I'll try and respond to some of the quiries etc I sure hope so otherwise its going to be an expensive garage toy. In all seriousness I think I should be able to as have seen some severe chopped and channeled cars here, just not 100% sure what it will need but will be going down to check on that in the near future (Test centre is 90mins away) Cheers Bob, definetly going to start labelling wires as I find out what each does. Im sure my patience will be tested but it will be a fun project over the winter. Cheers its going up on a hoist this week when I get the temporary registration for it. Its been on the road quite a few years after being found and well maintained after that but always worth checking. Im also keen to see how the chassis was constructed. I reckon this is correct so thanks! Im toying with the idea of sanding down the remaining bondo and painting the roof in a matt POR15 or similar but would prefer to keep it as is. Will let you know when we know. Hopefully not toooo much Thanks to @squirrel and yourself re that toner, had not thought of that and will get one on its way! Very salient point re the cowl vent gasket. I freed up the door yesterday as it was a little sticky and the gasket is toast. Im with you on the cowl lights, just going to check I dont need parking lights prior to doing that. Is anyone aware of an off the shelf rubber plug or similar that would fit the cowl lights hole as I'd rather not weld on the car if possible. @trevorsworth As I understand its running a 350SBC with single 4 barrel and a Muncie with early 70s vette rear. Hope that covers it and once again thanks for the interest and help fellas!!
Leave the cowl lights on it. That car looks elegant with them on it. One of the few in my opinion. Have you talked to MoonEyes in Japan? They may be able to talk you through the process. Or at least a list of do’s and don’ts. Their home base is now in Japan.
The knock off lug covers would look good bead blasted and shot with "Ceracote" graphite or matching color with the wheels. Then keep your eyes out for Halibrand style KO.
Most electric problems come from poor ground connections--usually from setting- Clean- Clean-Clean! Great ride.
I've found that most electric problems on a car that's been sitting, come from dirty switch contacts, but poor grounds at light bulbs are a close second.
Awesome car Pete and congratulations on getting. We used Brady I’d wire markers for the machines we built. They are just simple stickers with numbers . It’s great because you can identify with a simple ledger .
It is indeed. Cheers mate, I have a toner on its way and as I work my way through the car with it will be cleaning as many contacts and earths as I can. Thanks! I didnt know those existed so will order some up and get them on the way. I have been chipping away at a few things and removed the sill plates as was a tad worried what I might find under them but it appears to be all super solid. Whilst I was there I thought I'd tidy it up a little and sprayed the sill plates black which works better for my eyes. A cool find whilst I was looking at the wiring under dash was a lot of small metal plaques on the firewall. Will be interesting to see how many more there are but some are dated from the 70s. So a good couple of small wins for the day. Im thinking the body is really solild under the paint but wont know for sure unless it all comes off which Im still wanting to avoid although the car definetly has dandruff. My plan is to keep chipping away at it as I can although need to focus on getting the A coupe running and hopefully sold. I had planned to keep that too but our business is being severely impacted by C19.
Thanks for all the kind words. I just see myself as a caretaker of the car. Jay the previous owner was the one that saved it. Another little win today. Looks like a corvette gave up quite a few parts back when the car was built. The hand brake release button spring was not working and fortuneatly Jay had included a whole assembly in the trunk.. With a bit of cleaning and knocking out a couple pins I was able to replace the lever from the spare one. All that crap on the sheet came out of the inner handle... Works a treat although getting the large pin back in place proved difficult so have replaced it with a bolt for now. Does anyone recognise these seats? Im guessing more corvette parts but that's only a guess.
Nice Hotrod @panhead_pete...can't wait to see you get it back to speed...hard to beat the Make and Model...careful passing them Ole Billboards...
Checked pics for seats in 60-70s 'vettes, camaros, novas and el caminos. No match to the slim back, stitching pattern and back 'lump' at the top. The latch button to hold seatback locked in the center along with lack of added headrest is going to narrow the year. I'd guess mid sixties to early 70s (if the headrest was removed and covered over). IIRC, 1970 was headrest required. Closest I found was 68 Chevelle. 69 had the button high up on the back. They had trim along the side edges, though. If someone here doesn't nail it, I'd email pics to one of the resto upholstery places.
Thanks all, asked around on some corvette FB groups and apparently not vette. Hopefully we'll work it out soon.
RE: Barracuda stitching sideways, not front to back (could be redone) Challenger was different, but also not a match. high backrest/headrest no 'lump' on back of seat (more of a GM thing) latch on side, not middle bottom much thicker back cushion side and back plastic trim =no 68 GTO shown, but wrong latch, and added headrest (option?) and side trim, as mentioned Notice the 'lump' at the top back of the back cushion? Closer, but not it.
68 camaro is close, but latch and 'lump' wrong http://camaroworld.macswebs.com/1968/interiors/interior_bucket.htm
Thanks to all that have tried to help. @RodStRace they are the closest looking seats, particularly the brackets, thanks.
Thanks but it sucks kicking it when walking past. After doing that 3x I hope my muscle memory is there for that.
Hi again Pete. You can buy blind grommets to fill the hole if you remove the cowl lights. Simply measure the hole and order them online. Easy peasy. My mate had an off topic car years ago and it had a rust hole at the cowl. He didn't want to repair and paint it, I asked him to make a cup of tea and I would sort it, he went indoors and by the time he came out with tea I had rummaged around his garage, found a blind grommet, filed the hole and fitted the grommet.
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