With the body sitting on our completed chassis, we can turn our attention to all those tasks leading up to completing the interior. As the interior of the body is completely gutted, it's the perfect time to insulate. While we could have done this earlier, there were a number of tasks that involved welding and 'glassing that prevented us from proceeding.

We have decided to treat our project to a coating of LizardSkin (a number of coats actually). What is LizardSkin? It's a ceramic insulation product that provides both thermal and acoustic insulation benefits. Visit the LizardSkin website to learn more about it:

LizardSkin is supplied in 2 gal. pails and cover approximately 20+
sq. ft. per gallon. Ours was supplied and installed by Canadian
distributor Jason Bowen of Trim Tech Interiors and Glass. Visit them here:

Jason gets underway by masking off everything that will not be covered.

Can't be too careful with a painted car. Having said that,
LizardSkin cleans up with water - nice for a change.

All the interior holes and brackets also get the cover-up treatment.

Jason begins by mixing the product. He's using a standard cordless
drill and the stir paddle that comes with their spray gun kit.
It's blended at low RPM until a nice consistency is reached.

Cleanup is a breeze in plain ol' water.

Jason's ready to go. An "X" slit is made in the container lid and
the siphon tube is inserted. All that's needed now is connection
to an air supply. Jason is holding the gun from the spray gun kit.

Jason starts in the trunk - coat #1

Next comes the inside roof (next three photos).
The Lizard Skin material easily gets in behind the bows.

Next is the firewall and front quarters.
Getting into small fiddly areas is no problem.

Next comes the floor.

At this point, the first coat is complete.
It's important to let the product dry thorougly between coats.
In the correct temperature, it sets up pretty quickly.

From this photo (and the next), you can appreaciate how tricky it would be to
insulate behind all this metal structure and with all the compound
curves with traditional insulation material.

Completed trunk. The same process was repeated a number of times until
the desired thickness was achieved. LizardSkin recommends 3-4 coats.

When the job was completed, the material was just slightly higher than
a regular credit card. This is all that's required. It dried to charcoal
colour with a very slight pebbly texture. It can be sanded smooth
and also painted conventionally if need be.