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It was a cotton flannel shirt. I disassembled the OE boots and used them as a pattern to sew up new ones. I doubt they'll last 30 years, but then again neither did the OE boots. If I can find some plaid upholstery fabric to make new seat covers out of some day, I'll remake them out of that.

Thanks! I made the boots and speaker covers out of an old shirt that I found at a thrift store. It was an easy and fun afternoon project and a vast improvement over the crappy old stuff.I would love to find some similar looking upholstery fabric to make new seat covers with.

And for some reason it's posting my pics in reverse order. I'll fix whatever is wrong tomorrow.

Update: I did some more work to make ol' Tan Lightning look a little nicer and fix some things that were broken.

I used Ace Hardware branded Rust Stopper paint. I doubt it will last long, despite my extensive prep work, but it looks good now. I bought the "Slow Children" sign on Amazon, so as not to place any actual children in danger

I finally got around to taking on some of the much needed repairs on ol' tan lightning.

-ball joints
-tie rods (inner and outer)
-wheel bearings & seals
-CV boots & axle seals
-sway bar end bushings
-sway bar to frame bushings
-strut tops
-cleaned and painted: everything
-intake/exhaust ...

My question is will parts from a 5-speed (shafts, bearings, blocking rings, shift forks, etc.) fit in a 6-speed? Are 5-speed parts as hard to find as 6-speed parts?

...and yes the Weber is on the tan one.

The parts car is in decent shape and has a buttery smooth trans, but is rusty and the previous owner had a party with the vacuum lines and wiring. The driver has a better body and fewer miles but the trans is starting to wine. The parts car's trans will get swapped into the driver this summer ...

First I pressure washed them at the local car wash. Next I took a wire wheel attached to a drill to them to get off the majority of the rust. After a second wash (with the garden hose) I masked the tires and valve stem while the rim dried. I then applied a number of coats of Rust-oleum rust ...

!986 4WD manual trans. [Daily driver (tan colored)]
1986 4WD manual trans. [Parts car (Beige colored)]