[Thumpin455_GTO]

Well Greg, if you have a 69 GTO or LeMans I have another 65 LeMans post that is originally mayfair maize, its going to get rebuilt soon, and I would be willing to trade. Will only trade it for a 69 though.

Boring update not enough to show pics, but have gotten lots of the small things done. The Th350 is rebuilt, just need to clean the valve body, get a detent cable and the speedo gear out of another trans and its ready to go in. If I can get the detent in then there will be a transmission in the thing soon. Spent today cleaning parts, pulling clutch packs and pistons out and replacing the seals. No extra parts so I am pretty sure it went back together right. If it works good then I still have the knack for the three speeds. Just concerned because it went so easily.

Spent 4 hours on the doors, adjusting the strikers, moving the windows around so they seal up and dont run into each other. What a chore that is on a near 50 year old car that has been rebuilt as much as this one has. Turn the screw and tighten the nut, roll the window and see how it does... do it again, and again, and you get the idea. 4 freakin hours of doing that crap. I think my mother in law will be able to open the door now, and not shatter the door glass when the door closes, so that is good. Need to get the door panels on and install the window cranks. I think I will jam the rear windows so they dont roll down, those things are sticky and I dont want to be tearing into it every week because someone rolled it down and broke something.

Rebuilt the alternator too, now its a 100amp fry small rodents with current while running a stereo capable. The harness I got for it is set up for an internal regulated alternator and HEI, just to simplify things.

Soon it will go up on jackstands for what hopefully is the last time, install exhaust, make sure the suspension is tight and secured, run the cooler lines for the trans, and bleed the brakes. Then the last thing will be spraying some bed liner in the wheel wells to minimize the road noise and make it look black under there.

If I wasnt so sore today I would still be out there doing all the little things, like the carb, oil filter, radiator hoses, etc. It feels like this stuff takes even longer than the body work and welding.