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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69SUPERSPORT396</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> .....Man......I'm starting to hate the "Mint" cars..... </div></div>
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] The previous owner needs to see this thread. </div></div> as does the guy that promised to check out this car. it's boiling my eggs with every new development. wait til you get to the rust repair on the frame. check by front struts and rear trailing arms. I have had repairs in both those areas on 65 & 66 big cars. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img] </div></div> Checked the frame out pretty closely.......Those area's were solid....but...I found a pencil sized hole in the outer frame rail in front of the drivers side rear wheel......started pecking on it and it started to grow.....LOL.....I ended up putting in a couple of small patches after getting to solid metal....I was going to bring the wire welder home from the shop ( my cars are now "Banned" from coming into the shop)but it didn't work out....and.....The Princess left her purse out and I bought a new 115 volt welder for the garage....Wow!! what a machine......Technoligy has come a long way....Zapped the patches in place....Good as new.....sprayed some undercoating and except for the color it's good as new.... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04558.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04556.jpg Also.....My mint survivor Grille had been smashed and straightened in it's past to where the bars would need some welding and straightening......It's the top grille in the pic's and it doesn't look bad in the pic, but, it's not of the quality I would put on the car after finishing.....So....I bought one off eBay that is perfect (lower grille in pic), but it still needs to be stripped,Bright Dipped and reanodized......$$$$ Love those Mint Nu Yawk cars... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04645.jpg Also....I moved all the parts into the basement so I can sort thru and clean, paint, and detail for reassembly.......She's gonna be "pissed" when she go's down there....LOL... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04648.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04649.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04650.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04651.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04652.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04653.jpg The fenders are now at the body shop and being worked on and the trunk lid is going tomorrow.....Getting close for whats left of the body to go there for repairs and finishing |
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Neat Ken!! That purse gets left out a lot??? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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My wife's purse is my ATM. Grab a wad of cash and go.
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Ken,
I didn't see a gas bottle. Is that a flux-core model? I have an older Miller Cricket that I still use fairly often (in fact, I used it tonite to tack something on the hood of the '31). Handy as heck! I've thrown it in the back of the truck and done quick repairs on porch railings, basement window frames, exhaust pipes, .......... one of the best investments I ever made! |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ORIGLS6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken,
I didn't see a gas bottle. Is that a flux-core model? I have an older Miller Cricket that I still use fairly often (in fact, I used it tonite to tack something on the hood of the '31). Handy as heck! I've thrown it in the back of the truck and done quick repairs on porch railings, basement window frames, exhaust pipes, .......... one of the best investments I ever made! </div></div> The Welder is a new Politically correct model........It go's both ways........It is flux core right now.....to switch to gas....add a bottle....change the welding wire and switch two wire in the machine and it's good to go.... |
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Sorry you have to do all this work on a car that someone made some significantly false statements. Karma is not this guy's friend, lol.
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Ken,
Tell the wife, that's what unfinished basements are for. |
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Dropped off the Deck lid at Puleras today.....
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04654.jpg Fenders in the system waiting their turn http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04655.jpg I rebuilt the lower fender mount on the passenger side and took the windshield out........what a surprise....the window channel was like the car was built yesterday......Dodged a bullet there....here are some pic's http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04656.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04657.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04658.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04660.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04661.jpg I also got a call from Just Dashes today.....They are doing the dash pad next week.. |
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Updates man...we need updates! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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I'm waiting to get the car into the Body Shop right now.....kinda in that limbo mode where not much is happening.....But....The car was undercoated since new but the drivers foot pan had some rust from the inside, it didn't go thru but it thinned out the metal.......so, I did the Rust removal thing from the inside but I didn't want to leave it the way it was......so.....I pieced out a replacement floor pan section and welded it in over the existing floor.....I painted and prepped between the two pieces and tacked it in......then I sprayed a can of Boeshield around and in between the seams......then I put seam sealer along the seam and painted the patch.......I didn't want to cut out the panel as it wasn't really that bad....just thin, and since the floor pan had the undercoating from new......I didn't want to deal with that mess
of making it match........Remember.......this is a "Driver"...and it will be lowered....so when I'm finished it's gonna get Dirty underneath......"And".....Stay that way......LOL http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...DSC04682-1.jpg The windshield frame is like the day the car was built.....absolutely no rust.... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...DSC04683-1.jpg Got the car out of the garage and into the trailer ready to go to the body shop.......Just waiting for the phone call http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04685.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04687.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04688.jpg Gonna order Ridetech Coil Over suspension (tubular control arms etc.) that should lower the car a couple of inches and 4 wheels disc brakes...... |
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Very cool...RideTech guys are great! We used their stuff for a few of the Polaris Rangers that we had (at the place I used to work at) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
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Happy Halloween Ken! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69SUPERSPORT396</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Happy Halloween Ken! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] </div></div>
Yep!!.....She spends a day or two putting all that stuff out.......I just stay out of the way and don't help because I can't put anything out "Correctly"........(Without a lot of direction)....so....I just take a nap and stay out of trouble.....LOL |
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I thought it was just me.
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Looks like about 8 more bolts and that body lifts right up off that frame....
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like about 8 more bolts and that body lifts right up off that frame.... </div></div>
Please Ken... with your level of detail, the thing would be knock out! |
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And it would make it easy to put the Kore 3 brakes on like I talked Tim into on his. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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Ken, Let me start out (Again) by saying your work is Great! I was browsing LS1tech and came across your previous build and the car is Awesome! Then it was linked to this build, (took me 3 nights of reading for both!!) which you are yet again doing great work!
