The blue interiored 69 models were tough... As, IIRC, there were multiple shades of blue used in the interior (something like 26?). With one of the board "reboots" we lost the restoration thread on that blue with blue PAINTED roof Stage 1 hardtop that KDX? did out in Oregon or Washington? Not PDX Mike N, but the other Mike.. It was a loaded, blue interiored car..
I love a Auto,car painter in shorts!!! Nothing like trying to get urethane clear off the hair on your legs. All these people working on Duane’s car must sleep good at night
Thanks Guys, I will try to check into those sockets over the weekend. Here are some pics from Today. I finally got to see the painted shell. It was dropped on another frame so we could work on it. The real frame is on a lift next to the car. Nick was installing the vinyl top trim and drip rail moldings. Then he started on the window fuzzies. These have the wide chrome/aluminum trim on them. I got to put on the door handles & locks plus put the Driver side Remote mirror on. I also put the steering column back together. Duane
Thanks Jim. Just got done detailing the wiper transmission and assembled the non-AC kick panels. They are repros and are beautiful. Got to staple the carpets on, then I go back for more fun tomorrow. Adam's trim sure looks great!!!!!!!!!!!......and so does Gene's Mirror!!!!!!!!!!! Duane
I know it's been said before plenty of times, but beautiful work! Can't believe the pace you guys are moving at. Impressive to say the least.
Duane what silver paint did you use on the power steering pump bracket and the windshield washer motor housing? Has a perfect satin finish to it. I have some Eastwood paints I purchased for these parts but I'm curious what yours are.
Ken, Below are pics of the paint I am using and the name/number. I used the same paint on the front turn signal/running light housings, and a bunch of other places. Below are pics of the Reproduction kick panels. They come with new cables, flapper doors, and vent covers. Paint was supplied by Nick. The 69 & 70 cars (not sure about 68's) with deluxe interiors came with carpeting so I stapled them on like the originals. The repro non-AC kicks are really very nice, but they crack when you fire the staples thru them. They still worked just fine, but wanted to let everyone know. I took pics of them with and without the carpets for the 71-72 guys. Nick was working on the car and we got the rear shelf in, plus a bunch of stuff done around the firewall. You won't see much difference in the pics but I took a few anyway. He also made sure there was the right amount of ooze sticking down from the floor pan plugs. We checked out how the factory cut the carpet to install the bucket seats. Neither of us had ever seen it done like that before, but we intend to put them in the same way. It's completely different then the Flint cars. Hopefully I will get a few pics next time of the original carpets so you can see how it was done. If I was Judging the car I would never have believed it without proof. I guess it was an Oshawa thing. We also did a lot of organizing today. Duane PS. Got in the re-chromed Hood Inserts from Mark Reeves today, they are absolutely gorgeous.
For the next guy,..Sit the panels in the sun b4 trying to staple the carpet on, should prevent cracking
You can glue the carpet on but the problem is the vinyl edging gets wrapped under the carpet and needs to be stapled down flat. The Originals were both glued and stapled. I opted to only staple them as the paint was only a day old, and I didn't know how the glue would react to the paint. Believe me, they aren't coming off. Some of todays work. I worked on prepping the F&R door panels for installation on the metal pieces and was working on cleaning/polishing the Glass. Nick sprayed the rest of the Light Blue interior parts and painted the bottom of the hood. Duane
This thread could easily be formatted for a book. Buick restorers would buy it and so would other restorers of A Body GM muscle. It's going to be a great "start to finish" story.
Just checked out the serial numbers on the Hurst wheels. The 4 wheels that were on the car are, 128602 128604 128605 128609 .........and the spare which was purchased at a later time is 002790 If the wheels were purchased for a specific car they would have consecutive numbers. These were not but are so close they must have been made in the same batch. Makes me think they were purchased from a store, and not sent out in a "tube" as a set of 4. Duane
