My 1967 Belvedere Convertible Plans and Restoration (aka - Mad Scientist Build)
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Thanks 747Mopar . . . I'll have to check into that on my car, but the quarter is so full of sand I doubt it's exiting at all . . . which also explains why the quarter is probably toast ! !
So - plan is to cut it out, check and fix the rockers as needed - then weld in the patches . . . and seal everything up good ! ! !
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Finally . . . got some clutter out of the way . . .
Been trying to tidy up some loose ends and get back to the Belvedere . . .
Got the exhaust on the 66 Shoe Box - boy does she sound GOOD now ! ! ! !
Got the daughter's car, a 2005 Scion Xb, sitting in the driveway - she gets to do the tags, title and registration tomorrow.
Now I can focus my attention back on the Belvedere . . .
Except . . . it's 19 degrees outside, with a windchill of 5 and still dropping . . . I thought I was in NC ? ? ? ( sorry for you guys up north ! - Brrrr )
Been trying to tidy up some loose ends and get back to the Belvedere . . .
Got the exhaust on the 66 Shoe Box - boy does she sound GOOD now ! ! ! !
Got the daughter's car, a 2005 Scion Xb, sitting in the driveway - she gets to do the tags, title and registration tomorrow.
Now I can focus my attention back on the Belvedere . . .
Except . . . it's 19 degrees outside, with a windchill of 5 and still dropping . . . I thought I was in NC ? ? ? ( sorry for you guys up north ! - Brrrr )
Congrats 67 on the daughters car and getting back to the 67. If it makes you feel any better they're calling for -35 tomorrow with the windshield factor and I work in a freakin sawmill "I'll look like an Eskimo tomorrow". I just looked it's zero right now, earlier I put my shoes on (wet from the snow melting off) to go outside and as soon as I stepped onto the stone step my shoe froze to it "IT'S FREEZIN".
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X 2 on the congrats 67! 747 you are not alone with the cold and wind chills, AM brings worse i guess if there right. Hope it warms up some for all of us, Springs coming guys hold on!! 
X 2 on the congrats 67! 747 you are not alone with the cold and wind chills, AM brings worse i guess if there right. Hope it warms up some for all of us, Springs coming guys hold on!!
This arctic blast ( or vortex ) should pass through in the next day or so - and then I'll be back out in the shop and working on the mini-tub project . . . anxious to get back out there and get something done on the Belvedere . . .
Oh, the daughter loves her "new" 2005 Scion Xb . . . I think it's a cool little car.
( ordered a driver door lock actuator - her driver door isn't working ) That's just not right ! !
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Good luck with the door and i'm glad your daughter is happy .. now back to work
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Carolina does get some crazy/weird weather. I was stationed not too far from Raleigh and the last year I was there we got a Hurricane and a couple weeks later, a foot and a half of snow. Talk about a 180..lol Being from the north, I have no problem playing in the snow, but you southern boys can keep those hurricanes. 2 foot of rain in a day, wind blowing 100 MPH+, rivers flowing the wrong way and tornado warnings firing off on the radio every other minute. Nuts!
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I've been pretty luck so far . . . being this far inland and not on the coast, the storm tends to fizzle out more at it reaches me . . . but I did live in Raleigh when hurricane Hugo came through and hit Charlotte . . . then I moved to Charlotte and hurricane Fran hit Raleigh . . .
Prop - I'm a Michigander born and raised, just moved to NC as the result of employment . . . I love the snow too ! !
Guess you have "things" that you have to deal with anywhere in the US that one chooses to live ! ! Not much you can do about it . . .
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That's right KB . . . what's the difference between -40 and -50 . . . at that point it's just F-ing COLD !! !! !! ( SMILE )
Pic of the daughter's car . . . I think she's really liking it ! ! !
This is right after we got it inspected . . . it passed, that's a good sign ! ! She's the second owner . . .
This is right after we got it inspected . . . it passed, that's a good sign ! ! She's the second owner . . .
