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Nobody "needs" a whole gallon of it.. LOL
Broke my 7UP Pop Machine today....
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My helper and I spent the afternoon picking our nose!
How it sat after throwing it on quick to get her home after paint.
Couldn't live with that..
My helper...
A 1/2 hour of playing and I can live with this!
Doesn't get much better than that!
Drivers side not quite as clean but it is what it is... a car.
Hood needs to come forward a smidge..
Now I can sleep at night...LOL
How it sat after throwing it on quick to get her home after paint.
Couldn't live with that..
My helper...
A 1/2 hour of playing and I can live with this!
Doesn't get much better than that!
Drivers side not quite as clean but it is what it is... a car.
Hood needs to come forward a smidge..
Now I can sleep at night...LOL
LOOKING GREAT WAYNE!!!
And no boogers hanging/ showing!!
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Not sure if I lost one, or never had one.... but easy enough to make from an old crazy carpet. Rain shields for the back window interiors.
Red might show or peek out...
All fixed, just need some clips. Headlight bucket stop bolts above them.
Now that I adjusted the nose I can barely get my pinky fingers in between it and the hood to open it. Time to put the safety catch and hood pop spring in place.
Hood catch in place.
Lift spring screwed down to the latch plate.
Someone at Chrysler was thinking when they did this with three tube clamps and screws.
Time to clean up the hood pins. Found some nice new washers, identical to the beat up originals, in my stash.
Painted Satin Black.
Pins cleaned up, will install pin bezels and cables while the paint dries on the washers.
Red might show or peek out...
All fixed, just need some clips. Headlight bucket stop bolts above them.
Now that I adjusted the nose I can barely get my pinky fingers in between it and the hood to open it. Time to put the safety catch and hood pop spring in place.
Hood catch in place.
Lift spring screwed down to the latch plate.
Someone at Chrysler was thinking when they did this with three tube clamps and screws.
Time to clean up the hood pins. Found some nice new washers, identical to the beat up originals, in my stash.
Painted Satin Black.
Pins cleaned up, will install pin bezels and cables while the paint dries on the washers.
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Hood pin retainer pin cables installed.
Yep, it's off the car. This is what happens...
Pin bezels mounted.
Spoiler unwrapped and ready to install.
Spoiler on. License plate and grill bezels next.
Grill and bezels ready to go with tinnerman clips and painted screws.
Not sure I like the body colour spoiler, might have to go back to Black. Will see if it grows on me for now. Still needs the rubber bumper strip installed, but that'll wait until she's buffed out.
Yep, it's off the car. This is what happens...
Pin bezels mounted.
Spoiler unwrapped and ready to install.
Spoiler on. License plate and grill bezels next.
Grill and bezels ready to go with tinnerman clips and painted screws.
Not sure I like the body colour spoiler, might have to go back to Black. Will see if it grows on me for now. Still needs the rubber bumper strip installed, but that'll wait until she's buffed out.
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Clip nuts previously media blasted and dipped in T9 installed to front fenders.
Quick buff on the marker light chrome.
Driver's markers installed.
Passenger side ready to go, with OE retainer and nuts.
Passenger marker in place.
Back side. Full under coat car from the factory.
Fender extensions ready to install.
Close up to show the rivnuts for the bottom pan installation. That said I don't have, nor do I want a bottom pan blocking radiator air flow.
An hour of playing and tweaking and we have a GREAT fit. Doesn't get much better than that!
Everything blends fairly nice.
Quick buff on the marker light chrome.
Driver's markers installed.
Passenger side ready to go, with OE retainer and nuts.
Passenger marker in place.
Back side. Full under coat car from the factory.
Fender extensions ready to install.
Close up to show the rivnuts for the bottom pan installation. That said I don't have, nor do I want a bottom pan blocking radiator air flow.
An hour of playing and tweaking and we have a GREAT fit. Doesn't get much better than that!
Everything blends fairly nice.
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Air seal shown in place. Will need to get the asphalt undercoating out and blend in the yellow!
Drivers side again not quite as clean, but I can definitely live with it.
Wife was yacking to a GF at supper time, so I had time to install the hood pins and set up the hood depth as well while I watched the "line in use" display! LOL
Gorgeous.. PRE cut and buff !
Lookin good.
Pretty consistent gaps, just need to bring the hood forward a smidgen. Need to paint the correct hood attach bolts yellow first. We threw some temporary bolts in to get it assembled and home back in June.
Bed time again.
Drivers side again not quite as clean, but I can definitely live with it.
Wife was yacking to a GF at supper time, so I had time to install the hood pins and set up the hood depth as well while I watched the "line in use" display! LOL
Gorgeous.. PRE cut and buff !
Lookin good.
