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The car has a face again.

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Assembly begins, slowly.
LOVE that second picture. The car is smiling at me

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Any updates?

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Stared at the car for part of the winter and spring. Then I got motivated. Tackled the electrical first.


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Recently I installed the Dynamat and carpet.


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Wheels and tires.


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Old 05-28-2020, 07:15 PM
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Started the engine a week ago with open headers. It was awesome.


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Looks good. I like that the car has the oil and temp gauges instead of lights. What brand of carpet did you get, is it ACC?

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A true labor of love. Seems like you started on it back when I owned it's twin, except mine was an automatic. I see only one thing that's wrong--it's not in my garage!

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Yes the carpet is ACC. Ordered it thru Ames. Fits quite well.

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Nothing like seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Towards the end it seems like things come together quick. Great job.

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More minor setbacks:

Steering gear input shaft seal leaked. Dropped the gear out and replaced the seal, messy. New gear, but I guess 15 years of shelf life does things to new parts.

Waiting on the 4th steelie to mount. Seems like finding nice straight and true wheels is not easy. Had 5 wheels blasted and painted only to learn later that 2 of 5 were too wobbly or out of round to use. Got another one that works, just waiting for it to be painted.

Leaks, leaks and more leaks. The input shaft gasket on the Muncie is dripping. I started the engine about a month ago (for the first time in 10 years) and after running it a number of times , gear oil showed up on the floor. YEAH! I can't let that go, or it'll oil the clutch and then that's junk.

Of course the typical thermostat housing leak and the valley pan leak are present.

This is the crap that happens when you've been letting new parts sit for years...

Of course there's the boring stuff to install, like weatherstrip and door glass. Oh boy!

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If those are 14" wheels, I have a stack of them in my garage attic collecting dust - they're off 1961 cars so they don't have the correct date code, but they should fit if you find out you need another one.

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The old girl is looking very nice! And it did look like she’s smiling. I know you’re making her very happy.

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Working all the bugs/issues after getting on the road, sure test your patience. I find it's best to take a little break and then get back at it. You car looks Great!!!

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Still revisiting things before I can drop it onto the ground. It’s running again. PS pump shaft and seal swapped. Pitted shafts tend to leak. Valley pan bolts corrected and sealed. Use a 1/4” washer drilled out to 5/16” and a flanged 1-3/4” long bolt with silicone.

Tachometer seems way off. Was serviced but didn’t hold. So that’s great. Just needs calibrating. But who does that? Radio service didn’t hold either so that’s getting reworked now too. And to think I actually thought I’d have it on the road by now. HA!


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I had a Pontiac tachometer repaired at APT Speedometer in Bloomington with good results. I also had them restore the gauges for a couple different motorcycles and was very happy with them - one set of gauges was literally a pile of parts in a box, and they brought it back to NOS condition.

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Their website was http://www.gaugeguys.com, but it's not working now...I don't know if they just let their license expire or what. I guess calling them on the phone is the best bet.

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APT is the place that serviced it. They appear to have closed for good.


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APT is the place that serviced it. They appear to have closed for good.
Huh, that's too bad. It's been a number of years since I went there, maybe the quality of their work declined since then.

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