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So, we got the Corvette into the car box today. Unfortunately I must have somehow turned on the stereo when I was fixing in the interior (I don't even know how to turn it on) and the power antennae tried to extend while it was tied to the driver's side frame rail. Its now all bent out of shape and won't stop trying to extend or retract. I hate this sort of thing where we have to spend time and money on something that was working. C'est la vie, I guess
Rats...that sucks! You just reminded me why I don't work on my car when the P.T.S.D. is giving me a rough time......annnnd. I have a perfectly good Broken Edelbrock carb to prove it.
Yes, in looking back I might have anticipated something like that happening to the power antennae and would have disconnected it completely. And then there's the passenger side quarter panel just behind the front wheel, I was trying to sand away some resin I had accidentally applied where it didn't need to be and I sanded all the way through the SMC on the lip of the wheel opening. I laminated some fiberglass from behind and when I sanded the bump on the outer surface my lamination was crap and full of voids and I ended up sanding away even more of the previously flawless SMC that I now still have to fill and shape. So much time wasted on the mistakes of an amateur, but at this point I feel like I'm much better at body work than I was just a couple of years back.
In the grand scheme of things isn't the end of the world. You might even do away with it.
Hey door gunner j bet I can "adjust" an edelbrock carburetor as good as you.
In the grand scheme of things isn't the end of the world. You might even do away with it.
Hey door gunner j bet I can "adjust" an edelbrock carburetor as good as you.
I don't want to do away with it, part of what attracted me to this car was it's frivolous options like the power antennae, interior lighting package and so on. My husband is the exact opposite. He says his truck's only option is the 8-track and by 8-track he means the sound of the 8 cylinder engine, there's not even a radio - "none of that ***** crap for me" he says. Needless to say, when the Corvette was on the road I wanted to take it whenever we went anywhere.
Originally Posted by OldCarBum
Primary,
Sorry to see you are hibernating for the winter already.
See you in the spring.
Maybe you should move to California.
Yes, its going to take probably another five years to finish this at this rate. I only had four months to work on it this year and I spent about a month of that focusing on inside the house. When we got it in the garage back at the beginning of July Ward asked me if I could get enough done to get the gas tank back in. I said "I think so, but we'll have to see". So I managed to get the gas tank in at the very last minute. But whatever it takes, I'm committed to finishing it.
Originally Posted by OLE442
Hell, if I were Priya, I'd stay in cold Canada before I'd ever consider living in Callfornia!
I'm actually afraid to leave this country and go anywhere. Hubby wants to go to Cancun in a few years to see a total eclipse, I'm not sure I'm courageous enough to join him even though lying on a tropical beach is a bucket list item for me (as is the total eclipse). He says with or without me he's not missing it.
You can get used to an occasional earthquake and 105 temps a few days out of the year.
We actually wear shorts most of the year and when I lived in Ventura, the only long pants I owned were for work and then only when I worked graveyard.
Our summer temps average in the 90’s with a few days over 100.
Our humility is pretty low.
We get a nice coastal breeze off the San Francisco Bay in the afternoon and it cools off nice in the evenings.
I can be at the coast in about 30 minutes or sitting at Lake Tahoe in about 2 1/2 hours.
The farther inland you go the hotter and dryer it gets.
I lived in Ventura for years where the coastal temps averaged between the 50’s to the 80’s throughout the year.
I never used my ac in Ventura and rarely use it here.
Ive explored South Western Canada and hiked in it’s wilderness, and I will admit, I’d love to live there.
For those of you wondering about my project, its on hold until I get some stuff done on the exterior of the house. Hopefully I'll be back at it before the fall and it has to go back into storage again.
I've decided I'm not going to proceed with the front end conversion to 69 chrome bumper. There's three reasons for this:
1) its taking too long and I want to give my sweety back his garage after I've been monopolizing it all these years
2)) Hubby is planning on retiring soon and we have some debt we need to pay off before then. Buying a 69 front clip, an air powered caulking gun and perhaps $750 in caulking will add up to a few thousand dollars and we can't really afford to do it any more.
3) I can't stand looking at my husband's rusty truck while I've got the Eagle in my avatar and the Corvette:
I may want to install the 68/69 gills on my 79 front clip after I'm done the rear, to that end people provided me with pictures of the substructure which I'm posting here for future reference:
From: Way too effing close to the city.......NRA Life Member!
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Priya:
Good to get an update from you. Yes, we have to adjust our priorities from time to time to take care of essential things. I always enjoyed your posts and am amazed with the things you do with fiberglass. Last time I took time off from the restoration of my 1972 Cutlass 442, it was 8 to 10 years before I actually got back to it. Now that I'm retired, I've spent two years re-doing a lot of things around the house and yard that were "in need" and am now back to working on the car. Now that I'm nearing 70 YO, I wouldn't want to put money on whether or not I'll get it done before I hit room temp! LOL!!
Any rate, I'm looking forward to when you start back up on the Corvette project posts.
Hi Priya that is something that I did. I was originally going to go with egg crates but changed my mind and went with gills. The beauty of the egg crate is you can remove them and get to everything behind. It came out reasonably well.
Priya,
Your husbands truck has character and is about ready to be proudly displayed at any rat rod show.
Throw some rusted Model A parts on the flatbed and you could be looking at a real trophy winner, LOL.
I can clearly understand your decision not to proceed with doing the chrome bumper conversion on your 79.
I was originally thinking of doing the same on my 73, but decided I prefer the cleanliness and lines of the rubber bumper front ends.
I also prefer the style of the 68-73 rear ends and will probably leave off or paint the chrome rear bumpers to match the non-chrome front end.
Good luck
i think my backyard a-hole version is gonna work pretty well and not be real time consuming. biggest expense is buying all the bumpers which you already have.
the 1 hour version to show feasibility. dragging it to florida as it seems easier to clear salvage down there than Jersey. but it has to be a 75 to clear. then i am gonna do this. then i may try your and DG's rear bumper by building it onto an existing fiberglass rear bumper. an 82 bumper with the slope closer to correct may be a better starting point for this conversion.
Last edited by derekderek; Jun 24, 2021 at 12:30 PM.
I'm just glad Priya checked in. And your husband's truck has Patina. Just a quart of boiled linseed oil and a rag somebody will buy that truck for more than you think.
Glad you checked in.
Don Anderson a forum member makes a bumper conversion that turns out reasonably well.
I'm just glad Priya checked in. And your husband's truck has Patina. Just a quart of boiled linseed oil and a rag somebody will buy that truck for more than you think.
Glad you checked in.
Don Anderson a forum member makes a bumper conversion that turns out reasonably well.
That's forum member dtamustang, right? He makes a nice looking kit.
