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Offline Mark Ascher

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Re: My new car
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2012, 08:26:37 AM »
David,

That is awesome! Now you need to post a video of a burnout....

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Re: My new car
« Reply #16 on: October 01, 2012, 09:20:34 AM »
doing a little work on the car.  deck filler and trunk lip almost done.
Also bought a console tach.
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Re: My new car
« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2012, 09:28:16 AM »
fullywelded and primered trunk lip
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Re: My new car
« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2013, 08:00:02 AM »
Worked on the GS some over Christmas break.  Back Glass channel is almost done as is the Passenger side quarter patch.  This is what the quarter patch started as,  fender lip was shot but didn't get it in the picture.
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65 GS AC, tilt, rear speeker. new to me
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Re: My new car
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2013, 08:22:22 AM »
Passenger side quarter patch
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Re: My new car
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2013, 09:03:16 AM »
Did the quarter patches come from a donor car, or did you cut the lower quarters out of the car to patch them? 
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Re: My new car
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2013, 09:28:34 AM »
quarter came for a 4 door long ago.  It still has the inner structures atached.
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Re: My new car
« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2013, 09:32:12 AM »
That's good progress, and nice work! :thumbsup:
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Re: My new car
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2013, 10:04:07 AM »
Thanks,  have to work to stay warm.  :violent5: need more heat.
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Re: My new car
« Reply #24 on: January 03, 2013, 08:44:20 PM »
Looks like good work (and difficult). Glad to see the effort being made to keep another one on the road.

-29F at our plant this morning. Also need more heat.......

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Re: My new car
« Reply #25 on: June 07, 2015, 07:54:49 AM »
Tail light wiring fixed. Now I have taillights but no brake or turn.
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Re: My new car
« Reply #26 on: June 07, 2015, 08:00:50 AM »
My son was making fun of me for changing the white and black wires out for the correct green and brown and yellow and brown. Took a while but I think it was worth it.
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69 GS 400 Convertible

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Re: My new car
« Reply #27 on: June 07, 2015, 12:26:04 PM »
Looks like good progress!  Check the signal light switch and wiring for the issue with the turn signals and brake lights not working.  Brake lights feed through the signal light switch, so they are inter-related.
  How is the rust repair coming?
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'66 Skylark 2dr ht 300-2 automatic
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'88 Ford F-150 4x4 (used to be 4x2)
'89 Ford F-350 4x4
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Re: My new car
« Reply #28 on: June 07, 2015, 06:58:22 PM »
Haven't had time to work on it. Rebuilt th400 for my truck and a 4l60e for my bravada. I had this problem with the 65 racecar. Rebuilt turn switch and got things to work. This one has a rusty fuss box. So still jumpering across connectors to see where my disconnect is. Being a tilt column I don't want to mess the switch up. Any more than it might already be.
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65 sportwagon, AC, p/w. 300 4v
65 GS AC, tilt, rear speeker. new to me
69 GS 400 Convertible

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Re: My new car
« Reply #29 on: June 07, 2015, 08:18:03 PM »
Tilt column signal light switches are easy to work on!  They are down on the side of the column under the dash on the 64-66 models.  There is a bicycle style cable that goes from the lever down to the switch on the outside.  Really easy to take the switch off and work on it.  They reproduce them too since they are common with the other GM products from the same years. 
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'64 Skylark 2dr ht 4 speed, 300-4
'65 GS ht, 4 speed,2-4s,AC,PS,PB,PW,Pseat,Tilt
'66 Skylark 2dr ht 300-2 automatic
'78 Yamaha DT 400 2 stroke
'88 Ford F-150 4x4 (used to be 4x2)
'89 Ford F-350 4x4
'03 Honda Accord Coupe V6 6-speed manual (daily driver)
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