Nick has fabricated the fuel lines and the oil pressure line back to the sun gauge. He has also installed the Mallory Coil on the firewall. Duane
Nick has also finished up the dash by putting the radio in and mounted the emblems back on the Dash pad. The "Motion" emblem is the original one that was on the car and I cleaned it up. It is one of the "larger" style emblems that Motion used, and I believe is of the 1970 year vintage. (At least that is what the knowledgeable "Motion" people are saying.) The Hurst Equipped emblem was a new one that came with the car. He also installed the Hurst Shifter Handle, Enjoy. Duane
This project is headed for the finish line! Wont be long now. I cant wait for the pictures of the completed car sitting in the sun. This car deserves a centerfold spread in MCR or HMM I don't remember if anyone asked or not, but when was the last time this car was, well...a car? In other words, the last time it was on the road and being used?
"...when was the last time this car was, well...a car? In other words, the last time it was on the road and being used?" The Temporary insurance cards we found in the car were dated 4/18/1978 and were good for 60 days after that, so that was the last time it could have been on the road. It's been sleeping for at least 40 years, talk about Rip Van Winkle. "No header gaskets? Is there a sealant?" I don't think he even has all the bolts in the headers, I will have to ask Nick what he plans to do. I know he tossed the gaskets I had and refused to use them. Duane
Do you think the dash looks a little better then it did when we bought it? Here are a few "before" pics from last May. The car body was still on the lift when I hopped up there and took a few pics. This is also when I found the insurance cards from the previous owner. Duane
Good thing your car came with the 16” blue thumb groove steering wheel. They were hen’s teeth when I was seeking one in 1998, can’t imagine how hard it would be to find one now. The dash looks outstanding!
Brian, I hear ya. I had an early 70 Stage 1 4-speed car with the standard interior and it came with the same steering wheel. It took me 3 years to find a replacement wheel (even with all my contacts) and I never did find the correct colored horn button. I had to dye one blue. Duane
LOVE the blue interior on the 69's! Looking forward to seeing it in person. Nice job and hats off to both you and Nick for bringing this step child to light!
I have been working on an original 69 clutch fan that Gene Hill gave me to use instead of the fiberglass flex fan. I have heard too many horror stories about them coming apart so I am opting not to use it. Anyway it was in nice shape and the clutch seemed to be working fine, but it was really dirty, so I took it apart and started blasting the parts. Before I blasted the clutch part I noticed the date codes painted on the front surface. This is an Eaton clutch and they painted the date codes on, unlike the other clutches that were also used (Delco), which have the date stamped onto the mating flange. The Date code for this one was "E6J" which decodes as May 6, 1969. Once everything was blasted I painted the blades and then started on the clutch. First I painted the main body of the clutch with a "bare aluminum" looking paint and then immediately misted some gold metallic paint on the front face only. If you do it while the silver paint is wet the 2 seem to mix a bit and it ends up looking like gold cad. After it dried, I found a lid that was the right diameter and held it in the center so I could spray the front edge back to the bare aluminum color it was supposed to be. After that dried I used a slotted piece of paper to mask around the spring and painted it a bare metal color. Then it was ready to assemble. The above description is an easy way to clean up either an original part or a new one after it has been in the car for a while. Below are the before and after pics. Enjoy. Duane
No, This part is getting hidden between the radiator and the fan shroud, but the Alternator........................ I already made up a stamp for it. Duane
WOW thats looks amazingly better. How can you tell if a fan is a small block or big black fan ? is it in the amount of blades ?
Tom, Me too. Ryan, At least for 69 it shows both the 350 and 400 GS as having the same fan (7 blades) for the AC Cars, but it does show they used different clutch fans. It also shows for the non-AC cars both the 350 & 400 A-body cars used a 4-blade fan with the same part numbered spacer. Thanks Bill, Well you know if you give me a bunch of parts, a welder, grinder, sand blaster, and some help with body & paint I can build a car............oh that's right I did that before. The X-Camino. Of course I was building a nice driver with that one. I needed a lot more help with this one, but wanted the end product to be much nicer. Duane