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jonathanD


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steve in the summer ill be staying with my aunt for a couple of days so if you need any help with the mechanical parts i would be glad to help =)



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jonathanD wrote:

steve in the summer ill be staying with my aunt for a couple of days so if you need any help with the mechanical parts i would be glad to help =)

is she in town? fred or i will have you out to the local cruise.  i heard tonite the local A&W is switching the cruise night to thursday. well back out to the toy room

 



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she is just off the highway like 10 min drive from the 401 =)  the exit beside the hospital =)



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jonathan, we are not in toronto, nothing in cobourg is more then 5 min.

spent the day cutting brackets and seat mounts off the old seat pans. had to put the seat in to check alignment. kyle gave his seal of approval when he got home from school





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Stephenzone wrote:

jonathan, we are not in toronto, nothing in cobourg is more then 5 min.

kyle gave his seal of approval when he got home from school

 You've got that right! I'll be there in late June. Might make the beer tent at Victoria Park on July 1.

I give it a thumbsup.gif too!

 



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 You've got that right! I'll be there in late June. Might make the beer tent at Victoria Park on July 1.

I give it a thumbsup.gif too!

 

 While your down at the waterfront that weekend look for my truck. i have a camping site booked. ya i know camping only 5 min from home, but at least i don't have to worry about parking.

 



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Pontiacanada wrote:
 You've got that right! I'll be there in late June. Might make the beer tent at Victoria Park on July 1.

I give it a thumbsup.gif too!

 

 While your down at the waterfront that weekend look for my truck. i have a camping site booked. ya i know camping only 5 min from home, but at least i don't have to worry about parking.

 

 Will do!

 



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Dale at Nos had mentioned about the seat patterns and i thought mine were original. NOT! looks like my front buckets have been replaced. i have a pic from hillars 2+2 for comparison

not a good pic but it does give me something for reference.







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problem with using the impala floor is somethings are different. what was significant was the way it tied into the rear of the trunk. mine was also knackered from the previous floor job. i tied it in as best as i could and then made a piece to cover the transition.





-- Edited by Stephenzone on Thursday 14th of April 2011 09:44:51 PM

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toeboard are not available so i had to make mine from scratch.



don't you just love rotisseries

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If anybody is thinking of using impala floor in their Pontiac B-body. there are little nuances to look for. the middle cross brace under the front seat is only about 1 1/2" thick verses the original which is about 3". had to make a little spacer to take up the slack with the under seat cross brace.



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who is that middle age balding guy. i don't recognize him.

i am lining up the seat brackets. i'm using size 14 metal screws to hold everything together then plug welding as i pull them out. i had a 4x4 supported under the body with the chain hoist to compensate for my ballast



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Stephenzone wrote:

Dale at Nos had mentioned about the seat patterns and i thought mine were original. NOT! looks like my front buckets have been replaced. i have a pic from hillars 2+2 for comparison

not a good pic but it does give me something for reference.





The upholstery in Hillar's Green & Gold 2+2 was also redone, and is not 100% correct either.  I will take some photo's of my Gold 2+2 which has original upholstery in very good condition.   (the upholstery in my convertible was also redone in the early 80's, but not correct either).

 



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got the new doors from todd. took off the door panels to get at the locks. will use the 69 parisienne panels till i find some nice 70 2+2 ones



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steve your doing an amazing job wow just wow........sooo when do ya wanna come over for a BBQ!



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picked up a decent trunk lid and script at the barrie sock meet and its not green



-- Edited by Stephenzone on Sunday 5th of June 2011 08:16:35 AM

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save that Rumble dealer emblem steve!



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Keep going! My '70 Convertible got back-burnered last year but it looks like the saving is back on again with a faster pace. I had to get away from the CP forum because it hurt too bad to watch helplessly, but now I'm back. Good work finding that front bumper, and excellent work on all that sheetmetal fabrication. I can't wait to see what develops here.



-- Edited by Twyford Shanks on Monday 19th of September 2011 05:40:19 PM

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scored a deal from mark for heavy duty springs front and back plus rear trailing arms with poly bushings. well i don't know about you guys but that usually means i'll end up doing more stuff such as i also replace the lower bushing while i had everything apart.

thanxs to dan (rarechev gonna have to change his user name to rareponcho)for a rear trailing arm bolt, i had to cut one bushing out. i'm thinking everything was original. i'm taking a break to warm up and then i'm back out to the shop to do the front springs and yes i also got new A-arm bushings.





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A-arm bushings are in. new to me big block springs are in. a lot of latent energy there i might add. no engine in frame to compress coil so i end up using a heavy duty cargo strap (used on airplanes) with a 3' crow bar for leverage around the frame and lower arm. the princess auto coil spring compressor also did the trick. no pics didn't want any distraction playing with coils

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pic of a-arm and bushing



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454 back from machine shop. 40 over making it a 462 ci. picked up another engine stand from princess motors



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462ci should have plenty of torque to move a B-body along VERY well. That will be a fun ride!

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new gaskets. new valve springs. and a coat of duplicolour gm orange



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