1970 Z28 - Freedom Express - Take Two!

[protour73]

And uh.....lose the carpeted dash cover!! lol JMO

^^^^ As much of a Chucklehead as I think Laine is I have to agree with him on this one!!

Your work on this car has been spectacular with great attention to detail, keep up the good work!!! You should be very proud of what you have accomplished!!

 

[FlaJunkie]

^^^^ As much of a Chucklehead as I think Laine is I have to agree with him on this one!!

Your work on this car has been spectacular with great attention to detail, keep up the good work!!! You should be very proud of what you have accomplished!!

Thanks, and the dash cover is in the box!

 

[FlaJunkie]

Update, 19 September, 2011

Spent most of the day cleaning, blasting and painting door parts...

After blasting and painting, door arm rest brackets...

Rods, blasted and ready to paint...

Door pull mechanism...

Parted...

Cleaned, blasted, painted, polished, whatever each part needed...

Door window stop, refurbished...

Including plastic interior cover, painted with flexible vinyl paint...

Door latches, cleaned of 40 years of crud and sprayed with ZeroRust.
They are ready to be lubed and installed...

 

[JohnL71RS]

Nice work on the details.

 

[falloutboy]

and once again impressive
I am soooo jealous

 

[mackthebulldog]

Hey man! Thanx for your comment on my thread. Like your build very much! Beautiful car so far and I'm sure it will be fantastic when you'r ready with it.
Wish I was as far as you.
Keep them pics coming!!!

Greetings from Holland!

 

[FlaJunkie]

Update, 4 October 2011, Hinges

My God, is it October already? I am still at least 2-3 weeks
away from starting the car.

I have had a cold or something the last two weeks...finally
got out there this afternoon to start working on the car again.

And I had several problems! Drat!

The first one has to do with the door hinges. The ones with the latch
and springs needed lube, so I did it without reading the Fisher Body
Manual. And I screwed up. No problem, clean up the grease, right?

Red stuff must go!

The right door is on, so it was easy to move the hinge to clean it up.
The drivers side door is NOT on, so I used a screwdriver to open the
hinge to clean it. I was SO focused on cleaning, I screwed up...

Now, how am I gonna fix this? I suspect a new hinge pin is in order!

 

[FlaJunkie]

Update, 4 October 2011, Door Handles

Well, I already had a hinge pin disappointment...what else?

I started to put the door handle back in on the passenger door.

It would not go through the square opening for its' hinge!
I know they are only $10 handles, but I'm not cutting the door
so the handle hinge will go through! Look at the new one on
the left, and the original one on the right:

Look at the difference in hinge width:

And still look at the width of the handle difference:

I guess I need some of those GM original or OEM handles to make this work!

 

[falloutboy]

WOW, you really got unfortunate the last couple days.
But your misfortune is my luck - Now I know that I shouldn't lube my door hinges there.

Can you tell us which door handles these NON fitting are? So none of us buys them.

 

[FlaJunkie]

WOW, you really got unfortunate the last couple days.
But your misfortune is my luck - Now I know that I shouldn't lube my door hinges there.

Can you tell us which door handles these NON fitting are? So none of us buys them.

I just spent some time researching...it seems the new handles are the only show in town! NPD sells some GM replacement ones for over $100 but they are the same length as the new ones I have. Apparently, no one sells a new proper door handle replacement for a 1970!

I guess if I want to continue, I need to modify the new handle (not my door) or have my original handles re-plated!