1982 CHP #0327

[1jerryl]

What year seats are those?? Are they Crystal blue by chance?? If so, I am looking for some and would gladly take them off your hands....






Jerry
91 X-SCHP 2-12-311
90 X-NCSHP Caprice
77 Nova 9C1
83 Malibu 9C1 (Coming Soon)

[mac88chp]

Congratulations on the purchase, it looks to be an excellent starting point.

Hope you're the first on the block to actually complete an '82 CHP restoration...there seems to be a virtual fleet of them out there in some stage of progress/waiting.

[chp1982]

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately she won't be restored for a long time but will be driven, enjoyed, and improved upon. Taking a pressure washer to this thing is tempting. I'd love to know what the paint looks like under the crappy auction job. The original paint visible under all the flaking areas looks pretty good.

I removed the interior and no sign of the buildsheet. Looks like during 0327's prep for auction, a few screws were left un-installed on some of the trim pieces. Fortunately, most were under the rear seat. I'm dealing with and tossing the insulation pieces responsible for the mildew smell. It's not horrible but it isn't good either. The carpet and seatbelts are getting steam cleaned today at a work contact's detail shop.

The floorpans are clean of rust except for some light surface rust on the seat reinforcement welds. Interestingly, the passenger side does have identical holes to the driver side where the lap belt is installed. I will have to check the carpet again but it really did not look like a belt was ever installed on the passenger side.

[chp1982]

Got the carpet and belts back today and holy smokes the belts look great! The carpet is worn but very clean now at least. I checked the carpet and the passenger side does have a hole where the lap belt was installed. I'd definitely like to find another one at some point.
Lastly, the horrible window tint is completely removed. What a huge difference that made.

[chp1982]

The first time in 10+ years that 0327 is sitting inside when it's raining, and that was just about every day in Seattle. Stinky interior to prove it!

[Rhino]

Jonathan - glad to see you snagged this one! Yes, it rains...a lot, here in Seattle. And we're constantly fighting moisture inside cars. Glad to see it inside.

Looks like a great starting point for a restoration.

[Wolfe1013]

Awesome, Jon!! Great news.

Wow, those belts and the carpet really did turn out great. I need to go ahead and get mine cleaned. Who do you take them to? I don't have a pressure washer, yet.

My car was the same way - missing passenger CHP lap belt. Buckle was there. Driver side complete. So if you find a stash of CHP passenger lap belts, let me know!!

Can you take a detail photo of your headliner? Perforated vinyl like the sun visors?

[Wolfe1013]

Originally Posted by mac88chp

Hope you're the first on the block to actually complete an '82 CHP restoration...there seems to be a virtual fleet of them out there in some stage of progress/waiting.

You said it, Michael. Money is tight right now and my resto is stalled!!

[chp1982]

Greg-
The detail department of one of the dealerships I work with sprayed something on them to lift the stains and something to fight the mildew smell then pressure washed them. I stressed to the guy that did the work how gentle to be with the rug. It's pretty thin in a couple areas. Everything came out great.

The headliner material looks the same as the visors.

[Mustang Kid]

Any new updates? These other CHP threads get me motivated to finish mine even more!