I was gonna say that's not a GTO, 1st thing I saw was the lack of GTO hood. LOL. 30grand HMMMM mine should be worth at least that much in Canadian I guess, LOL. As for the Hinges I broke down and ordered some new ones this morning. But thanks for looking there 65sssd. Driveline vibration u say, HMM me too, LOL, Not sure what u are going after but mine has had new driveshaft built, so all new joints, new rear suspension bushings, all new engine and trans mounts, I have new upper rear control arms that are adjustable so I can play with pinion angle next, just need some time to play with them once I get it painted and back on the road.
I'm a bit late with this and was actually going to make a comment when I saw you looking for hinges. I had the same situation and went to order new ones and the guy taking my order from down at the coast warned me that I wouldn't be happy with them as they are a bit lighter made. I ended up getting a used one off ebay I think for around $15 and it was super tight and works fine. They come up quite often on ebay, I think yours are the same as mine. Anyhow not trying to throw a damper on it but thought it might be an opinion that would interest you. Good luck.
It does state on the order form that these hinges are new and updated from the previous ones, old ones were of poor quality and these are supposed to be much better, I guess time will tell. But thanks for the heads up anyway. supposed to fit 64 -67 I just figured any that were out there that were used were probalby in the same shape as my 45 year old ones.
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That sounds good. It surprised me that they would repro something like a hinge weaker than the original. If anything you'd hope for an improvement specially for how big the car restoration business is. Sounds like somone listened. That's good to hear and I'm sure that will work wonderful.
The thing is I know I have hinges kicking around. If your happy with the new that's okey. Does anybody know the guage of metal that the floor board repair panels should be? Another panel with varied quality. If you decide to change to old hinges Rick let me know. Everything is in boxes because of a move. You really know how much crap you have once you box it up. Jerel does your car have 65 rocker chrome or 64 rocker chrome on it. It just looks smooth in the photo. If it's 64 you did a great job of polishing it. I need some 64 rocker stuff myself. Did you talk to your friend?
Actually on that picture there is no rocker chrome. The rocker chrome I have is 64 and it's pretty decent but the passenger side had a gouge on it so I fixed that up and haven't put it on yet. Will probably put it on in the next couple weeks or so along with my wheel well chrome. I'm also waiting for some material from a friend of mine to make replacement rear rocker trim as it's a pretty simple profile. As far as that other 64 rocker chrome, I did talk to him and it is spoken for.
The thing is I know I have hinges kicking around. If your happy with the new that's okey. Does anybody know the guage of metal that the floor board repair panels should be? Another panel with varied quality. If you decide to change to old hinges Rick let me know. Everything is in boxes because of a move. You really know how much crap you have once you box it up. Jerel does your car have 65 rocker chrome or 64 rocker chrome on it. It just looks smooth in the photo. If it's 64 you did a great job of polishing it. I need some 64 rocker stuff myself. Did you talk to your friend?
I knew u had some but wasn't sure u wanted to part with them as I'm not sure quite they are the same. Probably are. Oh well it's already done so no big deal. But if I could get som ewiper linkage form that black car it would be really neat, also the seats looked pretty close to mine could I had the buckets, LOL. just kiddin. I'm gonna have to get your number and come over to have a look at your rides one day. U can email me at minkystoys@shaw.ca if u want to give me your number. u probably seen me in the local paper before, I'm a tech at metro and we have our pictures in the paper all the time, I'm the one with dark hair and a moustache.