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Thanks for the compliment/moral support! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
I do have a twin posting at the PerformanceYears.com website under the 70-73 Firebird section. (Though I seem to get more entertaining comments over here) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
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I've only been on this site for about a year but this thread is one I always look forward to seeing any updates on. Between this and kwhizz's 37 Ford build thread a guy could learn years of technical information in one sitting.
Impressive work and a great reference for others. Thanks for sharing Steve. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif Jake |
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Thanks for the compliment/moral support! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif I do have a twin posting at the PerformanceYears.com website under the 70-73 Firebird section. ( Though I seem to get more entertaining comments over here ) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif [/ QUOTE ] That's cause we know you better "Mac" https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif ... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../macgyver5.gif |
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Thanks for the compliment/moral support! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif I do have a twin posting at the PerformanceYears.com website under the 70-73 Firebird section. (Though I seem to get more entertaining comments over here) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif [/ QUOTE ] We have some really entertaining folks hanging out here. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif |
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That's cause we know you better "Mac" https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif ... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../macgyver5.gif [/ QUOTE ] More like MacGruber https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...acgruber-2.png |
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Started her up and drove her around the driveway this evening. Looks almost finished from this angle.
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Yikes, what do we do when this thread is finished? After the Biscayne, and this one, our world will seem empty. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
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This thread, that car, and your work rocks! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif
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Your work rocking COOL!
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Celebrating the first day of Spring 2010! I have only been working on this car for 23 seasons. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif
I just got back from my first actual drive of the car in six years!!! Prior to today the only drive I ever took it on was the original test run around the block when I bought it on 11/11/2004. I buckled my 9 yr old son in the passenger seat and we snuck the car out and drove it around the neighborhood for about 4 miles, through all 4 gears and all 4 barrels. I dont know what all this hoopla is about the M22 rockcrusher making whining noises. It is relatively silent compared to the industrial, cast iron, A-833 four-speed in my Charger. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif The T/A does have a bit of pep, I must say. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif As usual, my boy interupted my enjoyable, celebratory test drive with his sarcastic: "That's enough speedy-fast, Dad. Let's go home and throw the baseball around" Kids. They just don't appreciate good fun! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif Here's the offspring about 5 years ago (or as the boy says: "When I was a kid") installing the body on the subframe. http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r.../lifters-1.jpg |
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It's all about the journey and the experience. Soon another begins or perhaps it has already started. Great work.
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Steve it is just crazy..to me it seems like its been only a couple years you have been on it, man time flies. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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Couldn't wait any longer. After staring at that refinished steering wheel in my clothes closet for years now, I finally installed it this afternoon.
Now the back half of the car is finished, and the middle half of the car is finished. Just need the front half finished and I am finally finished with all three halfs of this Cecil B. Demille production. (P.S. You know what they say: 90% of people can't do basic arithmatic...and the other half can't spell either.) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/newwheel.jpg |
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Steve, isn't it great to pull pre-finished parts out and install them! Talk about instant gratification! Nice!
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Steve.................Great Job........The worst part of finishing the project, is that your labor of Love project.............turns into being........"Just a Car"......The fun is in the the passion of the build....Again....Great Job.......
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That steering wheel looks great Steve....as a matter of fact, the whole car looks great!
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That looks incredible Steve.
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Some photos of the urethane nose being worked on. Hopefully this will be home soon so I can finalize the fender adjustment, install the grills, and hook up all the lights.
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Today's update. More sanding and fitting of the spare set of grills:
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Please go find another car to restore so you will continue to entertain me. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif This is better that Saturday television on Speed.
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If someone wants to trade me a 1973 Super Duty I'd be happy to do Trans Am Restopalooza Part Deux. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
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Does anybody have any extras of these trim screws? They are the weird hex/philips screws that I believe are the correct ones used for attaching the flares. I need another 10 of them.
They were used on a ton of different GM applications. On the Firebirds they were also used to hold the rear window filler panel (the one between the window and the trunklid) in place. http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...trimscrew1.jpg http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...trimscrew2.jpg |
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Belay that order!
Turns out that those aren't the correct screws after all. The guys on the Pontiac website provided me with photos of what the original screws are...and they coincidentally look just like the regular, round indented, philips head wheelwell trim screws I randomly grabbed out of my toolbox and used on the car in place of what I thought were the right screws. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif You gotta love when the haunted tool box knows more than you about what the right fastener is, for the job at hand. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif |
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Found them at Napa! The large, flat ridged head looks just like the originals from the Pontiac guys' photos.
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It's nice to get your faith in humanity refreshed once in a while. I got a recent email from southernfriedcj (Jim), here on the site asking me if I wanted the leftover box of parts he had found in the garage from the 72 T/A he sold a while back. I replied that I'd take whatever he had. I asked him what he wanted and he said just pay the shipping and you can have it all!
You can imagine my astonishment when two large boxes arrived and all this stuff was in it. It was like Christmas in April! A lot of the misc parts were things I had been searching for, unsuccessfully, for years. http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004970.jpg Here's some of the stuff: The original, correct zinc chromate colored, cowl weatherstrip clips (next to the not-so-accurate repro clip) http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004972.jpg http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004977.jpg The correct A/C compressor rear bolt spacer: http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004979.jpg Original 455HO valve cover bolts (yes, they had their own bolts as they were longer than the regular Pontiac bolts due to the fact that the 455HO used a much thicker valve cover gasket to allow the valve covers to clear the rocker oiling guides.) http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004975.jpg An original set of rear bumper guards - very rare item: http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004976.jpg An original 455HO A/C compressor rear bracket (yeah, they had their own unique part designed with a cut out to clear the shaker hot air stove pipes.) http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004973.jpg A really nice set of the assembly line, heavy gauge steel 1972 exhaust tips (after cleaning and chiseling off the remnants of the still attached exhaust pipes): http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...b/S7004985.jpg All I can say is Jim, you are one heck of a carguy! Thank you! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif |
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Very, very cool! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif
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There are still a lot of really nice guys/gals in the world who are not in it for the money but rather for the friendships. Jim is one of them. I know the feeling when you get a box like that in the mail. Better than Christmas as a 10 year old!
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Bravo! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif. Steve...I see you are very near completion.
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Thanks to Norwood, one of the members here and on the PerformanceYears.com website, I have the correct shaker rivets.
http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/360.jpg My bodyman was very familiar with these types of rivets since he does a lot of Corvette work and they use a similar rivet, so he got the honor of installing them. First step was drilling out the hole in the repaired fiberglass shaker lid: http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/358.jpg http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/359.jpg The rivet mandrels: http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/365.jpg http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/363.jpg http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/364.jpg The shaker is then set on top of the rivet and mandrel and the upper mandrel is gently tapped. http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/366.jpg http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...15268b/368.jpg |
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As the rivet is being supported by the lower mandrel and not by the fiberglass, it prevents any damage to the surrounding fiberglass.
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Looks good Steve! Hope to see the car at Jackson Outlets this year. You should see the repair work being done to my fiberglass crossram hood! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif They do some really good work and it comes out looking just like the factory did it.
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Nice "how-to" Mac. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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This new format wont let me see the original posted photos in the first few pages of the thread. When I try to open them it says: "You do not have access to download this attachment."
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maybe we should all just go away for a few days, I am sure this will be straightened out when we come back.
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The attached photos at the beginning of the thread now open. Very slick program! It uses your own computer's default photo viewing program to open them in full sized splendor. Very cool!
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