Vinyl was gone when I got the car off my best buddy. Mostly rear chrome and top of the windshield and rear window. Both had unsealed areas of gaskets as well.
I used a Duster and a rotted Cutlass trunk lid for steel (free steel is good!). Sealed the windows with urethane window sealer. Fiberglassed the holes, undercoated whole roof then painted the roof with flat black rust-oleum. The floor will get sealed with roofing tar underneath and paint in truck bed liner inside. Seals and covers for state inspection in NH. If it lasts a couple/three years I’m happy. Motor and transmission is the main saving factor that I promised my buddy to stay going as the car had belonged to a good friend of his that passed. They will become a ratrod truck when the time comes.
