...making some headway but pitifully slow!
Yea, but they look good...and probably twice as fast as if you took them somewhere and had to wait for them to be done.
Wish I was so talented. BUT...I am lucky, shop around me that are good, are fairly fast...but then the population in my neck of the woods is smaller. So there is that.
First time I've noticed this thread. That's some nifty sewing there Gary!
TO GASMAN, ISN'T THERE ANY THING you CAN'T DO? JERRY
Thanks for your thoughts. Seats finished and sewing machine put away. Gutting the interior...new seats, carpet, package tray, sill plates, window fuzzies, Lizard Skin insulation, instrument cluster, and lots of additional wire.
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HAY GASMAN, isn'there any thing you can't do?
Jerry, can't see, joints don't bend, no stamina and motivation is a rare commodity. So my list of skills is shrinking due to physical limitations. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely thankful and fortunate to be on the sunny side of the sod.
hay gasman, if I sounded sarcastic, I didn't mean to be, I'm 86 an still do quite a bit, therre are limits, ,to start with, this crummy computor, loss everything, had to have it scraped an then rebooted, been at it for 3 days, an now I find I can't post a picture on this forum, getting tired. think I'll take it out in the backyard an shoot it
technology is sooo great..........until it isn't!
If it isn't a virus, it's likely deliberately, planned obsolescence. I need to replace my big screen TV because Netflix and Hulu drivers are no longer supported. Frontier discontinued support of their DSL internet so I had to upgrade to fiber optics. Faster but faster than what I use. Windows 10 couldn't maintain
WIFI connection with the new fiber optics. So, new laptop with Windows 11. Printer doesn't like Windows 11. New printer bought yesterday! Oh! All the Windows 10 app must be repurchased for Windows 11 if available! CDs are out so no laptops in stock with CD drives in them. Ranting! Hell yes. My life is disrupted if not on hold for three months with calls to tech support, hardware suppliers, internet providers!!! Can get very frustrating.
Technology is useless! Anyone know where I can buy an EMP bomb? (asking for a friend...actually for a LOT of friends!) LOL!!!
It gets to me as well. Try operating a new car! You need a computer sciences degree just to start the thing! Yes, planned obsolescence is everywhere! My machine had the hard drive go belly up. Wouldn't start 90% of the time. New machine, Windows 11 (more new learning, make it simpler?), new monitor, the RGB analog couldn't talk to 11, thankfully the printer figured out how to talk and print with 11. Thought all my pictures (family and car) were gone. Son-in-law to the rescue! He is a geek, no problem he says, send me the drive and I'll get the for you. This was after the Geek Squad (that I paid for) said they were all lost......I'm happy but it has been a long road!
reminds me....I have to actually use the Photostick I bought to download my pics before my windows 10 computer takes a dive.
Tech and OUR cars. Most of the members here haven't had this issue, but when the computer on my 4.6 dohc wasn't performing as it should, I talked to a local performance shop to see if they could determine the issue. I was told even if they could, they themselves couldn't fix it because the older, slower components in an OBD 1 system would not work with a new component, they were just too fast for the old system. It's scary how much stuff we don't even know about.
test, now if I can only rremember how I did it
sorry 1 more time, wow, I did it
HEY! I have one of those! Nice ride! :006:
Nice, I use to have 2 69 Mach 1s (and 3 70s as well), back in the 70s & 80s, before they were valuable collectors items. Both 69s and 1 70 were R code 428 Cobra Jets, 1 of the 69s, and the 70 were 4 speeds, and the other 2 70s were both M code 351 Cleveland 4 barrels, all 3 428 CJ cars and one of the M codes had Shaker hood scoops. Bought the first 70, a Grabber Orange Sportsroof M code, in 1976, at a used car lot, for $2100. the other 70 Mach 1, a Grabber Green M code cost me $2500. in 1979, the first 69 R code 4 speed Mach 1, I bought in the late 70s as well, the engine was out, but the big spline Toploader 4 speed and 31 spline Nodular 9" were still in it, paid $750. for that one, Bought the 70 428 CJ Mach 1 in 1980 for $2000. with a rebuilt engine and transmission, but a damaged LF 1/4 panel, and the 69 428 CJ automatic was $5000. in 1986. Nowadays, all the money that I paid for those 5 Mustangs wouldn`t buy you a rotted out, 6 cylinder Mustang notchback! Wish that I had the foresight t have hung onto my Mustangs, like Randy (RMK57) did, he has owned his 70 Boss 429 Mustang since the 70s!
You undoubtedly have some skills Gary, beautiful work.
...gutted, cleaned and ready for some Lizard Skin. I'm not sure what to do with the extra time from NOT having rust to repair.
...more rust-free floors
No rust is a BEAUTIFUL THING!!!!
YES! My Edsel was the first ever "rust free" as in no panel replacement or patching! The Ranchero on the other hand.....
The pictures represent a very small amount of progress but it took a huge amount of cussin' to force my body into nearly impossible angles. Once in position, the pain was replaced with gramps. Ho Ho...having fun now!!! Package tray and new speakers installed.
Where is that bourbon?
Packing blankets and cushions are must have tools!
What is the white appears-to-be-brushed-on coating. It looks like rubber roof coating.
