[fyrffytr1]

Thanks Y'all. I still have some issues with hood and fender alignment that a friend, who runs a local body, shop is going to help me with. And, I still have to finish the A/C and have the steering wheel restored.
Hopefully, I will get all this done before the weather warms up. Down here that could be next week!!

[charles bledsoe]

fyrffyyr1-

Your car keeps looking better and better! In the center of your trunk picture, is that the cardboard piece that goes over the Hyd pump motor for the convertible top? Also on your hood pad, did you have to remove the hinge bolts, to the hood, to put it on? I can't remember wether you told me that you got the molded hood pad from PY or Ames? Did you get the convertible motor/pump cover at the same place? I need to get both of those pieces for mine. Yours look very nice, you've done an top notch job with your car. I'm sure you will be taking all the trophy's home this spring/summer!!

[fyrffytr1]

Originally Posted by charles bledsoe

fyrffyyr1-

Your car keeps looking better and better! In the center of your trunk picture, is that the cardboard piece that goes over the Hyd pump motor for the convertible top? Also on your hood pad, did you have to remove the hinge bolts, to the hood, to put it on? I can't remember wether you told me that you got the molded hood pad from PY or Ames? Did you get the convertible motor/pump cover at the same place? I need to get both of those pieces for mine. Yours look very nice, you've done an top notch job with your car. I'm sure you will be taking all the trophy's home this spring/summer!!

Charles,
I got both pieces from our host. I picked them up at the Moultrie Swap meet so I didn't have to pay the extra shipping charge for the hood pad. I didn't have to remove anything to install it. But, be careful on the front corners as they will break very easily. Ask me how I know?!
The piece in the trunk is the cover but my interior man put it in when he did the top.

[Sloan66]

Phil,

Awesome car! My brother had the exact car back in the day. Great job!!

[Gator67]

You have a fantastic looking car Phil. It was a pleasure keeping up with your progress.

[charles bledsoe]

Thanks Phil! I remembered that you said you picked up the hood pad at the swap meet, I just couldn't remember who you purchased it from. I saw the motor/pump cover in the PY catalog. I am getting ready to order one of the hood pads, will get the cover from them too. Thanks for all the help and for taking the time and effort to document your restoration. There should be a sticky if there is not one on restoration threads and yours should definitely be in it!! Hope you enjoy your very fine 67 GOAT!!
Thanks.

Chuck

[65Mark]

Your car is looking great Phil! I'm going to be painting a 67 for a club member a week from now so I've been following your restore from the beginning. I'm now trying to determine how much of the trunk space is body color and how much is speckle paint. Did you have a source for yours or do you know of one? This one is going Fathom Blue. I've been doing too many 64's where the whole trunk is body color and I don't remember how much is covered on the 67. Thanks for any help or direction.

[Old Goat 67]

Mark,

See if these photos would help you.
These are some photos I copied a few years ago of a 44,000 mile survivor.
http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ld%2067%20GTO/

Charles

[65Mark]

Thanks Charles! Those are a great resource. That tells me what I needed to know. Interesting runs on the cowls, I'll bet they weren't all like that. but the fuzzy edge probably should be recreated as that looks to be the norm on all the cowls I've seen pictures of.
Thanks again for posting the link, going to bookmark it!

Mark

[Old Goat 67]

Originally Posted by 65Mark

Interesting runs on the cowls, I'll bet they weren't all like that. but the fuzzy edge probably should be recreated as that looks to be the norm on all the cowls I've seen pictures of.

Mark

Mine weren't. Kansas City car.

[Old Goat 67]

Mark,

Download the zip file here.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/51555553/AndyD426_10a1a796.zip

Give it a little time to upload to the "cloud".

[65Mark]

Thank you. It only took a second to download and extract.

[Old Goat 67]

Cool.

[fyrffytr1]

I almost forgot my Sunday post again! I still have some stuff to do and more parts to buy but I can drive the car. I am finding a lot of rattles but most of them are coming from me!
I thought I had a big transmission problem today. I was going to take my wife out for a ride but the car wouldn't shift into second. I changed oil last night and wondered if I had hit anything under the car. Sure enough, I knocked the vacuum line off the transmission.
It's not easy trying to hook it back up with a hot exhaust pipe in the way. After burning my right hand twice I switched to my left and burned it three times but I got the hose back on and went for the ride.
I worked on some minor stuff last Monday for about 4 hours and I will add that to my totals next week. I ordered some parts from our host and they should be here in a few days.
Y'all have a good one and thanks for everything.

[fyrffytr1]

Well, another week of driving the car some has brought up a few issues that need to be addressed. First, I have some lifter noise from the passenger side. Since the engine is an unknown I will first try to adjust all the lifters to see if that helps. I added some marvel Mystery Oil and that helped some but there are two or three on the right side that continue to tap a little.
Second is play in the rear end. Since I have no idea about adjusting the lash I will take it to an old school mechanic here and let him work on it.
And I had a slight scare Friday when I showed the car to some guys at a local shop. One of them noticed a gas leak at the carb. I brought the car home and let it cool down for several hours, then I loosened the small line into the carb and snugged the large fitting about 1/8th of a turn.
I didn't want to start the car to check the leak because I didn't have time to let it warm up completely so I let it set until today.
I started it up and felt around the fitting and it was dry so I backed out of the shop and got my wife to go for a ride.
But, before leaving the house I decided to check one more time. The front of the carb was wet!! Turns out the carb top plate screws and the two bolts that mount the carb to the intake were not tight. I know there are four bolts but the back two don't go through the carb body. Anyway, I tightened them down and problem solved. Still got to go for a short ride hoping the lifter noise might disappear completely but it is still there.
On the off chance some lobes on the cam have been wiped I am posting another thread about a good replacement cam.
I spent $81.00 on some parts from our host and will update totals after I get the valves and rear end taken care of.

[Greg Reid]

Since the engine is an unknown

This thread has been going so long, I don't remember the back story on your car. What's the history of the engine?

[fyrffytr1]

Just like I said, unknown! It was running good when I bought the car so I pulled it out cleaned it and installed new freeze plugs. I only drove the car one time before tearing it apart and that was only about 5 miles.
I looked up the numbers to find out what parts were on the motor. Well, that's not exactly the truth. I posted the numbers here and Y'all told me what I had!
Turns out, it is a 69 400 block with 67 670 heads and a 70 or 71 intake and Rochester 4-bbl carb. The carb is off a manual transmission car but I have the TH 400 tranny.
I don't know anything about the internal parts. The car runs very strong, it just has a slight lifter tap around the number 6 valve area. I changed oil and added a quart of Marvel Mystery oil but that didn't help.
I used Valvoline high mileage 10-30 with a bottle of hyper lube zinc additive. I checked the oil tonight and it is very clean.
I am taking the car to a mechanic the end of the week so I should know about the lifters and rear end noise by Sunday.
I hope and pray that all they need are some adjusting.

[Greg Reid]

You'll get it.

[fyrffytr1]

I was able to take the car to the mechanic today. He lifted the hood, listened for a few seconds then shut it. He then asked how many miles I had put on the car since the rebuild and I told him about 150.
He said he would adjust the valves if I wanted him to but, if it was his he would drive it for a while.
Then I told him that I didn't know anything about the internals of the motor and he replied that he would go ahead and adjust the valves.
He also said I had a small exhaust leak on the driver's side around the collector that he would fix. He went on to say that either the vacuum advance was not working or the timing was retarded and he would fix that. All of this from listening to the car for no more than 30 seconds.
He doesn't think there is any problem with the cam. And, he is going to check the lash in the rear end. I might get it back Thursday.

[Gator67]

Sounds like good news!