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Forum: 67-69 Firebird TECH 11-13-2023, 09:11 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,208
Posted By gtobird
Finally got around to looking at my glass and...

Finally got around to looking at my glass and data plate. Sorry it took so long. Had to get it all out of storage.

Car build date = 04C, so looks like 3rd week of April 1968

Markings on...
Forum: 67-69 Firebird TECH 09-27-2023, 06:59 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,208
Posted By gtobird
I bought my 68 convert in 1989 from the third...

I bought my 68 convert in 1989 from the third owner, who only owned it for a few weeks. He was a young guy that made a mistake and needed to sell it. Around 2017, I had a talk with the original...
Forum: 61-77 GTO, Tempest & LeMans Parts For SALE 06-27-2023, 06:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 520
Posted By gtobird
The 68 consoles didn't have the woodgrain in...

The 68 consoles didn't have the woodgrain in front. I believe you are correct on the rest of the years.

Regards,
Old Joe
Forum: Pontiac - Street 06-13-2023, 08:42 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,626
Posted By gtobird
Yup, I grew up in a small town of 12,000 people...

Yup, I grew up in a small town of 12,000 people and like 90% of the people there, I had just enough money for beer on the weekends. My wife's engagement ring came from JC Penney and it was about...
Forum: The Body Shop TECH 06-02-2023, 09:45 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,973
Posted By gtobird
Hope MUSLCAH doesn't mind if I comment here. ...

Hope MUSLCAH doesn't mind if I comment here.

I have never personally used one, but there are high end ultrasonic units on the market that can tell the difference in the layers of coatings. So,...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 06-01-2023, 03:42 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,469
Posted By gtobird
Update: I pulled the shaft and spent some time...

Update: I pulled the shaft and spent some time evaluating everything I pulled out. This just keeps getting uglier. All 4 posts (two for the weights and two for the center piece) were loose...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 05-30-2023, 06:21 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 463
Posted By gtobird
Well, when you remove the various tubes from the...

Well, when you remove the various tubes from the airhorn (inside the quadrajet), it's common practice to put them back in using red loctite. In fact, did that last week. The point being, I don't...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 05-30-2023, 08:35 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 482
Posted By gtobird
Update on the correct link ....Thanks ...

Update on the correct link ....Thanks

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=866893
Forum: Pontiac - Street 05-29-2023, 07:18 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 739
Posted By gtobird
Sweet Success in removing the stuck PCV grommet

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1958&pictureid=14789

While I appreciate the suggestions for removing the grommet, I can't stress enough just how stuck this thing...
Forum: The Body Shop TECH 05-28-2023, 06:47 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,973
Posted By gtobird
Well, I've been painting, cutting and buffing (as...

Well, I've been painting, cutting and buffing (as an amatuer) since I was 17 and I'm now just days away from turning 64. Before you even get started on this, you have to figure out what level of...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 05-06-2023, 09:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By gtobird
DOH! DOH! DOH! That was it. Talk about...

DOH! DOH! DOH! That was it. Talk about overthinking it.......
Forum: Pontiac - Street 04-10-2023, 03:52 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 767
Posted By gtobird
I have very good steel lines already on the...

I have very good steel lines already on the pressure side of the pump and on the suction side running the length of the frame as normal. I just want to replace the pump because I can see the fuel...
Forum: The Body Shop TECH 02-21-2023, 12:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,221
Posted By gtobird
I have no doubt that it's easy to distort glass. ...

I have no doubt that it's easy to distort glass. The problem is when you hire someone to do it, they concentrate on getting the scratch out and focus on the smaller area with the scratch. Doing it...
Forum: The Body Shop TECH 02-21-2023, 11:04 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,221
Posted By gtobird
Thought I'd update this post since I started my...

Thought I'd update this post since I started my glass experiment. I have not yet tried filling in the scratches and pits, but I did spend the better part of a day practicing removing some relatively...
Forum: THE LOBBY 12-01-2022, 09:58 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,871
Posted By gtobird
The latest scam?

Over the past year I've posted in the parts wanted section several times. At least twice, I've had someone that just signed onto the forum that day tell me to contact someone else (outside of the...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 11-26-2022, 06:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,574
Posted By gtobird
Kingbuzzo mentions Fabric Softener sheets. I...

Kingbuzzo mentions Fabric Softener sheets. I completely agree. When I lived in Seattle, my neighborhood had a significant rat problem, but it wasn't because the neighborhood was a dump. On the...
Forum: 61-77 GTO, Tempest & LeMans Parts WANTED 11-22-2022, 07:53 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,065
Posted By gtobird
Mission Accomplished!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You...

Mission Accomplished!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You Hammertime Mike!!! The brackets arrived today and will pretty much end my parts search to complete the hideaway conversion.

Old Joe
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 11-10-2022, 10:02 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 4,245
Posted By gtobird
A few notes on this. Again, I used the Palmetto...

A few notes on this. Again, I used the Palmetto zinc phosphate and manganese phosphate. I tried a variety of things to prep bolts before phosphating and I also found the beadblasting to be...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 09-10-2022, 08:35 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,839
Posted By gtobird
Since all of you Hideaway gurus are here anyway,...

Since all of you Hideaway gurus are here anyway, I thought I'd add a question. I've been collecting parts to do my hideaway conversion. I bought the 68 repop door covers from the Parts Place and...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 08-24-2022, 07:15 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 800
Posted By gtobird
Thanks for your generous offer. I do need those...

Thanks for your generous offer. I do need those parts. I will send you a pm later today.

A 4" offset doesn't surprise me. I believe the non-hideaway brackets do have a small offset too which...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 08-13-2022, 09:13 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 559
Posted By gtobird
Fixing a 68 Dual Gate Neutral Safety Switch

Thought I would write this up in case anyone is interested.

The neutral safety switch on my 68 dual gate shifter would no longer work in park, but it did work in neutral and the backup lights...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 08-03-2022, 09:04 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 990
Posted By gtobird
I see this as a solenoid that serves two totally...

I see this as a solenoid that serves two totally different purposes, yet is the same solenoid. For manual trans cars, it serves to lower the rpm when the ignition switch is turned off so it doesn't...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 07-18-2022, 09:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 872
Posted By gtobird
Wink Quick fix to hideaway headlight actuators

I'm sure most of the experienced owners of hideaway headlight cars already know this. As a relative newbie to these systems, I wanted to share my recent discovery on a pair of repop vacuum...
Forum: 68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 07-17-2022, 06:39 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,035
Posted By gtobird
So, I'm not the only one that got banned from...

So, I'm not the only one that got banned from buying parts from a supplier on ebay? LOL

Reading this thread reminds me of the many dollars I should have just flushed down the toilet, rather than...
Forum: THE LOBBY 06-06-2022, 07:30 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 4,545
Posted By gtobird
In the late 60's, my uncle owned a local bar in...

In the late 60's, my uncle owned a local bar in small town Wisconsin. Of course, back then the Green Bay Packers were the elite of the football world. Dan Blocker (Hoss) decide to go and visit Max...
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