Rich, I believe it is Lizard Skin that Gary mentioned in post #19.
OK..Thanks! I missed that.
Yes, the white stuff is Lizard Skin thermal. It sprays with a low pressure, thick material gun used for drywall textured ceiling, rust proof or bedliner. On completely striped body with no masking, I thin the material a little and turn up the pressure and spray multiple coats. Since this application is still semi assembled and I didn't want the overspray, I sprayed two thick coats which tends to be a little more textured. It took longer to mask off the car than to spray it.
I got tired of carpet burns so I moved to electrical. With the cluster upgrade, several wires can be eliminated or a few required extensions. The cluster is removable but there are no connections...every wire must be individually disconnected with just a few inches to get your hand in there while balancing the cluster without nicking or scratching anything. So...I'm rewiring the cluster wires to have connectors that will be plugged in after the cluster is installed.
fun stuff!
What car is that on? When I wired my (custom) dash, I used small connectors so that everything could be connected /disconnected easily. When you are doing that,if I understand you correctly, use different size connectors or reverse the male/female end "fittings" so that each of the connectors can only be reassembled onto one mating connector.
Carpet burns, I remember those from years ago, but had nothing to do with my car.
Rich, just guessing, but that dash cluster looks like a 1965 or 66 Galaxie to me. Always liked those cars, a buddy years ago had a 66 Galaxie 7 Liter 4 speed, and I know a guy in Washington State that had 2 6 4 doors that were rather unusual, one was a 428 4 speed LTD 4 dr hardtop, and the other was a Galaxie 500 4 door with a 390 4 speed. I can`t imagine that they made very many big block 4 speed 4 doors, especially the LTD.
I believe it is his Galaxie.
Always wondered why (back in the day) there were no common connectors for assemblies like the dash? Todays cars have huge, multi wire connectors making taking it apart easier. Having said that, when building I try to make detachable items with wires into a common connector. If not common, gust grouped together with plenty of slack to make maintenance easier. Vendors like Del City make purchasing items like that easy!
Gary,, is the lizard skin thermal like por 15, better or worse?
Lizard Skin is for thermal or sound deadening. POR 15 is a rust product.
LOL."rust produce"?? Gary, you were a farmer for too long. Funny.
Gerald, Gary is correct, por-15 does not have any thermal properties.
Bill, earlier this year you mentioned a place called Del City for connectors. Do you have a website for them?
Here ya go Rich.
https://www.delcity.net/?r=IS1001&mkwid=ss5E7Zq0y&crid=&mp_kw=del+city+wire&mp_mt=e&msclkid=09edf633e1171b13b27c9e811554573d&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand&utm_term=del+city+wire&utm_content=Brand+Ads
Thanks, Bill. Just what I will be looking for after I get my '57 back in a few weeks. Delcity calls them "Packard connectors". I used to get them at Radio Shack.
When I left my car in Tulsa, they told me one of my taillights was out, and I've had that exact problem before with the type of connector I used on the tailights.
I was following along with the Bill and Rich conversation and realized I had started this post and never shared pictures of the finished upgrades.
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Looks pretty slick Gary! Nice work! :003:
Great job as per your usual!!! Pics and story of the car would be nice.
Nice, neat work Gary! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Projects are way easier to come by than the time and energy to complete. I saw the Galaxie and was suckered into it. August 26th four years ago, it was my birthday so I was taking it easy and watching old movies and shopping FaceBook MarketPlace. I've always had a soft spot for '65 Galaxies...Dad had a new one, I liked the total model changes, and the Lemans headlights were so cool. On top on that, I had this Cammer without a home (PIC). This experimental engine never made it down the production line...but it was so very, very close to being customer order right from your local dealership. The first printing of the '65 Service Manual (February '64...you know...back in the analog days when there was a six month lead time to get printed support materials to the dealerships by September 1st for the new model year unveiling) had two new engine codes for the VIN. The new for '65 engines were 'L' and 'M' codes...L for the 427 SOHC 4V and M for the 427 SOHC 8V. Yes, one could order a brand new '65 Galaxie with a 635HP single four barrel or 665HP 2x4 427 SOHC. SO, back to my birthday. The movie was boring and I was shopping more than watching the movie. Bigger than life there was a post for a garage sale in Toledo (less than an hour away) with a picture of the Galaxie. Somehow I justified that it was my birthday and I hadn't been to a good garage sale in some time and I was overdue for a good ole wild goose chase. The long and short, the Galaxie was bought and came home the next day. PIC is of the Galaxie in the garage sale driveway. The plan is to sacrifice this very clean, 42k mile Galaxie into a 'M' code clone. The frame table is temporary home for the upgraded frame, Cammer, TKX, Hotchkis, Wilwood, Unisteer (PIC). In the meantime, the Galaxie is my daily driver.
IN.
...a little better PIC of frame
Something to do this winter eh? :003:
Impressive.
A SOHC motor w/AC, I LOVE IT! Great project, looking forward to watching it unfold. IDK about you guys, but I'm up for a build thread?
AC and steering pump brackets are very, very hard to find if they exist at all. At Gary Speed, those brackets represent weeks of fabrication. Four groove crank and water pump pulleys added a couple of months. A cruiser requires three pedals, AC, PS and power R&P! I have recently added speed control to my must-have list.