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Jason...bench seat 69 has 3 sets of belts in the front...look at the pics in the slideshow for the 69 Granny Nova...also, our 70 black bench seat car, which has a floor shift, has 3 sets. Hope that helps...wilma

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/...view=slideshow

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nova Jed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The rubber boot goes onto the sheetmetal, the black ring screws to the floor, then the carpet tucks under the tabs on the black ring. Finally, the trim ring goes over top of it all.

Hope that helps?

Jed </div></div>

Thanks Jed, Thats what I thought but wasn't sure.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WILMASBOYL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jason...bench seat 69 has 3 sets of belts in the front...look at the pics in the slideshow for the 69 Granny Nova...also, our 70 black bench seat car, which has a floor shift, has 3 sets. Hope that helps...wilma

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/...view=slideshow

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Thanks for the pictures Tom. So the link you posted of the front bench seat has 5 female buckles in the one picture. I am guessing this 69 nova has the shoulder seat belt option?. My car does have the shoulder seat belt option also.We all know 68 novas have some odd differences. I just find it odd that the previous owner removed only 5 pairs of seat belts. 2 were bagged for the front and three bagged for the rear. I will have to do a little more digging. Thanks for the help.


Jason

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Jason...I checked the photos of our yellow 68 car...bench seat..3 sets in the front seat...this car does not have the optional shoulder harness.

http://www.chevynova.org/TomWilliams...low/Page1.html

I think there should be 5 female buckles if you have the shoulder harness option.

tew

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You are correct Tom. I just was checking all my 68 nova pictures and found Tommy Turners low mile Gold 68 nova had the 5 female buckles for the shoulder seat belt option. Thanks again...

The wife will be happy! She will now have a spot next to me...LOL

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...psba965516.jpg

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I am getting ready to redo my interior panels for the L79. I bought the non-assembled door and rear panels. What has everyone used to hold the new panels to the old metal tops? From the factory they looked like the metal was crimped to the cardboard. I thought about using a rivet to hold the new panel to the old top frame. Anyone have any suggestions?

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Jason, doing the rivets is the best way to be able to line up the door panels onto the door. If you use the metal reinforcement, you can put that onto the top of the door after you have the new panel screwed to the door. Just an easy way to have everything lined up when everything is finished.

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Thanks Jed. After looking at the top metal panel and removing the old door panel material. I just re-used the crimp the factory used. I bent all the tabs up by using the end of a file as a guide. The hole is square that was punched from the factory. The end of the file through the hole let me bend all the tabs up. Then just putting the new door panels over the tabs; line everything up, and on a hard surface use a hammer and tap the cardboard over the tabs. When it was all done it looked just like the factory. No rivets needed. I did both my door panels today and they came out great. Still waiting on my rear panels they are on back order. I will take some pictures when I do my rear panels.

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I forgot that I had done that in the past too. Cool!

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Jason, i don't own that gold Nova anymore. Zach Carter has that car now in Texas. He has really cleaned it up and made a sweet ride out of it. Like that one though, my old blue 68 also had the same seatbelt combination.

Tommy [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jason, i don't own that gold Nova anymore. Zach Carter has that car now in Texas. He has really cleaned it up and made a sweet ride out of it. Like that one though, my old blue 68 also had the same seatbelt combination.

Tommy [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img] </div></div>

I new you sold that car tommy. It sure is a nice original 68...

Ok I tried installing my carpet today in the L79. The rear piece went great. But the front carpet piece that goes over the tunnel fits like crap. Anyone have any tips? I don't have a carpet steamer. Will a heat gun work. I was afraid of burning the carpet with the heat gun. I am actually thinking of ordering another carpet. This was a trim parts carpet which I thought was the preferred choice by everyone. I was so mad I had to walk away from it……

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I used Auto Custom Carpet and I had the same trouble. I used the original style carpet sound deadener under mine. Seemed to help a bit? You almost have to cover it in plastic and put a couple of bricks on for awhile. In the foot wells that is. It takes a little bit for it to relax. Also getting the seatbelt bolts in place help too.

