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Does anyone know the application of this starter drive? Came in a parts stash and came in original box, but part number was eaten away by mice. No manufacturer name, either, but was made in Bloomfield, NJ and is re-manufactured. Is at least 1968 or before, probably early 1950s to 1968. any help is appreciated.
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Dave, sorry, but not one of the 6 Impalas we found had a defogger in It, so we came up empty today.
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Bob, thanks again. Just sent you an email.
Chris
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Yes, that's it. On some maps it's in "Leon" Virginia. The place is called Leon's and they have many old cars as well as newer stuff into the '00's. No guarantee they have what you're looking for, but there' a good chance.
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Thanks, I'll get back to you via email in a day or so.
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Yes. I have the correct metal for it, just needs holes, tapped, cut into two pieces, and bending to the correct size. 1/2" x 1/4" steel stock.
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These were offered for years from the late 40's all the way through the mid 70's thru GM as an accessory with some slight modifications. It appears the one you have is the same thing, but is for the aftermarket. The official GM ones would have "GM" or I think I've seen "Buick" in the little circle area around the handle. I have a '74 Camaro and in the official accessories catalog is this model, except it says "GM" on the handle; I found one at Hershey.
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Where, generally, are you located in Va? There is a junkyard near Culpeper that may possibly have one of these cars if you're close enough to that location.
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Where, generally, are you located in Va? There is a junkyard near Culpeper that may possibly have one of these cars if you're close enough to that location.
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Hello,
Can anyone recommend a good machine shop that will take on small jobs in the DC, Baltimore, Hershey, or Philadelphia regions? I have to have two brackets made that need 4 tapped holes, and two bends to make a light "Z" shape, all about 7" long. I have specs and a photo of an original bracket with dimensions. The one machine shop I visited locally said "I don't know if we can do that, we can't bend the brackets. I mean, what's the angle on those brackets? I said "well, you could use a protractor to get the angle from the photo." He got offended and said "I don't think we're interested in the job." Seems like an easy job to me,. Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Today I continued welding up pinholes and cleaning more up on the fender. Still more grinding to do to finish the metalwork.
I completed the windshield and frame (Photo 1). Overall, it turned out okay. It was a lot of work. In the future, I'll have to make a few corrections. Due to some corrosion and fitment issues, I ended up stripping a few threads on the screws that hold the windshield posts on and I had some problems with the original backing plate that everything screws into. I had to use 2 screws that don't quite look right and one of those is zinc and not chrome, as I had to switch from metric to standard, due to stripped threads. I don't think anyone will notice except me, but I'll have to try to make it better when I see the fastener guy at Carlisle next. I still need to clean it up and trim the excess glazing material.
It was nice today, about 57 degrees, so broke out the Clogmaster and blasted the outer headlight buckets and hood hinges (Photos 2 & 3). Followed them up with some rust inhibitor on the buckets (they will end up being silver cadmium) and the hinges will go on in primer to be painted on the car, as original.
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Jeff, yes, the used a generic "good" distributor originally and it ran well when they first started the engine up.
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Another engine update. They think there is a problem with the distributor, so they had it apart on Tuesday trying to figure out the problem. They're not 100% sure, so they may be looking at a few other things as well. They did not mention the carbs. I'll call them again next week if I don't hear back. I had another shop rebuild the distributor, so I can't blame them if the distributor has issues, although I'm sure that my bill is growing if these issues are problems that originated outside of the British Car shop.
In the meantime, some more baby steps. I put on the two sides of the windshield frame (Photos 1 & 2) over the last couple days. These were far easier than the bottom part of the frame. I did have some issues with the lowest screws, as the inner attachment brackets are repros, and guess what! They don't quite fit. I got the one side in okay with a little work, but could not get the lower screw on the other side in. The angle of the inner attachment bracket with four holes in it is not quite right, leaving just slightly too little distance between the bracket and the outer frame, so when I put the screw in, it is about 1mm too short to hit the threads of the inner bracket. I'll have to get a longer screw and cut it just a little longer than the current screw in order to make it fit. Nothing is ever easy, ever.
Also, I found a cool license plate frame on ebay that is from the mid-1970s, but was probably used around 1960 as well, so I'm calling it close enough (Photo 3) and representative of a dealer plate that could have been on the car when it was new.
