Jake and Dave, I'm sure you are going to find a lot of support from members here on this project! I for one have always preferred a straight Imapla over a Super Sport (Bench Seat 4 Speed :biggthumpup:) and as you said "It ain't right!" - Bill W

----So cool that you two are returning the car to just how Cousin Eddies Father picked it up when brand new. If you can't find a stainless polishing guy closer to you that you feel you can trust, I have the name and number of a guy here in the greater Detroit area. The Detroit guys on the sight will probably have heard of him. Gordon Duda. I'll PM his number. You will like him, as I do!....Bill S

Are any of us RIGHT? Bill

That's three Bills in a row. Do we have a Bingo?

Actually, it's 4 and diagonally, with the free space in the center, yes, it's a BINGO !!

Rainy day here in Northern IL - so a perfect time to start tearing into things and get organized for this initial phase. Dissembled sub assemblies and got ready to drop off at the blaster next week. Bench seat was dropped off at upholstery guy's on Thursday to remove the ratty seat cover and foam/burlap so that can get to blaster later next week too. Spindles look really clean and won't take much to clean up.

Can't ever get to the end if you don't start.......

Are you having upholstery made, or buying Ciadella covers ?
I installed Ciadella covers on my '62 and they fit great.

I think the upholstery guy is looking at covers from CARS and carpet from ACC. We put a Ciadella carpet set in the car a few years back and I was disappointed with it after everyone said their stuff was the best.

Yeah, I put ACC carpet in my '62, so no idea what they supply.
CARS seats sound good, made in MI, but their online catalog sucks... no pics of most items.

Seat frame, spindles, drums, and hubs dropped off at sandblasters last week, should be done later this week. Interior parts all ordered. Seat covers are 3 months out, so will wait until everything is in and have interior shop do the whole thing in one trip (seat covers, headliner, and carpet). I haven't bought parts at this scale in a while and prices have sure gone up. Glad I don't have to do the whole car!

Made some more progress this week. Picked up the parts from the blaster on Thursday and got everything but the hubs painted yesterday. Hubs will require some more cleaning to get the old grease out from the inside prior to painting. Got an initial quote on the aluminum trim restoration...........gulp :confused2:. The brackets I needed for the seat trim came in and I ordered all of the brake lines/fittings/hoses for the swap.

Happy Fathers Day! :beers:

That's awesome,love keeping up with this thread.

Brake lines and related showed up yesterday, got some paint on the hubs last night so they don't rust up.

Thanks to e-bay I was able to track down a pair of original brake shoe anchor pins that I needed (picture of a single that came with one of the drums I bought). Those are being shipped.

Will stop by my local NAPA store to pick up the bearing kits - as they stock them evidently.

Working through vendors and getting close to sending out the aluminum trim - probably go out next week. Went down and took some underside pictures of the car this weekend for reference and also took for a quick drive. It appears that when they did the disc brake conversion they used the original spindles - so that makes things easier - I think. Good thing as I also found out the replacement spindles I acquired are not correct - the mounting boss for the backing plate is too short, not sure what they are from/for now - but they are restored lol.

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From the Carl Bolander era.........will look similar when I am done less the hubpcaps/rings.

What's the Bolander connection ? I sub-contracted work with him in the mid to late 80's.

He owned the car for awhile.

Mitch,Carls' been an sYc member since 2007 & goes by COPO 70 RS/Z28. > https://www.yenko.net/forum/member.php?u=44804

I wonder if it is the same Carl Bolander that owned a construction and excavation company "Bolander and Sons" in St Paul, MN. Seems it would have to be one of the son's to still be "active" today.

This is Carl.. https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-bolander-06ba949

Could be a relative, but I don't see any link to St Paul, MN. He would have been in college at the time I worked for the local company.

Carl's granddad's bro.

Little bit of progress this weekend.