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----Jason,,,This isnt the best time to put carpet in as its really good to sit the carpet outside in the sun. I dont really have an answer for you except that. I dont think I would use a heat gun. Sunlamp maybe???
----Secondly, I dont think Trim parts make thier own carpet anyway. They probaby source it from Auto Custom Carpet......Bill S

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Thanks for the tips. I checked on the carpet last night I think I am going to be ok. I just needed to walk away. Sometimes when you come back to a problem it just goes so much better...

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Windshield installed.... top window trim installed... lower trim is fighting me.(had to walk away) Lol!

Has anyone had any luck with the lower windshield trim outer clip. The set I bought aren't even close to my 1 original I have? Any tips? Am I missing something?

http://www.heartbeatcitycamaro.com/s...molding-clips/

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Performace years Pontiac has the right clips.

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Jed are these the ones you used? (RFF44B)

They look different then the ones I bought, which are the ones from the link.

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Jason, I have a used set if you need them.

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I may need them.I will let you know. Those kind of look like the ones I have but have a notch on the top side. Is there a coating on them? After I posted I went back up to the garage and looked at another piece of trim with the original clip on it. I don't think I had the clip in far enough on the trim so the angle was off. So the clip wasn't lining up with the bolt. So know I have to bend that clip back because I tried every other option before walking away. I will try again tonight. I will figure it out.

Jason

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Jason, These do have the ruberized coating on them, these are off a 69 Camaro.

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Hi Jason,
The work that you have done to bring this L79 Nova back to better than new condition is absolutely astonishing. Well Done!
It was great talking with you.

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I have been slowly making progress on the L79. Today I picked up my seats from the upholstery shop. I had everything ready so I could just install them. The only thing left in the interior is to mount the front seat belts. It’s coming along slowly… no reason we won’t be ready for spring. The next big challenge is straightening the one year only body side trim. The door trim will be a big challenge. They have a lot of door dings in them. Sorry about the pictures they are from my phone. I think the lens is a little dirty.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps2507ae4b.png
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I saw those seats today in person...they look very nice...Jason is doing a fine job on this rare Nova..should be killer when it hits the streets... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

wilma

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Looks great Jason!!

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that is a killer color Jason. Looks great!

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Beautiful car/job Jason!!!
Rick

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Wow!!!!.....Just Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It's a beautiful looking ride!

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Great job Jason,you do good work!!

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I mentioned I had to restore my one year only body side trim for the L79. Well I have acquired a bunch of 68 trim pieces over the years. I just couldn’t bring myself to junk these pieces. Well when I got all my pieces together I was sick to my stomach, saying to myself how the hell am I going to straighten the 6 pieces I need.
Did you ever do something that just amazed yourself? Well tonight I did the impossible in my eyes. It took me three hours to work all the dings and scratches out of one door trim piece. I Filed down all the high spots sanded the trim with 80, 220 then 600 grit sandpaper. Then I took it to the buffing wheel and this is the end result. I just sat back and said I can’t believe I just did that to this piece of trim. I am having a beer only 5 more to go. LOL!
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps98a093fb.png

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...psdaf52db4.png

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps0355ce5d.png

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No beer...get to work [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Wow Jason...that looks great! Nice work. You just saved $95 by doing it your self.

Now...was that 5 more trim pieces or... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

Dave
67 Nova Boy

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LOL... only 1 beer and 5 more trim pieces to go.

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Finally have all 6 pieces of trim finished. It took me close to 18 hours to bring the trim back to usable condition.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps49e88bd7.png
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...pse7602ca6.png
I couldn’t have done this without this piece. Does anyone have an idea what it is? It’s not a small anvil it actually at one time served a purpose? My father got it thirty years ago. He thought to himself that may come in handy in the garage to beat on. LOL
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ps55840ec0.png

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Looks like a cross section of an I beam...

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That's a section of railroad rail.

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I am having a beer only 5 more to go. LOL!
Five more beers???

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's a section of railroad rail. </div></div>

Man you got it!!!!

My father was a boiler maker. One day there was all this old railroad rail in the scrap bin at work. So he cut a piece for the garage. What a handy piece to have on the work bench. I use it all the time.

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My grand dad had one on his work bench from the earliest I can remember. He was a tinkerer deluxe. Used to make us rings out of nickels. Still have one around here somewhere.

One of my brothers got it when grand dad died in 1980. Still has it on his work bench.

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Thats awsome.