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Dan390
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I love your build and thread, my pet peeve is car ads or car owners that boldy proclaim their car is "RESTORED" when we all know about 99.9999999% are NOT.
The kinds of things you are describing on the wiper motor restoration and other aspects of this build are what "RESTORED" really means, and it's time consuming, labor intensive and expensive and involves a lot of research usually as well. I could go on all day on that topic, I just wanted to chime in and say how enjoyable and educational this build is, seeing so much effort put into it, nice job!
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kcsamc
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The dash gauge pod bezel got finished this week. Turned out very well. NOS fuel and temp gauges. Ready to start assembling the actual dash now.
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Devilboy
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Looks real sharp. Nice work. Really digging this thread too.
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billd
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Kevin, although I'm likely a lot older and am not sure if your car will be done before my wife buries me under the oak tree with the cats that have gone before me, but can you maybe put me in your will?
It would be nice to have a car done to that level of detail. Funny, I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand having a car with an "ash receiver" that was obviously used - and put a NOS one in before I felt better about it. (even the NOS ash receiver was imperfect, but, oh, well, at least it had never been used) It's not often that one gets to actually TAKE APART a NOS electric part like a wiper motor. That baby had to be stripped down to nothing - including cutting wires that were factory spotted to the brush end plate - and then reconnect them, and removing field windings without marring the screws that held the pole shoes in place...... sure, you need to be careful taking apart a motor that's rusty, greasy, has wires that are already frayed, broken, crispy or whatever, and screws that are rusted but taking apart one that's never been mounted and not disturbing things you have no intention of refinishing- you operate like a surgeon. I also had the pleasure of making detailed notes as well as making a sort of photo-journal of exactly how every little part was finished in detail. Some of the smaller parts had finishes that were pretty nicely preserved - and it also pointed out some differences that took place over the years of production. It was actually nice - being able to fully disassemble a brand new, never been used, never been exposed to water or the harsh environments of the engine bay (heat, acid air from a charging battery, oil, grease, fumes from fuel and so on) as even on OLD NOS parts, there are areas protected from the atmosphere that many don't get to see unless they are in the habit of taking apart brand new parts. (I have a couple of NOS wiper motors on my shelves that I may just disassemble to see what more I can learn........ ) Our cars are even more interesting as they were made during one of those times of a lot of change in the industry - either through technology, government or EPA mandates, advances in finishing and so on. |
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hassyfoto
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Lookin good Kevin!
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Murphy's Law:
Any given mechanical job you decide to solve alone will imminently require a third hand, at its most critical moment |
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kcsamc
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So the dash assembly progresses pretty well as a side project, and I've been trying to get back in the shop on a few other things like finishing the second rear leaf spring and getting to a point that the rear goes in before too long.
I recently had to review my options on what to do with the factory radio speaker. I looked into having it reconed, but it is expensive and no guarantee that the magnet is still strong enough to provide a good sound anymore. So I decided to replace it with a new one from the following place: The SC/Rs use a 4 x 10, and they recommended the Universal Mount speaker to fit the American speaker bracket. The speaker came with blade connectors for the wires, so I cut the wires to the old speaker: Crimping and soldering the connections and assembling to the new speaker is the only things that need done to change it over: I won't be able to tell you how good or bad it performs for a long time, but the service was very good, and make sure you locate a speaker that is an 8ohm unit not the modern standard of 4ohm for an old non converted radio. The above speakers are made for our old cars with stock radio systems. While I was test fitting the speaker I realized that you can't get into the dashpad stud / nut that is directly behind the speaker once the speaker is installed, so it was finally time to bring out the Holy Grail NOS dashpad to get ready to install this week. I thought everyone would like to see this rare item as it came out of its 48 year hibernation for this build! Yea, I thought you would like this one! It goes on this week.
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Ram Air Rick
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Sitting there, it kind of looks like the Batman symbol !
Even the caped crusader would take a deep breath during this unveiling ! Holy "Grail" Batman !!! Rich C.
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amxdreamer
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Made in Canada...it HAS to be valuable!!!
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Tony
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6PakBee
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Roger Gazur
1969 'B' Scheme SC/Rambler 1970 RWB 4-spd Machine 1970 Sonic Silver auto AMX All project cars. Forum Cockroach |
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kcsamc
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Dash pad is on and the speaker and radio are assembled in. Dash is looking more complete!
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