I got the exterior aluminum trim pieces (along with the bench seat trim) packaged up and sent out this morning to be restored - made a special shipping tube out of 4" PVC at work for the exterior trim - the tube had to be 8' long to fit the rear 1/4 panel trim pieces in. Had the Regal at work Friday when the shipping tube was done being made up and decided to stuff them in the car to get them home for the weekend rather than wait (or take a truck home). Dad would have done the same thing lol......:biggthumpup:

Anyways - trim is shipped out today and should be back in a month or so, Thanks Bill S. for the lead on the trim guy. Probably would have been cheaper to take you and Jan up on your offer to drop them off and visit but no time right now.

Other minor item I did was clean up the hardware for the wheel studs and spindle bolts.

When doing the Chevelle underhood clean up a few years back I bought a small Eastwood tumbler. I threw everything in with the media and let it run a few hours on the patio - just need a final clean and detail now.

----Glad this worked out for you Jake. You will like the outcome!....Bill S

Yesterday I picked up the new front brake shoes and today I ordered the last of what I think I need for parts - the rear trunk panel and cove trim along with the bench seat shifter boot and ring.

The trim is on it's way back to me - sneak peak pic from the restorer Gordon Duda.......before and after side by side.

Still working on finding an anodizer.

Did some detail work on the hub assemblies last night. Little by little...

Seat trim showed up today - looks great. The 4th piece I have and is NOS so it didn't need to be restored.

Exterior trim showed up yesterday, have not had time yet to unpack and inspect. Found an anodizer.....moving along.

Took me an hour to unwrap the moldings - lots of protective tape and plastic but look so good they don't even look like the same ones I sent.

Scheduling time with the anodizer for a couple weeks out.

----I knew Gordon would do you right. The 409 is going to take on a whole new persona, Jake!....Bill S

Connected with the anodizer yesterday and will deliver parts to him when he returns from the Mopar Nationals in 2 weeks.

The guy I got the original group of parts from found and restored a correct master cylinder with the correct screw top, so I got that bought today as well.

Making progress.......

I really like where this project is going!!

Still waiting on seat cover and headliner. Carpet came in, haven't stopped to see it yet.

We were down at Mom's for the annual family reunion this weekend and I had some time Sunday morning so I tested the NOS temp gauge I got from Tony this spring. These things run warm as it is and I wanted to be able to keep tabs on it. Given the age of the NOS gauge I thought it prudent to make sure everything was in order prior to installing. Took one of Mom's candy thermometers and boiled some water. Gauge checks out OK. I was able to find a proper bracket from Summit to install - so now I just need to get 'er done.

Was able to take the car for a 20 mile ride and topped of the tank with some fresh fuel.

Baby steps.......

Good news today. Stopped by the upholstery shop and the seat covers and headliner are in - the carpet has been in for a while. I will drop off the front seat next week for them to start on. Probably mid-October for everything else. Been communicating with the anodizer and I should have something set up with him next week as well.

Got the trim pieces delivered to Bill Petrow yesterday for anodizing - will be about a month to get back. Also gave him a spare set of hubcaps to clean up. Making progress.....

Went down to Mom's yesterday and met Dave for lunch. I pulled out the rear seat and dropped it off today at the upholstery shop so they could have the seats 100% done when I brought the car in for the balance of the interior work.

Now we wait for a while for everyone's schedule to open up and get things done.

----Can't wait to see the finished product, Jake!!!....Bill S

I had some spare time on Saturday afternoon to tinker with mocking up the front drum brake assemblies. Part of my motivation is trying to consolidate my parts pile off the garage floor as I'll soon have to make room for my truck inside as the weather turns colder in the coming weeks.

I found out the backing plates are for self adjusting brakes with no hole for the adjuster on the bottom. I just found and ordered the correct (non-reproduction) backing plates with the shoe adjusting hole. Will need to get those blasted and painted when they arrive.

When I pulled the back seat out last week the seat frames were half-a$$ painted by someone previously with a fair amount of surface rust still present. So I stopped by the upholstery guy's place in my travels this morning and told him to call me when he has the old covers off and I will pick them up and get it blasted and painted to match the front seat. Might as well do things right........

Keep learning and moving forward I guess.

Do the drums have the hole in them for the adjuster ?

Most self adjusting brakes I've worked on still have a hole in the plate, or drum for manual adjusting too.