Buicknutty

Just a bit on an update on the car. We decided to get a bit of the mechanical stuff done, like the brakes. As we will need to move the car from the lift over to a bay with better width in order to paint the car. But Oh my some things are a struggle! The new power steering lines for instance, one is just a bit short. It kind of fits but is awful close to the exhaust manifold to be safe, so that I have to sort out. Last night we got new brake lines installed and got some fluid back in it, and will start bleeding it today. New brake cables are also installed but need to be set up, though all the shoes have been adjusted, so we should have good brakes once all the rest gets done and set up. The gas tank was reconditioned a while back, and I have the new sending unit installed, so it's just about ready to go back into place. I have a good high density rad which is just a few years old but I had it cleaned and it's now ready to go back in. The heater core had been leaking since before we got the car so long ago I re routed a heater hose to by pass the heater unit. It was rather rusty inside, but it has now been cleaned, repaired as nec, painted and reinstalled with the new core. The blower motor was seized due to lack of use, but some cleaning and lube and it works fine and runs quietly from the dash control. The one thing we are having a struggle with is the fit of the right front fender, the door fit is good, but the fender is sitting too low and I have a lot of shims in the fender mount and it's still about 3/16's in low. Basically I got frustrated with this and decided to get onto some of the mechanical stuff which needs to be done as well. Sorry folks, no pictures today! All kind of boring stuff that seems to be taking far too long! I think some of this is me as after working on this car for so many years I just want to get it together and looking good. Part of my rush right now is there are changes to the certification standards for cars coming into effect early June and the gents I use to do safeties have decided they are going to retire from writing these, which here we call MTO safeties due to all the extra paperwork, computer documentation that will be required. Please make no mistake, under no circumstances do I want an incorrect safety! I want everything to be safe without exception!! If I've missed something, or screwed up somewhere I want to know about it and have it sorted out. I just don't want to show up at a shop who doesn't know me with this old car and get taken for a whole lot of money. That's it for now folks, thank you for reading! Keith

I agree, love the car and it's colour too.

No kidding, beautiful women in their prime make the world go around. Not trying to be too sexist here, though it may sound it.

I do always have the car on the ground when adjusting and setting up the panels. Thanks for the link, though it is currently listed as out of stock. This at least helps me with some more info.

This week we have been concentrating fitting the body panels back on making a few adjustments, then sanding and more high build. Including fudging the door gap on the driver's door similar to what I did on passenger side, adding a bit of material with the MIG and finishing it off. With only a bit more work the complete left side will ready for final paint. The truck lid is nearly ready to go as well, as is the hood. The one piece which will take a bit more fiddling with, is the right front fender. Way back in 2015 I combined two questionable ones into one decent fender, sandblasted and epoxy primed it, now however I have to get it all finished so we can make it look good! Keith

Thanks Sebastian! This makes more sense now, this is the piece which is still on the car.

No, not yet as I forgot to take my phone to the garage earlier. Hopefully I can remember tonight! However, that is just about what it looks like just a bracket which of course is designed to hold the correct speaker which has now gone awol!

I'll try to get a picture, but there is a small bracket there right near where the grille is, but by itself it will not hold a speaker. There does not seem to be any actual mounting point on the underside of the dash for a speaker. Thanks for the reply!

I have a question about how the front radio speaker mounts up under the dash. The original was removed long before we got the car and all that remains is one small bracket near the front under the dash panel, and there don't seem to be any other mounting points. Does anyone out there have better experience with this? I believe I must be missing something.

That's cool, not to worry!

Yes, that would be a neat look as well.

I quite like that combo as well and for me I'd go with that, though my wife likes the white, and the seats are done as well. So white it will stay.

I think the car will be very striking looking with the green paint white top, tonneau cover and interior.

Thank you!

That's a gorgeous car!