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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.... Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk |
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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. |
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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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1979 Trans Am 307 RWHP 380RWTQ 13.8@103 1979 400 Block, 1970 Heads, Unknown Cam, Comp Cam Lifters, Edelbrock RPM Intake, Hedman Headers, Holley 750 Carb, WFO Drop Base SOLD 1968 GTO convertable project. 400 auto with air. west coast car . Not started in 15 ..update now running (around block spinning tires all the way. Have a lot of cosmetic work to do winter of 17/18 1969 GTO 400 4 Speed this a complete project. Rebuild will start in spring of 2017. SOLD |
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Super nice weather lately. High 70s or so.....you guys suffer during the winter....I suffer during the summer. So that makes 3 of us working on 68 convertibles? That sounds like some sort of record. My car turns 50 on May 27th....should be a heck of a party if I can get it done by then!
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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.
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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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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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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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.
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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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..
68RT
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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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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