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Another winter night working on the goat. As much as I love working on it.....I can't wait til it's done
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Here is what mine looked like on Sunday before I put it away for the week. I think I have one more pass of 3M plastic repair on the Endura bumper and then can final sand and get the contours correct. I need to move the RH fender in towards the hood about 1/16" to close up the gap and align with the front bumper. Then I need to figure out how to adjust the hood where the pop up spring is lifting it too much.....not sure how to fix that but I will just keep working on it until I get it right......then finish block sanding the rest of the car, etc, etc, etc. I keep telling myself it is going to be spectacular when it's finished.... :)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...37dbe2ce64.jpg Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk |
Looking good man. Where you at?.....AZ?
The hood thing may be the front hood bumpers that are on the core support? |
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I have the hood bumpers adjusted so the hood sits nice without that spring installed. I then installed the original spring and it lifted the hood at the LH forward corner nearly 1/2". I then swapped it out with another spring that I took from a donor car and it doesn't lift as much. Maybe it will settle a bit....won't know until I pull out the car again on Sat morning. :confused: |
Got to be nice working in AZ . Nice garage . Looks like it coming along great . Have s 68 vert that is slowly coming along . I only have a one car garage with a foot of snow coming tomorrow. Doug
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My car turned 50 in January. Sadly its been in pieces for 15 of those years. I hope to have it together this year. I am a little ahead of you guys as my car is already painted, but my progress is slow & I tend to kill a lot of time with the details....... basically I am a putz....... :) Mostly weekends, & lots of other things going on too.
My guess is you guys will pass me up sometime late spring, summer for sure. ;) Someday I will start a resto thread on my car. I have endless pictures. |
You guys are a year ahead of me .... looking good. I'm still probably 2+ years away from the street.
It pains me to think that if I wanted to build a junker that would just drive on the street, no paint, no restoring parts .... I could have mine on the road in 2 months for another $500 :) |
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I think it does help though knowing all of us are going through similar hurdles in the progress of our restorations. :) |
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Floating in the trunk gaps. Then it's almost time to shoot the slick sand after I get the front end sheet metal aligned again.
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looks good! how are the gaps to the left & right side? my right gap got tighter as it got closer to the bumper edge. I ended up cutting a slice in the top of the quarter & widening the gap. Still cracks me up how similar our picts are. :D
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Oh, one other really important thing. Make sure your torsion springs are in & adjusted tight enough, & install your trunk seal. It will absolutely change how you lid fits. You probably already figured this out but the lid can be raised & lowered without shims by bending the inner skin up & down. You might have this all in the bag already, but would hate to see you have issues after its painted..
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I don't have the trunk seal in yet. I'm waiting on a delivery from steel rubber. I bought a softseal one, but the trunk didn't even come close to shutting. I figured I'd have to do some adjusting after the seal install.
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Working on a convertible has it's own unique challenges but thankfully the decklid adjustment is easier compared to a hardtop. I just leave the bolts slightly loose, close the lid and slide it around until the gaps are equal and aligned. Then reach in through the top well and tighten the bolts with the decklid still closed. Seems to work nicely. :)
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Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna try that
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Shot some slick sand today from the doors back. After I align the front end, that's next.
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Looking real nice!
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I received a good tip from a local enthusiast who specializes in 69/70 GTO convertibles. He said I could use an 18" paint roller cover with some adhesive backed roll sandpaper to sand the concave contour on the rear quarters above the rear wheel openings. Works great. I didn't even know they made 18" roller covers but Home Depot has them in stock.
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