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#191
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Looks fantastic!!
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Dave Dykstra 1968 Camaro Palomino Ivory/Ivy Gold interior -Delivered to Courtesy Chevrolet, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Corvette Grand Sport 60th Anniversary Edition Arctic White/Diamond Blue interior -Delivered to Bill Jacobs Chevrolet, Joliet, IL NCRS#66003 Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you. – Jeremy Clarkson. Dykstra Motorsports |
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Hello all. After taking a full year off to remodel my entire house im back to working on cars. I finally got my seat covers pulled and installed them in the car. Like anything else on the car alot of fun details. I used over my seat adjust chrome handles. I also have the original lower seat trims that are colored black to match the seat. Something I found unique, the seat tracks were bare on the upper fixed portion while the lower feet section was painted black.
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Ive finally completed all the aluminum trim around the care including the vinyl top trim. I sent off several sets before i got one that came back looking acceptable. Whatever original material GM used it tiger stripes really easy. Im such a stickler for detail i even had another grill done that had next to zero road rash and pitting. I redid this second one and put it in the car.
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Ive decided to depart some from original on the rims and tires. The original size of rim and tires on these cars is laughable at best for a muscle car. Because of that I went with some new 14x6 rims, and redlines from the 67 model year. Im going with body colored rims and dog dishes.
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#195
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After a very long drawn out process to get the bumper chromed, the place i worked with actually destroyed the original from the car. I spent several phone calls back and forth to discover they took my perfectly formed bumper and reformed the angle it makes to match the front end because they claimed to have a form, and my bumper didnt fit it. In the end i sent them another core and told them to stop putting in there form. What ended up with was a nicer bumper that perfectly fits the lower splash pan under the grille. The car is really coming together now.
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Wow, beautiful.
If you aren't going to save the reject grille for future use, I might be interested in it. I, also need some trunk paint, if you are still making that. I'll send you a PM. I could swing by your place to pick it up on my way back from SCR on the 22nd.
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#197
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Hi Rick,
This thread of your beautiful ‘66 396 Chevelle restoration is awesome, not to mention it’s being done in my old stomping grounds of central Illinois. I was born in ‘54 in Springfield and traveled to just about every town including Washington/Peoria area in my good old days. Many corn fields. The time, money and sourcing parts that’s required for a high end restoration like yours is exhausting. Congratulations to you for this undertaking. This old muscle car was very fortunate to have found you! Factory vinyl (Cordova) top. I’m a GTO (65-67) guy and the Cordova tops on these cars always received a flexible retainer. I’m not sure if the Chevrolet models used this item? Shown below is this retainer on my ‘65 GTO Survivor. This retainer was also used on the 66-67 Tempest Series cars with this fabric top, but in a different translucent material opposed to the chrome retainer on my 65. Looks like you’re on the downhill of this project and it looks fantastic!!!. Thanks for sharing this restoration. Chris.
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1965 GTO Unrestored Survivor 389 / 335 4 BBL. 1966 GTO Unrestored Survivor 389 / 360 Tri-Power Early (63-66) Schwinn Stingrays, all Unrestored Survivors Last edited by 60sStuff; 07-18-2023 at 12:49 PM. |
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#198
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Hi Chris,
Really appreciate the comments. I have noticed that for those that really get into the hobby, passion and obsession become a blurred line. So my car did have those inserts when i was in the disassembly process. I have heard/read that some others have had success in removing them for reuse. I was not one of those people so i just glued the top down and installed the drip rail moldings. Where did you get the page from? That something produced by Body By Fisher? |
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After the flat tappet fiasco, thankyou Comp Cams. I yanked the engine put an erson roller and started the engine on a run Stand. I have determine engine run in stands are the only way to go from now on. All worked out great. The erson cam is most to the stock specs with just .010 more lift on both intake and exhaust. Opening and Closing valve events plus duration are pretty close and it sounds Excellent! As soon as the hood is on and i square away an alignment i will post final pictures for this project.
Engine running in the car https://youtu.be/4_kYUOM9U1Y?si=bCC3UKCk0J3PiQTM |
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Can you share the source for your engine run stand?
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