Mustang Interior Upgrades - Interior Superior!

Belt One On
Owning and building a classic Mustang is a lot safer than it used to be. Three-point safety belts from Classic Accessories install in a few hours, and can save your life. Our Custom Accessories kit is the most current type of restraint system available for vintage Mustangs and Cougars. It is a bolt-in system you can have working in a matter of hours. this system is better than the previous version because it has the ability to bolt right on '67-'69 Mustangs and Cougars using factory holes. For '65-'66 Mustangs, you will have to do some drilling. What's more, Custom Accessories offers this passenger-restraint system for rear-seat passengers as well. We will show you a complete, step-by-step installation of this system later in Mustang & Fords, after we get KISS's headliner and carpeting installed.

The '68-'69 seatback's foam arrangement differs from the '65-'67. This two-part foam block makes the seatback thicker. Don't be foolish and throw it away, thinking the aftermarket offers a reproduction. It doesn't. Use 3M Trim Adhesive to rejoin the two foam blocks.

When you install the seat tracks, adjust the tracks by pushing both of them all the way back or forward. Tighten up the turnbuckle to a point where the seat-adjustment lever releases both seat tracks. Do not overtighten or the seat tracks will stay released.

Instrumentation Destination
Who says your standard interior has to be standard? M-Detail, The Mustang Market, has custom instrument-face kits for classic Mustangs that will completely change your Mustang's inside demeanor-and for less money. KISS is getting silver-face instrumentation from The Mustang Market. It is also getting amber instrument lighting from The Paddock. Check it out!

T-Lock It
We have seen a lot of security devices for vintage Fords, including brake pedal locks, steering wheel locks, and even wheel boots. finally someone came up with something simple and easy to use. It's called the T-Lock from Vintage Automotive Products, and it is virtually invisible. This automatic-transmission, floor shifter T-handle is a locking one that looks identical to original equipment for '65-'68 Fords. Lock it, and your Ford cannot be placed in neutral or in gear. Unlock it and take a spin. The T-Lock installs just like a stock shifter does. Use a Torx fastener instead of the Allen set screw, and make it tough for some low-life to steal your Ford.

Instrumentation Destination
Disassembly begins with opening up the cluster by removing the bezel screws as shown.

Reproduction instrument bezels are plasti-chromed inside and out from the factory. Original equipment was painted flat white to reflect instrument lighting. You can mask and paint your bezel flat white inside, which will improve instrument lighting. Lay it down in very light coats.

Did you know The Paddock has new instrument bulb helmets in a variety of colors? You don't have to live with the original aqua-blue lighting anymore. Scott Drake Enterprises produces these bulb helmets in red, yellow, and blue- just to name three available colors.

Our finished '68 instrument cluster has fresh lamps, bulb helmets, silver faces, and a new bezel. Can't wait to get it installed and look at it in the dark.

Instrument removal is simple. Remove the tinnerman's nuts at the posts. Do not discard the cardboard insulators. You're going to need them when the instruments are reinstalled. The ammeter has soft plastic insulators that must also be reused in the interest of safety.

M-Detail, The Mustang Market suggests using soapy water behind these peel-and-stick instrument faces. We didn't. We carefully laid down these faces and worked the bubbles out. For a more forgiving application, use the soap and water for adjustment purposes. Once the soap and water dry, the face is permanently set.

The Scott Drake bulb helmets install with ease, using one self-tapping Phillips head screw. Some applications have a hex-head screw. Our silver-face instruments will sizzle in red.