The color is emerald turquoise. Only 3.4 percent of camaros left the factory this colour. The stripe was painted over the body colour at the factory of course it was single stage, now you can do both colours in base and clear everything.
Bored, I went out to the shed tonight and redid the 4 speed pedal assembly I'd bought.
Gave the mount ( 1966, different stamping than the 65) a light bead, then a fast and whatever clearcoat. Looks crappy, just like the original. The 66 mount also has splined firewall mounting bolts. Hopefully no issue.
Stripped the pedal arms of whatever it was on them, it's not paint, like some kind of pitch. Beaded then a cheesy coat of black on what you would see. New pads. New bushings. Looks good.
Bored, I went out to the shed tonight and redid the 4 speed pedal assembly I'd bought.
Gave the mount ( 1966, different stamping than the 65) a light bead, then a fast and whatever clearcoat. Looks crappy, just like the original. The 66 mount also has splined firewall mounting bolts. Hopefully no issue.
Stripped the pedal arms of whatever it was on them, it's not paint, like some kind of pitch. Beaded then a cheesy coat of black on what you would see. New pads. New bushings. Looks good.
Great timing posting this Mark. I am installing my cruise control right now and if you would be willing to take a picture from a different angle you could save me climbing up under there to see what there is for clearance around the brake light switch! I'll steal your pic and repost it showing the area I'd like to see.
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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
Could you give the pedals a twist to the right so I can look up into the channel and see how much room there is around the brake light switch? I need to run a vacuum hose up there and it will either have to connect up with the vacuum line from the clutch switch. I don't know what routing will work the best for the vacuum hose.
Mark, on my 59, 62, and 63, you can slide the pedal shaft out for the automatic and slide the clutch and brake pedals in on the manual pedal shaft, no need to replace the mount on the firewall. May need to add some rubber bumper from the manual mount, but the holes are there for that.
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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
Don, I think 65-70 does the same thing as yours as for sliding in and out. The only reason I changed the mount ,was it came with the pedals, and is in better shape then the old one. And the old was was out of the car anyway. Also, I didn't want to damage the rubber stops prying them out of their square holes. They were in place and in nice shape.
Same dimensions between the two, same holes, brake switch bracket the same, but probably a wee more rigid owing to that stamped in gusset hole. See image.
My 65 seats are done! Done friendly, fast and at a good price. They look fantastic!! Vinyl looks almost the same, and the fabric pattern, while considerably lighter than original, looks 60's when viewed closer.
Exceeded my expectations!.
Shout out must go to Mario and crew at Apple Auto Glass in Oakville.
If in the GTA, go see Mario for your classic seat needs, you won't be sorry.
Hey Todd, is there a way to move all the "pedal topic" to it's own thread?
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
My 65 seats are done! Done friendly, fast and at a good price. They look fantastic!! Vinyl looks almost the same, and the fabric pattern, while considerably lighter than original, looks 60's when viewed closer.
Exceeded my expectations!.
Shout out must go to Mario and crew at Apple Auto Glass in Oakville.
If in the GTA, go see Mario for your classic seat needs, you won't be sorry.
That looks beautiful. The only thing missing in the picture is a 4 speed shifter handle!
In the process of adding power brakes to 409,BUT booster hits R/cover and wiper mtr. So much for "bolt on" now waiting for a 7" booster that won't arrive till a week Monday!!! Ordered 2 electric fans from Amazon a week ago [1 for each car] arrived yesterday and got charged for 2 and only one in the box!! "$hit" can't win now waiting for supplier in Florida to get back to me????
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Some times I wake up GRUMPY, but today I let her sleep in !!!!!!!!BLACKSTOCK Ont.
Been making headway over the past couple of weeks. Cut out the lower section of the left rear quarter starting at the wheel well back about 18". My son made a one piece patch from 18 guage and shaped it in the 10 different directions of the original. Super impressed with his ability to do that!!! In 2 weeks time, we will cut the quarters off the donor car now that they are repaired. Cutting them off half way up, just behind the side body molding to hide the seam.
Frame already to go for blasting, just waiting on the appointment time. The back 4 holes for the body mounts were starting to get a little thin so we cut them out and replaced them with heavy, flat washers, that we shaped for each location. Hope to have the main floor plan installed by the end of the month. The donor body will then go outside for the winter to make room to treat the frame with POR 15 and begin assembly when it comes back from getting blasted.
I spent a couple hours yesterday at Allen Grants shop (one of Carrol Shelbys championship drivers from the mid 60s.). Had pictures last year when I went with a friend there. I was in the area yesterday and just happened to catch him and his good friend there who I also met last year. Spent most of the time with him as Allen has a full plate. His buddy is a photographer and a historian so lots to discuss. Great time waster. Really appreciate their history. A replica being done of his fathers truck.
I finally found an upholstery shop that it committed to doing my car. Ive had people look at the car and never got back to me.
i dropped off the seats yesterday with the dash pad. Sending the car in next week for headliner, door panels and rear arm rests. (Im try to get it together for the World of Wheels Winnipeg at the end of March.) WISH ME LUCK!