I am sorry about the car not being as advertised, but i also commend you on how you handled it! As car guys its easy to get our "One Track Mind" stuck on whatever we are trying to accomplish! But you stayed on tracgk for your goals and didnt dwell on it! And yes Karma is a BITCH! As long as you learned from the experience it isnt a loss! I am working on my own project My Project Link definatly not on your level, i am slowly acquiring the tools to get to that point! There were certain things I didnt do because of cost to have it machined, I have been researching lathes, mills etc for the garage. I saw your disapointment with the brake line flaring tool you had in your previous post, I have this one, honestly they look better than factory, and will do the male side of the GM quick connect, so you could do hard lines without an adapter! And you can add AN flare dies to it! Mine is Bluepoint, but is just mastercool rebadged! Mark Mark |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like about 8 more bolts and that body lifts right up off that frame.... </div></div>
Why would a guy want to take the body off the frame of a "Mint" survivor car.........Just say'in |
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Because some of us have a different definition of "mint"....
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like about 8 more bolts and that body lifts right up off that frame.... </div></div>
Why would a guy want to take the body off the frame of a "Mint" survivor car.........Just say'in </div></div> Yeah, you would mess up those mint stencils and chalk marks! |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like about 8 more bolts and that body lifts right up off that frame.... </div></div>
Why would a guy want to take the body off the frame of a "Mint" survivor car.........Just say'in </div></div> Since you changed the bodybushings it's a question of definition, I'd say you have had the body off of the frame. Maybe not all bolts were off at the same time but the body has been separated from the frame IMHO. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] Jan |
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Stopped by the body shop today to see when they would be ready for me to bring the body there.....They are still busy but maybe towards the end of next week........I have plenty of time so it's not a big deal.......I ordered up the 4 wheel Brake system yesterday.......gonna order the suspension upgrades next week.....and I making a list of all the other "Stuff" I'm gonna need....Interior Kit, Weather Seal Kit...Bumpers should be coming back soon from the Plater...Dash Pad is finished and on it's way from Just Dashes.....They just had a couple of parts at the body shop prepped.......
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Still waiting for my "Slot" at the Body Shop.......Ordered all the Suspension stuff.....Front and rear Tubular control arms with Coil-overs in the front and lowered springs in the back.............This is the Boring part.....Waiting....232 Days......
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that's when you lock yourself in the basement and clean all of those boring little parts. hard to do when you want to hang big cool parts.
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Not Cold enough yet to start with the basement stuff........LOL
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Some of the purchased parts are starting to show up.......After doing the LS Swap in the 37 Ford, I was very happy with the way the Fuel system worked out....I used the GTO fuel pump/sender assy..........the GTO set-up does not required a Pressure regulated return line as it is a self-contained unit.......So.....
The new fuel tank showed up today and I brought a Fuel pump down to figure it out.......... New Tank http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04774.jpg Tank and GTO Pump assy.........LOL http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04779.jpg Hummmm!!!!! Now I just need the Pump assy to fit....I don't need the float arm function as I will be using the stock Impala Fuel Gauge sender.....So.....We need to get it as compact as possible...... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04784.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04785.jpg I am just going use the original top of the pump to seal to the yet to be fabricated flange that will be welded into the tank and for the internal pump harness plug to connect to the external harness....All the existing GTO gas tank venting will be removed and sealed off .......It seems that everything will fit with a small sump area added to the bottom of the tank.......Ahh!!!.......The Fun starts Before and after......... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04781.jpg 228 more days |
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And the fun starts again!
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Just got a call from Tri City plating......The Bumpers are finished and being shipped back.....The 4 wheel Disc Brakes are here, and the RideTech Coil over Suspension set-up just shipped out........Now....I need to get the Body into the Body shop.....But....they are still "Slammed"......Darn!!
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I guess its Karma telling you to pull those 8 bolts from the body to make that frame pretty! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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So......I get home from the Body Shop.....Looks like another 2 weeks before the Body can get in......And i see a bunch of Boxes by the garage door......I check the front door and more Boxes........I almost got everything in the basement before she got home........as I'm carrying the last 5 Boxes in the basement she said......."Now I know why you have been vacuuming and washing dishes".........LOL.....I ain't afraid of her.....So......here's todays "stash"....
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You better hope she leaves her purse laying around unattended Ken so you can pay for all that stuff.......LOL
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It's Christmas in October... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
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sweeet you got a big basement oh boy all that stuff looks like fun
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Tell Randy its time to hire more people if he has so much work !! power tour is not going to wait !!LOL
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: IM RARE</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tell Randy its time to hire more people if he has so much work !! power tour is not going to wait !!LOL </div></div>
Yeah!!........This car will be a Breeze to put together compared to the push to get the 37 finished.......The unknown will be how many of the repro parts will not fit, but......I've been buying all the original GM parts I can find for the car off the internet.......And......The car should be at Pulera's in 2 weeks........I hope!!..... By the way for those of you that followed the 37 Build......I now have about 10,000 trouble free miles on that LS powered "Beater"... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/DSC01595.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/DSC01596.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/DSC01597.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/DSC01598.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...DSC05800-1.png |
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That's great Ken!
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Got another 2 cartons of "Stuff" today.......Had the Mint Survivor Bumpers straightened and replated......I sent them to Tri-City Plating in Kentucky.......I would highly recommend these guy's......they took out all the dents and the plating is perfect..........Reasonable pricing also.....
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04796.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04795.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04797.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04798.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04799.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC04800.jpg High Quality with reasonable prices..........Great Job Tri-City |
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Not too mention a quick turnaround!
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