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I can't say I like those but if she likes it that's all that matters
X2 but then again I don't like anything foreign haha, that's women for ya thou "always picking the cute cars". Good to hear it passed "what did it have to pass"? Consider yourself lucky because my daughter wants my Charger but then again she's only 7 so who knows what she'll want by then. Oh, good group you posted (three doors down).I can't say I like those but if she likes it that's all that matters
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Since you put those words in the same sentence I must say I do like foreign women though
Oh yeah especially the cute ones
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X 2 on the congrats 67! 747 you are not alone with the cold and wind chills, AM brings worse i guess if there right. Hope it warms up some for all of us, Springs coming guys hold on!!
holding on real tight, im ready for it now ron...lol
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congrats to your daughter on the new hot rod.
Very interesting drive to work this morning . . .
So I'm on my way to work in the morning, no rain in sight, so I grab the 66 Shoe Box and head down the road. With the recent upgrades to the car, it's not only sounding so much better, it's running a ton better ( actually has some get up and go now ) and it's a blast to drive ! While driving down the road I hear a thump and wonder . . . what was that ? ? ? Figuring it was just a rock that kicked up off the road, I continue . . . until the generator light on the dash lights up. That's not a good sign at all, but I've had the belt jump off the pulley in the past, so I figure, it did it again. A quick look at the temp gauge, and it's slowly rising and getting up near 200.
So I pull off the road into the ball park parking lot and shut the car down to fix the belt . . .or at least, that's what I thought I'd have to do . . . so I pop the hood and take a quick look and . . . all "looks" good ? ? ? Until I notice one little thing . . .
Take a look at the left of the alternator in the engine block, you'll see . . .
yes . . .
(2) sheared off bolts that use to hold my alternator bracket in place . . .
NOT GOOD ! ! !
So, very shortly after I make this discovery, and I'm wondering what to do next, a gentleman pulls up in a pickup truck and ask if I need any help. This was the second surprise, as these days people rarely stop and offer to help ! Knowing that I don't have the right wrench in the car to remove the nut off the alternator ( go ahead and beat me up for no tools in the car ! ) I ask if he's got any tools - he pulls out a small socket set - which allows me to remove the nut and pull the entire alternator and bracket assembly out the engine compartment. My pickup truck friend states - Uh, that don't look good ! So he asks if he can drive me anyplace to get parts - I'm thinking, get the car home and in the garage, grab the truck and get back to work. But it's a 10 minute drive home and with no water pump, I'd have maybe 5 minutes before I'd have to pull over and let the engine cool off before I could move again . . . so I'd be an hour later getting to work. On the truck, I notice he's a brick mason, so I ask him if he's got any brick mason line ( well DUH ! ). He had on small spool, with about 10-20 feet of line on it and he asks, what you planning on doing ? I inform him that I'm going to try and make a simple "belt" with the line, enough to turn the water pump and allow me to get home ( hopefully without the battery dying ). He said - can you do that ? I'm thinking . . . I hope so . . . so I continue on my line wrapping . . .
Finally get the line wrapped and try to tie a not in the nylon line was not working too well . . . so I do my best and fire up the car . . . it starts to unravel . . . so I shut it down and start restringing the line - then ask him if he has any tape ? So he pulls out a roll of white medical tape . . . so I tear off a piece and tape the end of the knots in the line to try and hold them in place. Fire up the car again, and a small piece unravels again . . . so I figure might as well try and get home . . . so I thank the guy and head down the road . . .
Got all the way home with the car not even getting above 140 . . . and here's a picture of the mason line makeshift belt ! !
Before my "guardian angel" left, he gave me his business card - so I stopped at Lowes and bought a new full package of mason line and plan on sending it to him with some cash for taking time from his morning to stop and help me out.
On, so while I'm working on the car, he's taking pictures of the 66 Shoe Box ! ! !
Had a great time chatting with the guy, and he showed me his custom chopper ( with nitrous ) that was his "baby" . . . it was SWEET ! ! !
So, got home, parked the 66, grabbed the pickup truck and got back to work only 30 minutes late ! !