This weekend, I hope to continue with the windshield frame, welding up the rest of my last fender, and working on the headlight assemblies. Feeling a little lazy, so may take some time off Saturday to do something other than the MG. A little burned out from work and need a break. Hopefully, Father Christmas will bring me a rebuilt MGA engine for Christmas this year.
Chris
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Sorry, we got rained out today, so we will be revisiting on Fri 12/20/19. I'll see what I can find.
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I have not visited the shop since I saw the raw block and delivered all the ancillary parts. I think you're right, it's probably time for another visit if it's not ready this week.
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Got another day in today, although limited progress. My big task for the day was to install the lower windshield frame piece to the lower part of the windshield with the glazing material. Would think it would take about 10-15 minutes, took about 3.5 hrs (Photo 1). The trouble was that it was just me (I could have used a helper), and it was not going in the way everyone says it should (they never do). The 3+ hours was spent trying a method, failing, then starting over. Each time I learned a little more and changed my technique. The way I did it was to put some dielectric grease on the inside of the channel. then set the glazing in the channel, then place the windshield on top of the channel just enough to get a little pressure on it. Next, whilst standing up and using my ankles as a vice, pull the glazing material out of the channel (with the windshield providing weight to hold it roughly in place), then even out the glazing so that there is as much material in the front as the back. Next, gently press in the corners so they are loosely seated. Keep making adjustments, as the glazing will move in the center. Using most of my body weight, I then leaned over the center of the windshield with my stomach, and held the to corners in place while applying pressure. Once I got it somewhat seated, I flipped it over and repeated the process, which gave me a little more leverage by pressing the frame into the windshield, instead of vice-versa. I eventually got it to seat with all glazing at least even with the frame. It must of looked like I was greco-roman wrestling the windshield the whole time, I'm glad there is no footage. I won in the end. Now I have to wait for the rest of the hardware from Moss to continue.
I then went out and cleaned up my welding to expose the pinholes and other issues in the rear fender (Photo 2). It wasn't as bad as I thought, but still needs a lot of touch up welding, I also cleaned up a welding seam that was sticking out on the rear of the fender from a previous owner, but ended up opening a hole next to the weld, which I had to fix as well.
Last, I broke out the headlight assemblies. I cleaned up the outer bezel, which cleaned up nicely, but is not quite good enough, so it will have to be rechromed. The inner bezels cleaned up nicely, but they will not be seen, so they are fine (Photo 3). The outer buckets will need to be sandblasted, as they are quite rusty. I had the headlights tested, and they work, but they are not correct, although they are 55 years old. I found a set of Lucas headlights in my local junkyard on a Triumph Spitfire that are a little newer than I need, but the originals do not exist anywhere that I can find, and they are not reproduced.
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I may be able to find one for you. I'm going to a yard Friday where there are 5 '69 Impalas, so may be able to locate one.
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As I suspected, the engine was not delivered and delayed yet again. This is getting laughable. This time, it was run yesterday on the engine test stand and the second carb was running differently than the first, plus the distributor timing had a short or something, and would randomly vary about 15 degrees, from what the British car shop told me. They are continuing to work on the problems they keep finding. Getting a little ridiculous that they can't seem to get this thing dialed in. It's been two months since the engine was "finished." I'll be really lucky to get it before Christmas.
In the meantime, I tried to make it a productive day anyway. I welded up my last patch panel on the rear fender (Photo 1), although this effort is far more sloppy than my other latest efforts. The original metal is a little thinner due to minor rust on the inside, so there was much more burn through. I'll need to do a lot more grinding and filling in of many pin holes, but the heavy lifting is done.
I also pieced together the inner grille and grille shell into one piece (Photo 2). Although mostly complete, here's what I started with (Photo 3). Dingy, faded, and dented, not to mention rusty hardware. Thanks to Librandi's Plating, I was able to get all the original grille parts refurbished instead of replaced. Very pleased.
I finished up with the dozens of nuts and bolts for the driver's side front fender, so both fronts are in primer and ready to be installed when the time comes (most of them will be attached, then painted body color, as was done originally). Now onto either the rear hardware, or maybe the headlight buckets.
I continued working on the windshield frame assembly by installing the weatherstripping and few brackets. I'm waiting on the Moss hardware kit so I can replace about 1/2 of the hardware that was broken or drilled out during disassembly. I also ended up finding my missing original "Auster" badge for the windshield. I had placed it in the hardware bag for the grille assembly, not the windshield assembly, so I am happy to have found that, and it was more a matter of not paying enough attention than forgetfulness.
