Talked to the body guy yesterday and he had me take the body to him today. I done that and started the tear down on the engine and transmission. At first glance, the cylinders look to be ok. My plan is to put new rings, bearings, cam, lifters and timing set in it. I have an NOS original cam I am using. For the heads, whatever they need….

I put the entire glass down on an old baby mattress then had a block of wood I set on the glass and then tapped on the block of wood with a rubber hammer. Come right off. There are two screws on the one end that need removed first.

Thanks. I will just have to spend the money and get it. I only have to do the driver side door. the other three are nice.

Wish mine looked as good as that on the bottom! Mine has lots of pitting. I found a couple thin spots that may go through if I peck on it hard. I have another car with good floors so I have all the patch pieces I need if I need any.

I guess I should look closer. At a glance it looked like melted metal but I guess it could be sheered. If so it looks like it was a dull blade.

Here are a couple from the bottom side. The back just overlaps with a large gap. They stuffed this large gap with some sealing compound and then seam sealer over the top of that on the top side. Looks like the factory used a torch to cut the hole but must have followed a strait edge or a machine because they are cut very strait and square. The…[Read more]

I dug out most of the seam sealer today and power washed it with some good degreaser. Still need to remove some more seam sealer. I also need to document where the back glass clips are located and remove them. Other than this, I need to clean the front and back glass frames from the sealers and then it will be ready for the body guy. I plan to…[Read more]

Thanks guys. I went out this morning to my parts cars and give it another try. One of the parts cars had a bad one so I tried to take that one of first. I got much rougher with it and was able to figure out how to do it. I am use to the ones on the 70-72 cars and those are much more delicate. I took one good one of each side off from my parts cars…[Read more]

I have all the dash and firewall apart now. it is just almost ready for the body shop. I talked to the body guy to see if he has room for it. He is not starting on it till near winter but I need room to work on the other stuff. He said he can take it as soon as I am ready. It will be his first car through the new shop.

Has anyone removed the…[Read more]

Found this under the fluid tank of our 4 speed car. I assume it is an NC and not an NO?

I have the engine, transmission, suspension, tank, and many other parts removed from the bottom side. Still need to pull the fuel and brake lines, and all the firewall parts. The rear end is loose and ready to come out. I have another front suspension setup I will bolt into the car to get it loaded on the trailer and to the body shop. Will pull…[Read more]

No problem.

You are still good. Anybody wanting one before they come in will be $130. No need to pay till I have them. Looks like I should have the sample around September 1st.

Here is a close up of one of the Cutlass driveshafts with the rubber.

The beltline weatherstrip and window fuzzies are still really nice on this car. I was able to get the driver side door apart and not hurt them. I sure hope I can do the same for all the others.

They sent me an email update and they are telling me I should have the sample by September first. A little farther out than I expected but at least they are keeping me posted.

I was able to pull the Shell oil change decal off without hurting the one under it. This one has been torn off some but was able to still get some more history information from it for what it is worth. The Shell oil change was 06-20-1970 with 42724 miles. The one under it is 23960 miles but the last digit of the date is gone. 04-27-6?. The one…[Read more]