That Lemonwood Yellow looks great, bet you are excited to get it on the road!

66 Grande guy wrote:

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

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You're making me puke Ken (out of pure jealousy....)

I absolutely LOVE that colour on there. That and the GP spinners on the rally caps is pure creative genius.

Thanks for posting pictures. Now I'm gonna go sit in a corner for the rest of the night and pout that my 66 is such a piece of junk in comparison.

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 I gotta admit its kind of growing on me. 

Now imagine that pulling a polished 1951 Airstream cause that is the plan for next year! I have to admit pure sensual pleasure at the thought. 

Don't worry Carl you'll probably end up with it anyway (due to a series of progressively more threatening phone calls I suspect.)

 

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  I have to admiit, I missed this entire thread...??? Looking very fine, Ken! Very fine!

That's looking super sweet ... just like lemon pie (one of my favs.)!

You have some pictures right?

Finally the fire season and meetings are out of the way and the Airstream is sitting in the yard winterized so i should be able to go on this thing.  Gotta repaint my grille halves now..

66 Grande guy wrote:

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You have some pictures right?

 

Finally the fire season and meetings are out of the way and the Airstream is sitting in the yard winterized so i should be able to go on this thing.  Gotta repaint my grille halves now..

-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Thursday 11th of October 2012 10:18:19 PM

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.......... as promised pictures of pre paint prep - you may also want to explore the All Car Restorations website link below - this is where I had a heap of panels, sills etc fabricated (early shots of mine in its original livery of white over blue - intermediate stage are undercoat grey - ready for block up in black Epitek)..................enjoy right..............

http://www.allcarrestorations.com/restorations.php

Thanks for the suggestions, he said sarcastically!

Actually, I always wanted it to be pretty much original partly to see what that would actually feel like. 

It came with the 396, power windows, buckets with the headrests, powerglide, AC , dual exhaust (which was an option with the 396) 3.31 non posi, shaded glass, am radio, power steering and brakes as well as rear speaker and dealer added rear defrost.

When I went  through the chassis i replaced all the steering and suspension components (except the box as it seemed quite tight) put new shocks on the front and the F41 sway bars with the thick bar on the front (that one was thanks to Carl S).  I used original type rubber bushings as my old butt seems to like a softer ride and i don't really intend to twist it around all that much.   I found a factory tach, tilt steering and AM FM for it.  Other wise to enhance driveability I put in a Pertronix in the original distributor and swapped the Powerglide for a TH700r4.  I will also run airshocks on the back as I intend to pull a trailer with it at times. I kept the orignal Quadrajet as they are quite a good versatile setup, I think.  I did stick in a 67 master cylinder instead of the single pot 66 one as well but have yet to decide to go with discs. I really don't see the need for the posi so I haven't been looking.

I also have found a power bucket setup for the drivers side but I haven't decided to use it yet.  I'm also toying with the idea of setting up a cruise control but have yet to find an original although i have a couple of vintage setups if I want to sort of make it work.

I also have a vacuum truck release, reverb and a trunk light for it so it's about as optioned out as i would had wanted.

I'll run 15 x 7 rallys with 235/60 TA's so the orginal ride height will be pretty much mantained.

I will run some halogen headlights instead of the T3's!

Once I get all this rolling in the same direction if I don't like some of the ways its working I'll have to make some changes but from what I distantly remember of those cars they were pretty comfortable highways cruisers which is my ambition for this car.

I want to be able to take it anywhere without worrying about it or without it being tough to live with on a 10 hour drive.

I don't think I ever commented on this car.... I see a car right up there with the best of the Cp's. The 65-66 Sport roof Grande is it, and your BB will be on the top shelf. Post cars are nice in a drag taxi sleeper kind of way, but the HT roofline is so sweet, so formally nice, classy... I see Gp in her. She looks like she's flying while standing still, even with that " Stacked Forward look" of the front end. It's somthing the anyone with a eye for style, born before 63 might appreciate.

 I know you're an original kind of guy, but will you do any suspension stuff to her besides bars to help? You'll need it when you let her dance down the backroad.  They really respond well when rebuilt with big bars, high quality shocks, bushings, tires and steering (as if you don't know!). Try modern tires with18's...Oops!... Oh no, I must sound like the car show suggestion guy now, I'll stop. Sorry.

I love this car!

Awaiting progress.

Cheers, Mark

......any more news and pictures on progress - if you've done any more work, Im keen to see how it's coming along...................