OK... I am almost 100% sure I've seen those... LOL. They are there, somewhere, in the 300 or so pounds of hardware down there... LOL
Those same screws were used on 70-72 GM A bodies. They are not repro'ed to my knowledge, they should be very common, but so many cars have been re-painted that they are hard to find. I had to look a long time for those and the door jamb vent screws.
I have 3 sizes - the ones that are just under a half must be it. Don't know how many I have, but I will check.
The screws are almost exactly 1/2" long from top to tip, and I need 6 of them. Like I said before, they remind me of the wheel opening molding screws. That is the ones without the flat lip around them. I may even have some of them in Chrome, but they are hard to find and I don't want to blast the chrome off to just paint them black. I could also use 2 of the screws that hold the 69 black plastic vents that fit into the quarter panels. I know it's no big thing, but there are some parts that drive me crazy until I find them. Thanks guys. Duane
The screws are available new from AMK Products if you're ordering other fasteners. The longer screw (one for each Ujamb molding) is pretty much available anywhere....your longer one looks to be cad or zinc.....I can get them locally most likely in zinc and have a separate selection of the longer screws here in black phosphate. I'll check my AMK screw stash...I may or may not have a bunch of extras of the shorter style (three used on each Ujamb molding) On the alternator....what are your plans for it?? rebuild locally? ship off for rebuild?
OK, Its been a few days but here are some new pics. Nick had to do a bit of work on the doors but he hopes to get both of them and the trunk lid in finish primer soon. Duane
Now here's a question, What do you do with a Heater Control Cable end when the tab is broken off, especially if you can't find a good cable? It's easy, you fix it. What I do is get a piece of sheet metal or aluminum (in this case a piece of an old soup can, and cut it a little wider then the colored cable end. They I fold it a few times so it gets strong enough, and then bend it around the cable end. (You can also bend it around a small bolt if you want.) Once that is done I use a pair of pliers to get it real tight around the cable end. They I slide it back off, make a few small cuts on each end, and then put it back on and bend the cut pieces on each end to fit tight around the cable ends. This way the piece of metal completely encases the colored plastic cable end and will not let the end move back and forth when the cable is used. After that I cut the metal "tab" down to the right size and drill a hole in it. Once it is installed the screw will hold the metal "case" around the colored end, and the cable is fixed. You can even paint the end to match if you want. I did this to one of the cables for the 69, but did not need to use it as I was given a super nice one later, but figured you guys might like to know how to fix them when needed. I am including a few pics so you can see how I did it. Enjoy. Duane
Here are some more door shots. Nick now has them in Primer. I kind of like the "Zebra" look on the one door. Duane
Saturday I went to the "Hurst Carlisle" event to get some info on the Hurst wheels and lug nuts. I met with a few of the Engineers that developed the parts for Hurst, and one of them was involved with making the wheels. They were very helpful and were kind enough to show me some original factory brochures with part numbers etc. I got exactly the info I needed and they seemed very happy to help me. Then I went next door to the "Chrysler Carlisle" event. There were literally thousands of cars on the show field, with Hemi's everywhere. I was looking for a vender that could polish the wheels and I found him. He knew exactly what I had and had done a few sets in the past. I left him 1 of the wheels and will get the others to him soon. Here are some pics of what Nick was doing Saturday. He started working on the hood and one fender. The hood was in really nice shape to start with. Enjoy. Duane
It looks GREAT, Duane. Nick does really nice work, I remember seeing his car in PA at the Nats a few years ago.
Thanks Frank, Nick only knows how to do things the right way, and is often his worst critic. Case in point while we were doing my wife's Chevelle Convt. shell he went ahead and mudded up the floor pans were there was some "texture" as in pitting. Even though it is going to be a nice driver, he could not leave it that way. He is working on the left side front fender now and has already sent me some pics. We'll see how far he gets with that today. Duane
Duane, I love this thread and your project is awesome. you might give some people a false sense of how fast a complete restoration should happen like on those TV shows..lol
Yeah I hear ya, Again, the only reason this is working is because most of the hard to find parts were either included with the car, Nick had them, or have been found thru the un-ending help of many people on this board. Gene Hill gave me a bunch of nice dash parts, that I still need to paint up and a perfect driver side outside remote mirror. Mike Schweitzer, out of Colorado, got me some very nice used rear quarter trim pieces and some other parts that I needed very badly. You also have to understand that Jimmy's collection of parts were found over a period of 25+ years. I don't know if you could even put together the parts for the car today, but if you could it would probably take a couple of years to do it. There is also the fact that Nick is basically working full time on this project to get this done. There were a few hiccups, like having to do some work on the doors, and putting on a quarter and tulip panel, but like Nick says, you don't know what it looks like until the paint is off. I imagine having this project thrown at him, like it was, most likely threw his schedule out the window. I never asked who if anyone I "got in front of" and don't want to know. I am sorry if I ended up pushing someone's schedule back, but this one just needed to get done. Look at how I pushed back Mike Sabotka's 72 GSX, by getting Adam Martin to polish all the stainless pieces. A lot of people are helping with this one. Duane
Ok Nicks been working on the hood. He DA'd the paint off, then had the edges blasted and put it in black primer. The first pics here show where he sanded the black primer. Then he put a skim coat on the hood and sanded that, and then he put another skim coat on. If you look in the background you can see a door, fender, trunk lid, and the shell. Tomorrow he expects to sand that down and put it in Poly primer. Duane
