My slow-paced, mundane progress thread |
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My slow-paced, mundane progress thread |
RoadGlue |
Nov 26 2017, 11:40 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
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Krieger |
Nov 27 2017, 12:28 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,686 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None |
Go Randy go! Looks great!
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Matty900 |
Nov 27 2017, 12:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
After this weekend, you're going to be set for parts! Great Work Randy!
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RoadGlue |
Dec 1 2017, 11:02 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
While I know the body needs work (and it does!), I still thought I'd go ahead and paint the black bits as I had to repaint the rear bumper as it came in needing a bunch of work.
I always hold my breath when pulling rocker panels, but thankfully they look the same as they did when I had them off ten or so years ago. |
RoadGlue |
Dec 1 2017, 11:03 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
As you can see, I have my entire garage and gravity on a rotisserie.
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RoadGlue |
Dec 1 2017, 11:04 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
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RoadGlue |
Dec 1 2017, 11:07 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
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RoadGlue |
Dec 1 2017, 11:11 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
Pulled off the ill-fitting Triad (or Triad-clone?) and compared it to the size of the Bursch. The Bursch must be half the weight. I'm not a big fan of the sound, so I plan on swapping the muffler part out with a Magnaflow and slightly larger out pipe, you know, for street cred! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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RoadGlue |
Dec 1 2017, 11:12 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
Found my rear valance in my rafters too last night. Now that I've ditched the Triad I can actually use it, so I'll be taking that to my pop's for paint today as well.
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RoadGlue |
Dec 1 2017, 11:14 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
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RoadGlue |
Dec 4 2017, 03:22 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
Left work early on Friday and continued on with paint prep. Was able to get the bumpers, rockers, rear valance and other misc bits sprayed.
Used Eastwood's epoxy primer and their single stage urethane topcoat in satin black. My dad's garage is a dirty, dusty mess, but I'm happy with how everything turned out. Not show quality, but it's a huge bump up from where the parts were at. My rockers were pretty bent, so when I paint the car I may opt to get a new set from RD. |
RoadGlue |
Dec 4 2017, 03:23 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
I really don't see myself having the patience to do the bodywork on my whole car. Just doesn't seem like something I'd enjoy. Prefer working with the mechanical bits.
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RoadGlue |
Dec 4 2017, 03:28 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
Spent the entire day Sunday wrenching on the car in hopes of firing her up in the afternoon. My trusty friend Jon came back and helped me knock down my checklist.
However when it came time to fire her up I ended up fighting with my ignition switch. Only getting intermittent signal to the starter solenoid and it appears the switch has gone bad again. Replaced it about ten years ago after Glenn Stazak (GMS) and I had it fail on us while bopping around Mendocino. New switch ordered along with a new Pertronix III as I let the smoke out of mine in a big way. My old ignition harness from Bowlsby unfortunately has had the stripes wear off enough to where I mixed them up and appear to have nuked my old sensor. Sigh. Also noticed that my p-side 40 IDF didn't seem to be spitting nearly as much fuel down the barrels as my d-side carb. Need to investigate that as well. |
RoadGlue |
Dec 5 2017, 12:27 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
Waiting on an ignition switch and a few other bits before I can get back to the meaty stuff. So last night I had a few glasses of wine and reassembled the targa top, sans the perlon which should be here from 914rubber soon. Might have to give them a call today.
Glad I found an old forum post detailing how to install the top window seals. Tried sliding them into the rails for a while and that was a big no-go. Have to slide the other channel into the groove and then work the inner part in carefully with a screw driver. The rear seal was a total breeze. Once the seals were fitting, I roughly trimmed off the excess material from the top side windows seals and then trimmed to fit with the top nearly in place. You can really see how screwed up the side sail panel vinyl looks now. Think I might paint/dye it to hold it over until I paint the car. I plan on deleting the sail panel vinyl at that time, so really don't want to go through the hassle |
RoadGlue |
Dec 7 2017, 12:03 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
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RoadGlue |
Dec 7 2017, 12:06 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
Wow, taking off the knee pad first, per PP's guides, was worlds better than trying to get to the harness connectors with the pad in place. I didn't realize how easy it came out and feel like a dufus for struggling so badly the last time.
Ah ha, it's cracked (by my thumb in the photo) ... again! I had one fail only a year or so before I stopped driving the car and I don't remember the new switch giving me problems when I parked it in 2012'sh. Thinking it was the lousy brand and it just got brittle with age. |
RoadGlue |
Dec 7 2017, 12:16 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
The dash went back together quickly so I decided to fix a nasty wire before my fingers froze. It's getting down into the 30s and my garage is in the 50s at night, maybe lower.
Ah yeah, so what da fuch is this? The wire is super short and hacked together. Hmm, wonder if I did that when I was in my late 20s. I sure hope not. So I pulled off the wheel again and removed the copper contact ring by bending tabs on that attached it to the horn ring. The stress relief crimp section was cracked so I decide to solder the new wire into the contact ring to keep it from pulling out easily. Much better! |
krazykonrad |
Dec 7 2017, 11:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,121 Joined: 21-February 06 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 5,610 |
What paint did you use for the valance, rockers, etc.? It looks great.
Konrad |
RoadGlue |
Dec 7 2017, 11:32 AM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California |
What paint did you use for the valance, rockers, etc.? It looks great. Konrad Thanks! They'd look even better if I'd spent another day prepping, but I don't really have that type of patience at my skill level. Also found out after I bought the product that you have to wait days before you can sand epoxy primers. Here's the paint: http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rat-rod-s...lack-paint.html Primer: http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-black-epoxy-primers.html |
jmitro |
Dec 7 2017, 06:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 23-July 15 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 18,986 Region Association: None |
nice work.
funny, I have the exact same paint in my garage, just waiting for me to finally prep the same parts and paint them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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