Nothing like a normal drive to work to start your day off right ! ! ! ( smile )
So I'm on my way to work in the morning, no rain in sight, so I grab the 66 Shoe Box and head down the road. With the recent upgrades to the car, it's not only sounding so much better, it's running a ton better ( actually has some get up and go now ) and it's a blast to drive ! While driving down the road I hear a thump and wonder . . . what was that ? ? ? Figuring it was just a rock that kicked up off the road, I continue . . . until the generator light on the dash lights up. That's not a good sign at all, but I've had the belt jump off the pulley in the past, so I figure, it did it again. A quick look at the temp gauge, and it's slowly rising and getting up near 200.
So I pull off the road into the ball park parking lot and shut the car down to fix the belt . . .or at least, that's what I thought I'd have to do . . . so I pop the hood and take a quick look and . . . all "looks" good ? ? ? Until I notice one little thing . . .
Take a look at the left of the alternator in the engine block, you'll see . . .
yes . . .
(2) sheared off bolts that use to hold my alternator bracket in place . . .
NOT GOOD ! ! !
So, very shortly after I make this discovery, and I'm wondering what to do next, a gentleman pulls up in a pickup truck and ask if I need any help. This was the second surprise, as these days people rarely stop and offer to help ! Knowing that I don't have the right wrench in the car to remove the nut off the alternator ( go ahead and beat me up for no tools in the car ! ) I ask if he's got any tools - he pulls out a small socket set - which allows me to remove the nut and pull the entire alternator and bracket assembly out the engine compartment. My pickup truck friend states - Uh, that don't look good ! So he asks if he can drive me anyplace to get parts - I'm thinking, get the car home and in the garage, grab the truck and get back to work. But it's a 10 minute drive home and with no water pump, I'd have maybe 5 minutes before I'd have to pull over and let the engine cool off before I could move again . . . so I'd be an hour later getting to work. On the truck, I notice he's a brick mason, so I ask him if he's got any brick mason line ( well DUH ! ). He had on small spool, with about 10-20 feet of line on it and he asks, what you planning on doing ? I inform him that I'm going to try and make a simple "belt" with the line, enough to turn the water pump and allow me to get home ( hopefully without the battery dying ). He said - can you do that ? I'm thinking . . . I hope so . . . so I continue on my line wrapping . . .
Finally get the line wrapped and try to tie a not in the nylon line was not working too well . . . so I do my best and fire up the car . . . it starts to unravel . . . so I shut it down and start restringing the line - then ask him if he has any tape ? So he pulls out a roll of white medical tape . . . so I tear off a piece and tape the end of the knots in the line to try and hold them in place. Fire up the car again, and a small piece unravels again . . . so I figure might as well try and get home . . . so I thank the guy and head down the road . . .
Got all the way home with the car not even getting above 140 . . . and here's a picture of the mason line makeshift belt ! !
Before my "guardian angel" left, he gave me his business card - so I stopped at Lowes and bought a new full package of mason line and plan on sending it to him with some cash for taking time from his morning to stop and help me out.
On, so while I'm working on the car, he's taking pictures of the 66 Shoe Box ! ! !
Had a great time chatting with the guy, and he showed me his custom chopper ( with nitrous ) that was his "baby" . . . it was SWEET ! ! !
So, got home, parked the 66, grabbed the pickup truck and got back to work only 30 minutes late ! !
Nothing like a normal drive to work to start your day off right ! ! ! ( smile )
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Nice ingenuity there. Good thing you actually had somebody offer to help. It's really rare to get that these days which is why I have a mechanics tool set in the back seat of the truck. I hope the bolt stubs come out easy for you!
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Well that certainly turned out as well as it possibly could have. Glad to hear you had a guardian angel looking out for you.
Yeah KB - I'll be getting a tools kit and it'll be going into the Shoe Box . . . should have done it before !
Lucky for me, I ran a tap in the holes before I used them and they came out very nicely ! !
Now to figure out how to reinforce the bracket so it won't shear off on me again . . .
Forgot . . . the guy introduced himself and asked my name, I was a little busy ( not rude ), so I told him I was Tim the Toolman Taylor . . . then told him my real name . . . I don't think he caught the joke . .. guess I should have said I was MacGyver . . . ( lol ) . . . after I was done he stated - mason string is not just for laying bricks anymore . . . LMAO
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Yes it surely did . . . gotta use the head on your shoulders as best you can ! ! !
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And you definitely did brother .. good heads up thinking !!
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