Cheers.
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Have been busier than ever recently, no time to work on the car, or read too many of the other great restos on the site. Over Thanksgiving, I was able to pick up my newly chromed windshield frame parts and repaired and polished grille insert (Photo 1). Turned out great. Now I have to piece it all back together. At least half of the screws I had to drill out of the windshield frame assembly, and these are fairly unique screws, so I'll have to buy the Moss hardware kit to replace the missing screws. As always, I will reuse the original screws that are serviceable.
Unfortunately, I either lost or misplaced the original "Auster" manufacturer tag that went on the windshield. They make a repro of it, so I'm not too worried, but hate to lose or misplace anything. Somehow, I also managed to lose or misplace my MGA shop manual, which is tough, as it's fairly large. My only guess is that I used it as a reference and left it at Moss Motors when I was there last. I've been a little overwhelmed with things lately and I think I'm putting stuff down to do something else that needs quick attention, then forgetting to put whatever I placed down back where it belongs, as I've been so distracted by an avalanche of things that need attention, automotive and otherwise. Hoping these things reappear soon.
Tomorrow I should be getting my engine, but I have very little hope that will happen, since it's been continually delayed week after week. I'll post photos if I get it.
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Been away for a while, but not too much progress. The engine was supposed to be delivered Monday, but the builder found a puddle of oil under the engine on the test stand before he was ready to crate it and deliver it. Turns out it's a leaking rear seal and leaky timing cover gasket. Always something. We're going to try again Dec 1st.
In the meantime, I got my last fender patch panel from Moss. I was able to cut out the rust (Photos 1 & 2), this time by targeting the bad areas instead of using the entire patch panel like I did on the other rear fender. I did the same procedure, I used the cut out part as a template to cut out fresh metal on the patch panel. I should have done this on the other side too, as there was a lot of unnecessary fabrication work due to the repro panel being a piece of junk. I got the patch panel clamped in, it's now ready to be welded, probably in another 2 weeks when I get some more time.
On the side, I'm continuing to work on the fender hardware a little at a time. Very slow, but still steady progress.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Steve, if you still need the bracket, I can probably get you one on Friday, we are going back to our junkyard. Just let me know beforehand. -Chris
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Decided to work just a half day today, since it's Veterans Day. Got back to work on the welding. This one went even better than the other fender, I finished in faster time and with better results (Photo 1). I still have a lot of minor cleanup and trimming to do, but the goal is to finish all the major welding on all 4 fenders. Three out of four finished. I can't do the last fender, as I am not caught up to purchasing the patch panel from Moss yet. I'll have to place an order soon. I then continued on more fender hardware for a little longer (Photo 2).
Got a call from Librandis, my chrome guys, and the windshield frame and grille inner I sent out are already complete. Turnaround was only 4 weeks, last time it was over 4 months. I'll be picking that stuff up in a couple weeks, then I'll be able to build my windshield frame and windshield as a sub-assembly.
I think for now I'm going to continue on the fender hardware, then bring in the headlight assemblies as the next side project. I'll do this until I get my next Moss order in a few weeks, then get back to that last fender. In the meantime, I should be getting a call any time about the engine. I'll have to arrange a week-day delivery as I'm busy weekends for a while. My first step will be to detail the filthy chassis before I install the engine.
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Haha. Lesson learned on my part. The only good thing about this is I really don't need the engine back in any particular hurry, as I'm doing the entire car. There's still plenty more work to do without the engine. I couldn't imagine having a complete car sitting there for 15 months with the engine being done over 15 months (and counting).
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Today, found a nail in my tire of my '74 Camaro, so had to fix that, had to vacuum out the interiors of my other cars, had to adjust my sunroof on a another car, and had to adjust the power window setup on my Camaro as well, to fix a rattle. Then went to the Marine Corps 244th birthday at the Quantico museum and got some cake, too. Not as much time with the MGA today.
Almost the same as yesterday, except on the opposite fender. This one has slightly less damage (Photo 1). Did the same procedure as yesterday and cut out a slice from the repro panel (Photo 2). Here's the cut-out fender and then the repro panel installed and ready for welding, hopefully tomorrow afternoon. (Photos 3 & 4).
Here's to Veterans Day and all our Veterans and to Remembrance Day for my Commonwealth friends.
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Need Heep IDing Starter Drive
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Thanks, that is in line with some of the others I got that are slightly different looking. That's pretty helpful either way.