Recent content by RJ Squirrel

It all makes more sense with the centerline. The left side of the shifter bracket mount is the center of the console. With that edge on the centerline the vertical torque rod lines up with the center dimple in the round flat on the tunnel. I think that is how it was designed

Love the finished product that first drive must have been an ecstatic experience, grinning ear to ear, listening to every little noise! So what are you going to do now in your empty nest?

Thats what I did too, also drew a centerline between the doorjamb pinch welds for reference to keep it straight. I keep forgetting that the driveline hump is not centered

OK everybody stop looking I found the writeup from 2013 with dimensions thanks get back to looking at boobies pictures

I am putting a console shift in the RR, getting ready to weld in this bracket, looks like it is placed so the vertical torque rod is centered up on the round flat on the tunnel? Is that what we want?

X2 on restoring it with epoxy, I used PC-7 and painted it with SPI epoxy, or any automotive paint you can get mixed in an aerosol can will work, Mine looked like Beepbeep's

Great to hear, I bought 3.55 for my 69 also

Move your meat around and hope for the best? Is he talking about bbq-ing or sex in your 60’s?

I found a great epoxy for repairing plastic parts, PC products PC-7. Working time is several hours, and the next day till it is sandable. It stays somewhat pliable after it cures. I repaired some holes in the lower dash pad and restored my steering wheel that was cracked/deteriorated with it and...

The primer I used on the interior is a good oil based product thinned with VMP/naptha and applied with a long skinny brush that can put paint in areas that spraying can not do. I reached my long skinny arms in and got as much as I could inside the wheel well area too. Did the same with the...

Just lemme wear them sweatpants for a few minutes before he puts em on his head.....please pretty please

Great thread, I have a black car and live on a gravel road.... lots to try

Did they have names other than ant and aardvark? I cant remember. I should know these since I myself am a cartoon character

And as we all know, you cant just work on wiring only for weeks without going nuts, so I did all the new plumbing for the brakes and installed the headliner too o

The voltmeter conversion was pretty easy, I followed a write up I found on the net using a cheap Bosch gauge for a donor and attaching it to your existing faceplate. The new gauge centers up pretty good at 14.5 volts. The old ammeter feed wire was used to connect it via an inline fuse. The...