do all c3 door jambs look like hell?
07-24-2007, 02:59 PM
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Burning Brakes
The "roughest" door jam area on a C3 is in the upper forward jam area--that portion above where the door hinges are located. This is characteristic of all 68-82 models. The rear door jams look great by comparison.
07-24-2007, 05:37 PM
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Le Mans Master
Here's how mine look today, I just took these photos...original from the factory in 1971. I know, my door rubber looks bad. It's original too and it's on my to do list.
07-24-2007, 07:26 PM
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Melting Slicks
Neat topic. Here are a couple of pics from 2TONE82. I always thought it was neat how GM carried the two-tone and pinstripe inside the car/door jabs. I've cleaned/waxed them a little...on the second picture note the yellowed sticker that is lower right. It has a date of 2-19-82 and the number 11 circled. The car was built 2-14-82 so I'm assuming that was put on by the original dealer...maybe he received 11 cars that day. Also, the bar code sticker at lower left...anyone ever seen one of those before? I can't match the number to anything on the car or the build sheet or any paperwork for that matter. May have been a dealer thing as well.
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07-26-2007, 03:49 PM
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Burning Brakes
I have the brass/plastic rub strips on my early 69. I read somewhere they stopped using them in late 69 as they really didn't affect anything.
07-27-2007, 09:46 AM
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One of the first projects I did was to clean up the "armpits" on my 72. I took the doors off and installed new springs, cleaned and painted the hinges, and fixed the ugly areas with glass filler. I was pleased with the results, but they are certainly not professional. But the budget was right...
07-30-2007, 11:37 PM
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Racer
Has anyone else tried to clean up the foward jam? I see POR-15 has a epoxy putty that looks like it could be easy to use in these areas. Any one have any experience with this?
07-31-2007, 06:45 PM
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Art,
I 've heard that the body surfaces were broken down into various areas and finished to various degrees of quality.
Do you know anything about that ?.
Regards,
Alan
I 've heard that the body surfaces were broken down into various areas and finished to various degrees of quality.
Do you know anything about that ?.
Regards,
Alan
12-03-2014, 03:05 AM
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One of the first projects I did was to clean up the "armpits" on my 72. I took the doors off and installed new springs, cleaned and painted the hinges, and fixed the ugly areas with glass filler. I was pleased with the results, but they are certainly not professional. But the budget was right...
My '71 has cracks in the seams where the fender meet the 'pit'. Do they all do that?
Thanks
12-03-2014, 07:19 AM
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"I have reviewed this resurrected post and I approve."
There is absolutely nothing here that you guys can harass Mike Ward about.....so forget it.
Besides, I was wondering why the door jambs on my basket case look as though they were sprayed with "thinned undercoating"!
There is absolutely nothing here that you guys can harass Mike Ward about.....so forget it.
Besides, I was wondering why the door jambs on my basket case look as though they were sprayed with "thinned undercoating"!
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12-03-2014, 09:36 AM
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Hi drs,
The top rear of the fender while bonded to the cowl was separate from the fiberglass 'cover' pop-riveted to the birdcage hinge pillar.
There was some attempt to fill and smooth the joints but it was half-hearted at best.
There was never an attempt to fill and smooth the joint between the fender and the cover.
I think in this area 'less is better'. Remove the excess fillers, reapply small amounts of filler to give the area a finished look, and paint.
Regards,
Alan
The top rear of the fender while bonded to the cowl was separate from the fiberglass 'cover' pop-riveted to the birdcage hinge pillar.
There was some attempt to fill and smooth the joints but it was half-hearted at best.
There was never an attempt to fill and smooth the joint between the fender and the cover.
I think in this area 'less is better'. Remove the excess fillers, reapply small amounts of filler to give the area a finished look, and paint.
Regards,
Alan
12-03-2014, 04:12 PM
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