theese how the hell do you do it.

The second problem is there is no headliner whatsoever, there are metal ribs going across, some insulation and that’s it, I got a kit from ricks first gen as well as pretty much everything they have that has to do with headliners, I was wondering if I could install this myself or if I should take it to some upholstery shop.

Where do the rear seatbelts mount, when I got the car there were no seatbelts whatsoever and I put in the fronts but I was unable to find where the rears mount.

You need to remove the parking brake to get the driver sideout. take your time it will come.

hopefully the person who took your liner out left the rods in the original order and slots. When replacing people say the order of the rods and which slot they were in are important. you will get a variety of opinions about who should do the replacing. That will be one of the last things i do.

I have posted some pics on seatbelts under "old interior", also there is a pic in por15floor that shows the "gold" bolts. pic number 2. I think you will get the idea

Enjoy the holiday.

Rick
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The site here is awsome..you will get addicted. Do alot of searches when looking for info.

The kickpanels are a &%%#$%&*!! to deal with. Like Rick said, the e-brake assy has to "move", a couple of screws at the dash and 2 nuts under & outboard of the master cylinder, under the hood.

Seatbelt bolts are horizontal, right above where the floor kicks up in the back.

Got to this thread a little late, being out of town for the holidays.
As you already know, the kick panels are a real PITA to r&r, and usually the passenger side is the hardest. As stated previously, the parking brake assembly needs to be unbolted to swing out of the way. Not too tough to do. But these panels were installed with an adhesive putty, sometimes called "dum-dum", around the vents. Its usually still pretty pliable, but it will hold that sucker in pretty tight if it was assembled correctly in the first place. You probably ran into that already on the passemger side. Just keep pulling on the panel til you work it free. You might have to get your arm and a tool back there to help pry that stuff out. Remember, the 68 has "Astro-Ventilation" which means the air runs down the cowl to either side of the car and thru those vents. If they aren't sealed correctly, water will find its way into the vents as well, soaking the carpet (...ask me how I know! graemlins/clonk.gif ). So when you re-install the kick panels, make sure you use a similar putty, (or silicone, or whatever) to seal the vent area. Probably a good idea at this time to make sure the cowl area and rockers are flushed free of debris and all the passageways are clear too. This is a job you only want to do once! It would be a real drag to install new kick panels, only to have to remove them later because they leak!(...on second thought, DON'T ask me how I know! :rolleyes: )
Good luck.

hmmmm well I havent touched the kick pannels for a while but I seem to remember there being a ton of the sealer junk, a ring around the duct about the thickness of a quarter and being a foamy consistance, maybe mine had some repair done.

Also where could I get the sealer for it, and would there be any issues with not using any sealant if this thing never sees water aside from when im washing it.

Brian,
Never say never. tongue.gif
Washing the car, no matter how careful, will get some water in it. And maybe you won't drive it in the rain on purpose, but you never know. Take it out for the weekend, who knows what the weather will be on the way home. Better to be safe than sorry, dontcha think? A little water seeps in from time to time, gets trapped under the carpet. Next thing you know...rust!
Seal it up, and you wont have that worry. Its just one additional step.
If you do a search on the subject, you'll see what the guys used, and where they got it. I used a silicone sealer on mine.