It does start to add up cost wise. To do jambs, inside of fenders and the rest as seen in the pic took 5 cans of colour and 3 cans of clear. 8 cans at 33.95 each = $271.60 plus tax. I still have the box to do and am expecting to use about the same amount of paint.
From previous paint jobs a typical car uses a gallon of colour to which reducer and hardener needs to be added plus the same for the clear. Even an inexpensive base clear is $700 - $800. Then add another quart or two to do the insides and jambs. I suspect you will be at a g note pretty quickly.
I spent the last two evenings replacing all the suspension bushings on my car trailer. It was to the point that the tandem trailer was basically a single axle trailer because the equalizers for the leaf springs to spread the load evenly on the axles were seized solid. Had to heat everything red hot to get all the pivot and mounting bolts apart. One of those jobs where it feels good to have it done.
I was scared when I hauled that 455 Parisienne a few weeks ago and when I checked the hubs on the trailer I couldn't hold my hand on either rear hub. All the load was on the rear axle.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Getting the house ready to host guests this weekend. My cousin (who I haven't seen in 15 years) flies into PEI this morning and is staying until Sunday around noon. Then we are meeting my son's girlfriend's parents for the first time. I guess this relationship is serious...
Put new upper control arm bushings in the El Caminos 12 bolt. Tried earlier in the week but had no luck. Decided to put them in the freezer as I took a chance. Untder the car swinging away one was fairly easy. Not the other one. Not easy laying under car jacked up in the driveway. Put a 4x4 on top of a jack same height as the bushing. Got the sledge out. 3 massive swings later it was in.
I spent the last two evenings replacing all the suspension bushings on my car trailer. It was to the point that the tandem trailer was basically a single axle trailer because the equalizers for the leaf springs to spread the load evenly on the axles were seized solid. Had to heat everything red hot to get all the pivot and mounting bolts apart. One of those jobs where it feels good to have it done.
I was scared when I hauled that 455 Parisienne a few weeks ago and when I checked the hubs on the trailer I couldn't hold my hand on either rear hub. All the load was on the rear axle.
ha, the Manitoba run will be the last haul before I change the trailer over to bigger wheels and hubs, tires are just about done, 1500 miles will finish the tread. gotta love trailers.
you said it, I cant really complain it was only 3200 bucks for a new 06 bobcat trailer with the big axels, springs and heavier frame I think its rated at 8100 kg , all I have to do is change out to bigger brakes and six bolt rims on the same axels or go bigger when I overhaul her. I still wanna build a big deck hauler makes life easier.
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
I changed out both rear calipers on the wifes HHR last brake job so front pads are do this go round. Dona change the Calipers making all 4 new. 320,000 KM so that's pretty good
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
New caliper last night, all better now. 4 mile road test and the rotor temps were 95*F. Night before with the seized caliper, in 2 blocks the one rotor was 200*F.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
Picking up parts for the HHR brake job tomorrow. Weather says cooler and less humid this weekend so I can do it in the driveway
New caliper last night, all better now. 4 mile road test and the rotor temps were 95*F. Night before with the seized caliper, in 2 blocks the one rotor was 200*F.
Ordered two rear shocks and a differential gasket from Rock Auto. Had a cousin over from Ontario this past weekend and we took the Jeep out for a tour of some of the old logging roads. Jeep did fine on those however when I drove onto a "regular" dirt road with a terrible washboard surface at 50kmh I broke the left shock absorber. While crawling under it to check for any other damage I noticed the differential cover leaking. May as well nip both in the bud. Got Munroe shocks on a wholesale closeout for $13.11 each and a Fel-Pro diff gasket for $2.49.
Passenger door window was working really bad in my Parisienne because the lower sash channel was rotted out. Luckily, they are being reproduced, so I changed it out for a brand new one. The before and after pics are quite explicit!
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Had the Grand in today for it's first ever alignment.
Old school mechanic Tony fixed her up nice. My driveway numbers weren't that great, but he laughed and said not too bad for basically eyeball and tape. I'm kind of proud of at least my right hand side lol!
Before,
After,
Although previously ok, a short drives shows an improvement in tracking and feel. Tony likes big caster along with a little negative camber. He was certainly glad the car has all the aftermarket stuff. Easy to work on, and easy to get the numbers that will work best. It was great being able to watch the process as well, and it is certainly a process.
Modern radials...throw away those original factory specs. They're pretty useless, and you can get far better feel with a little work.
A shout out to Tony and Mike at ZM Auto service in Burlington.
It wasn't in my garage / shop and or driveway today but I had a riot. Teen Challenge held a demolition derby at the fairgrounds here in Morris. Those of you who have been here have seen that is literally our back yard. I was asked to be on the pit crew for our local Youth For Christ Drop In Centre car that was entered in the derby. The stupid Honda let us down, a couple of good hits and it lost all power, we couldn't find the problem. The guys running the show were nice enough to let us "claim" a used car from someone who had won his heat and gets a new car for the finals. At least we got a Pontiac next (sort of...., a Sunfire!) It faired better but we still got knocked out, which was ok because all 4 of us, 3 pit, one driver, were rookies to a demo derby.
This guy sure had a rough go of it! He got disqualified because he couldn't stay in the marked off area! Steering was a bit of an issue....
Parked the Pontiac under a nice shady tree while I started to strip the donor car for my 88, XR7 Project.
I guess I could had put the parts car in a derby first
Took the very rare transmission out.
Now I have two
The wire harnesses, the shifter and kick down cables are impossible to find.
The project car had a MSD ignition installed and removed by a butcher so having all the correct wire harnesses, in the donor car, is like winning the lottery.
Put the Parisienne back in before the sun got too low in the sky.
