[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by njsteve

The solenoid and the clock came from Frank Rosenzweig in Sprng Hill, Florida. [email protected] He was the guy that you posted the link to. He had a rebuilt door solenoid in stock and also had a rebuilt original clock as well (not a quartz conversion). I have to send him back the old solenoid core.

I got the new 4x10 dash speaker from these guys: http://www.turnswitch.com/speakers.htm. Fit perfectly in the original dash bracket.

Glad that worked out, did you send him a clock core too?

[njsteve]

No, he didnt need the clock. BTW, got any nice red, rear side marker lenses? I only need the lenses, not the potmetal bezels. Mine have melt marks in them from when they installed the tail panel. Lots of little melt marks from the welding sparks.

Anyone know who reproduces an accurate trunk mat? I need the heavy rubber one, not the cheapo repro that is thin vinyl. Even a nice used one would be acceptable.

[Formulabruce]

I couldnt find a 72 mat about 5 years ago, went with a 73, its not even close.
my heavy rubber one got like faded somehow on the corners, odd way to wear, hard to explain
I believe I have a nice set of red markers will look tomorrow

[Formulabruce]

Found some OEM Clutch screws for ya! ( 1972 ) Im uncertain if they had washers, but they must be long gone. Also found the 6 OEM crank pulley screws, need??



LOWER PULLEYS BOLTS..Need these??

Got a trunk clip, searching more bags soon for the rest. After that Ill ship this bunch with some new oem hardware.

[njsteve]

Throw 'em all in the shipping box. You'd be amazed at selection of the hardware store nuts and bolts that I have found on this car, so far. You are the guru of ancient hardware, Bruce.

[njsteve]

Spent the weekend getting the car ready for the frame repairs. A lot of loosening of nuts and bolts. I got the new set of rear springs (which the company of course guaranteed would sit the car at the correct ride height -NOT). Anyway I put them in and the ride height did come down an inch from the 30+ inches at the wheel well arches. Now it's 29-1/2" tall.

I measured the ride height of my prior 72 T/A with its original front and rear springs and F60x15 Polyglasses installed and it was at 28-1/4" rear, 27-7/8" front. That is what I am shooting for. The company said they can de-arch the springs if I want. I will be calling them tomorrow. Luckily they are close by in PA.

So, I got everything disconnected and then reconnected for the trailer ride to my bodyguy who will be doing the frame work.



And the generic 5-leaf Nova springs that were in the car, next to the new 4-leaf replacements that I labeled with the stencil I made from my T/A's spring numbers a few years back.



And here are the old generic springs in case anyone can use them, I'll give you a great deal! Part # 21-339 comes back to a 70-79 Chevy Nova V8 "Heavy". http://www.stengelbros.net/21-339_p_2847.html

[njsteve]

I also pulled the fuel tank and was pleasantly surprised at how nice the trunk floor was from the bottom side. Of course, I didn't find any magical broadcast sheet under there, unfortunately. The Norwood Assembly Plant was not too keen on putting them there back in the day.

[The Boss]

WOW! That is clean!

[njsteve]

Original vent line hoses still in place. Nice and pliable, too.





And the fuel tank straps that are covered in the black overspray on the top and bottom sides of the straps, from the assembly plant.



And the original fuel tank. The US Steel stencil on the other side has a date of 12/30/1970, which is rather interesting. I believe the explanation is that the stencil date is the actual date of the steel being stamped by US Steel, into a roll and not the date of the fuel tank being created.

[njsteve]

I just got back from dropping the car off for the frame rail repairs. I brought the rear end back with me, along with the springs to be de-arched.

Spent an hour carefully cleaning the rear differential and found some paint marks. Rather interesting in that there is an orange "G" or maybe a "6" or a "9" depending on which way it was intended to be looked at. The G/6/9 is on both the top and the bottom of the center section. Also, some green paint at the bottom edge of the center section (just like on my 72 T/A, which had a giant orange "E" on the bottom and nothing on the top). The rear is a 3.42 posi, just like my old T/A (and built around a week after it in late December 1971).





And the yellow paint on the yoke nut.

[Formulabruce]

Got something for those re-arched" springs..pair of really nice 72 buckets and bolts


Also, you need this??

[Formulabruce]

should find the shackles with the t bolts tomorrow

[Formulabruce]

On those springs>>> Heres a pic from another thread, shows the rear "about" 1/2 inch below the front. This is for handling AND the flush and dry rocker system GM used. I have a GM filmstrip and an old record for dealer training on this.

[Formulabruce]

These, I posted earlier , I thought may have been front engine bolts, Found the label for that bag, these are the correct engine mount to block bolts.. Guess you can look when car comes back..unless your body guy has a lift, and you can sneak in there for some sleuthing!

[njsteve]

Interesting stuff on the rear ride height difference. I can use everything you've found so far. I have already started a "box o' wrong bolts" that is filling up quickly with all the hardware store fasteners that are coming of this project. Those spring buckets look much nicer than the ones on the car now.

[njsteve]

I brought the new springs back to Stengel Bros in Allentown, PA and they de-arched them an inch. We'll see how it goes when they go back in the car next week.

Pulled the cover off the 10-bolt rear differential. Looks like it has been rebuilt recently (or at least prior to the last couple decades that it was put into storage). New clutches in the posi and the original 11/1971 dated 3.42 gears are thankfully, still there. Factory "CM" code stamping on the front of the passenger side tube was intact as well, dated 351st day of 1971. That's three weeks prior to the January 11, 1972 ship date.





BTW, here is the spec page for the part #80-335 1970-73 T/A and Z/28 leaf springs:

http://www.stengelbros.net/80-335_p_2927.html

[njsteve]

I forgot to post these last week when I got all the A/C hardware back in place.

I also spent some time plastic welding the ABS plastic radiator shroud. The original equipment shrouds from these cars are extremely rare to find intact. The GM replacement part has a large circular notch cut in the bottom and a bracket hole in the top for an overflow tank bracket that the 70-72 cars do not have. I have seen mint shrouds go for some big bucks recently.

Here's the shroud as is, when I bought the car. It had a 1-1/2" circular hole cut in the top and three 3/4 holes in the side and bottom, all for mounting of the aftermarket electric fan:



And here is how it looks after the welding (and inhaling of melting ABS fumes)



and the finished A/C reinstall (minus the R12).

[Formulabruce]

Looking good Steve!

[njsteve]

There's a lot of your parts and bolts in there, Bruce!

[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by njsteve

I forgot to post these last week when I got all the A/C hardware back in place.

I also spent some time plastic welding the ABS plastic radiator shroud. The original equipment shrouds from these cars are extremely rare to find intact. The GM replacement part has a large circular notch cut in the bottom and a bracket hole in the top for an overflow tank bracket that the 70-72 cars do not have. I have seen mint shrouds go for some big bucks recently.

Here's the shroud as is, when I bought the car. It had a 1-1/2" circular hole cut in the top and three 3/4 holes in the side and bottom, all for mounting of the aftermarket electric fan:



And here is how it looks after the welding (and inhaling of melting ABS fumes)



and the finished A/C reinstall (minus the R12).

where did you get the donor plastic? did you use one of those stitching plastic welders?