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Pat Brown |
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PB,
Thanks - that's perfect. Love the patina of your motor. Also, that's a great shot of the brake booster vacuum line for Judge273. Hope you are doing well. Any definition on a paint job? Regards, BWB |
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As Pat is showing, I placed it in the appropriate area in my other picture. You would not believe the number of incorrectly restored air cleaners.
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Very nice touch Pat!
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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Bob, Need more inspirational engine detail shots.
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Battery Day
Well today was battery day. The weather was beautiful and I decided to drive the Yellow Car to work since there would be very few more chances to go topless. After dusting it, wiping it down, cleaning the windshield and transferring my briefcase et cetera, I hopped behind the wheel only to discover that several weeks ago when we did the four car shuffle, the key was left in the on position. Needless to say the battery was totally dead. This is the second battery I have murdered that way - the first being a $300 reproduction battery for the Green Truck.
The Black Car was in need of a new battery also since it came with a 7 year old group 75 Diehard that was too small for the hold down to hold down. I had already purchased a R89 battery topper, but the project had not moved into rotation yet. I picked up two batteries at Napa and they were kind enough to give pro rated warranty on the dead battery. I got them home, trimmed off the handles and brackets, de-stickered them and got them installed. The Black Car looks much better with an appropriate looking battery back in place. Here's a few pictures. BTW - I ended up taking the Black Car to the office. It sure makes the commute a lot more fun. |
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Paint???
Well, I am thinking hard about sending the Black Car off for paint. There are a couple of items that trouble me related to this decision. These are the spoiler and the body side molding. Truth be told, I like the spoiler and don't like the body side molding. The problem is of course that the car did not originally come with a spoiler, but it did come with the side molding. Am I crazy? In some respects I think that this is my car and i should do it the way I want. On the other hand, part of me thinks I should keep/return the car to it's as built configuration. I would appreciate hearing viewpoints from a few of the folks on here that are more experienced than me.
Also, I finally got the Black Car on the rack for the first time this evening. It looks really good underneath - better than I looked at 41 years old. |
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I like the spoiler too Bob. Because the side moldings are black too, I don't notice it as much from the pictures. Take 'em off, don't worry about it! You can always reinstall them with 3m double sided tape, they just won't have the factory clips. That's what I'm going to do with mine on my lemans. They take away so much of the body line. I'm sure it will look better in person. Your car, enjoy it! Make it how you want, just be sure to keep the parts you change.
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Pat Brown |
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From a value perspective I don't think it would hurt the car at all to take the moldings off and leave the spoiler on. From an appearance perspective I think it will be improved. JMHO.
As always - your car, your choice.
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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Leave the moldings. Part of the uniqueness of the car is the options content, more than any other 72 I've ever seen. The factory bolt on stainless steel moldings are far different than the cheapo stick-ons. I like the spoiler look so that one is a hard decision, there. I vote to keep it.
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Keep the spoiler; keep the body side moldings. I'm not fond of the moldings either, but they don't take away from the looks so much that I would let them bother me. The car speaks for itself as it is and the moldings sort of fade into the sub-conscious after about 1.8 seconds...as the grin begins to form. By the time it is a full-blown smile and the word "Wow" is rising from your throat - they have faded to black.
BJ
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1971 GTO 455 HO 4-speed - Cameo White, White Vinyl Top, Jade Green Interior, Ram Air Hood, AC, Honeycombs and 8-track 1974 Formula 455 I Owned in 1975-1976. Now Own Its Twin From Same Dealership |
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I'm the purist...keep the moldings and remove the spoiler.
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Remember too, that those stainless side moldings have around a two dozen holes in total, down the side of the car that the mounting studs go through. That would be not fun to weld up and make nice for a black paint job. I think the car has just the right amount of chrome/stainless on it.
The added bonus is that the body side moldings actually protect the car in its most vulnerable area: the body line. The only I would not put back on are the vertical door edge moldings that were ordered on the car. Those things are impossible to reinstall without chipping the paint. (BTW, the Seller's Remorse Light is now illuminated) :-) |
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Bob, keep the spoiler and dump the moldings...IMHO... Package on the way.......
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I am pretty sure the "nails" are CD welded on and can just be ground off to the parent metal. At least that is how the ones on my Nova were as well as all the other GM cars that I have seen from that era....and that is a whole bunch....
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has the car been painted? if so, then repaint it and do it however you like it. if it has original paint (except for adding the spoiler) I wouldn't touch it.
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On the body side moldings, what's the best replacement option? I know you mentioned the moldings in a few posts, and even bought repop clips, but I am not sure who has the best replacement moldings, or what the best option is in this regard. So far the vote tally has been a bit surprising. Sort of like the last election. I was suspecting that the spoiler would get the ax, but a majority say they prefer the spoiler look. Similarly, the body side moldings are getting a positive vote, but by a smaller margin. Here's the tally: |
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I'm from Chicago so my vote counts 25 times so that changes things a bit
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The moldngs are stainless and any dings can be easily polished out. I think there was only one small area of the black rub strip missing on the pass door piece. The endura repair material would be perfect for fixing the small section.
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The moldings don't look good. You can be assured the original designers didn't like them, either -- they sweated for hours, and probably days, on the execution of that character line and wouldn't have wanted it hidden by a molding. The moldings were a practical concession to the parking lot wars. Relevant when the car was new and a daily driver, but not so important now. If I were painting the car, I'd store them in a box for the next owner.
The spoiler would go if it were mine, too. But it's your car, your call, of course
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