Pretty consistent gaps, just need to bring the hood forward a smidgen. Need to paint the correct hood attach bolts yellow first. We threw some temporary bolts in to get it assembled and home back in June.
Bed time again.
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It is hard to believe that this happened 14 months ago.
Looking good, Wayne.
Looking good, Wayne.
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It certainly is, but since we're at camp all Summer and I figured that I'd lost 2023's use of the car anyhow it's been back burner'd while I take care of the important things around here first = family !It is hard to believe that this happened 14 months ago.
Looking good, Wayne.
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You mentioned leaving out a "bottom pan".
I'm not familiar with these cars. Does that panel bridge between the nose and the radiator core support?
Secondly...
I really like the subdued look of the smaller black treatment around the headlight doors. I'm aware that it isn't stock but it sure looks cleaner to me.
I'm not familiar with these cars. Does that panel bridge between the nose and the radiator core support?
Secondly...
I really like the subdued look of the smaller black treatment around the headlight doors. I'm aware that it isn't stock but it sure looks cleaner to me.
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Yes, OE the entire bottom was buttoned up with a galvanized pan. Bolts into the lower nose, fender extensions and clip nuts along the rad support. Clip nuts are still there on mine, just don't have the pan and most guys leave them off for airflow anyhow.
Black out is just ready for the larger decals. Painting it black this way avoids the "racoon eye" look that some have when they forget to black out about 1/2 " around the headlight buckets and doors.
Black out is just ready for the larger decals. Painting it black this way avoids the "racoon eye" look that some have when they forget to black out about 1/2 " around the headlight buckets and doors.
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Wayne, will the panels etc shift around after a few hundred KM's?
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They are extremely difficult to move in any direction to get things to line up, so now that I have them "there" I don't think they're going anywhere. The only thing that may happen, but it shouldn't now that the lower fender extensions are in and the keep the nose braced, is the nose may droop a bit again.
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Nope, still beating my head against a wall with them...
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That's a beautiful car. I'm glad you are giving her the attention she deserves. I love the detailed pics
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Someone with a torch in the 80's pulled the bumper. Guess they couldn't get the bolt out and then the nut departed it's welds and down the frame rail it went.
Took me over an hour to fish the old nut and broken bolt out, that's been rattling around in there for 3+ decades. I set a new nut into place and ready to MIG it to the rail and clean the mess up. Hopefully without setting the car on fire....
We will see how well the 54 year old bumper cleans up.
Quite well amazingly. A little hand rub with MAAS. Upper edge 1/2 done here...
Not bad, not bad at all. Looks like I need to search through my stock and find a couple of bumper bolts as well. Someone stuck regular bolts in the lower edge.
The other collateral from the torch wielding fiend.
Pattern off the opposite side.
Mess cut off clean. Just need to make a metal replacement from the pattern and weld it into place.
Took me over an hour to fish the old nut and broken bolt out, that's been rattling around in there for 3+ decades. I set a new nut into place and ready to MIG it to the rail and clean the mess up. Hopefully without setting the car on fire....
We will see how well the 54 year old bumper cleans up.
Quite well amazingly. A little hand rub with MAAS. Upper edge 1/2 done here...
Not bad, not bad at all. Looks like I need to search through my stock and find a couple of bumper bolts as well. Someone stuck regular bolts in the lower edge.
The other collateral from the torch wielding fiend.
Pattern off the opposite side.
Mess cut off clean. Just need to make a metal replacement from the pattern and weld it into place.
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Having a hard time reminding myself that I'm reassembling this car, not restoring it!!
Guess I should clean up the licence plate light.
Some days I should just leave stuff assembled. Of course the lens is broken.
Oh ya, Wife bought me this cool glue system for Christmas about 6 years ago and it still works! A bit of glue, hit the UV light and instantly bonded!!
Bondic, UV glue, just like the dentist fixing your teeth!
Mounting bracket cleaned up and repainted Satin Black.
Looking for steel for the bumper bracket, oh look.. the bolts and washers from when my 2 post hoist was shipped ELEVEN years ago!
Hmmm...
Yah, that'll work.
Cutting out the piece.
That'll work.
Guess I should clean up the licence plate light.
Some days I should just leave stuff assembled. Of course the lens is broken.
Oh ya, Wife bought me this cool glue system for Christmas about 6 years ago and it still works! A bit of glue, hit the UV light and instantly bonded!!
Bondic, UV glue, just like the dentist fixing your teeth!
Mounting bracket cleaned up and repainted Satin Black.
Looking for steel for the bumper bracket, oh look.. the bolts and washers from when my 2 post hoist was shipped ELEVEN years ago!
Hmmm...
Yah, that'll work.
Cutting out the piece.
That'll work.
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