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Re: Brake hoses and brakes on a 1965 GS
« Reply #30 on: September 20, 2009, 06:35:40 PM »
Al,The POR15 was just a little to glossy for my liking so i used Professional Rust-Oleum with a good NAPA primer and I'm very happy with the results. The Professional line is nothing like the regular watered down crap.   Tom    P.S. This is semi gloss.
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Re: Brake hoses and brakes on a 1965 GS
« Reply #31 on: October 10, 2009, 08:00:36 PM »
 
   If you look at a set of upper control arms from a '64-'67 Skylark, you will notice they have "Pont" stamped in the top of them. 

I saw a pair of those with the 'PONT' stamping at a swap meet....they were next to a pair that did NOT have the stamping. My (late) 65 GS and 66's do not have the 'PONT' stamping... maybe it was a 64-early 65 thing?
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Re: Brake hoses and brakes on a 1965 GS
« Reply #32 on: October 10, 2009, 09:52:12 PM »
Walt,I have three sets of these laying around.I'm going to check them and I'll get back to you with what what I find on mine. Interesting,very interesting.    Tom

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Re: Brake hoses and brakes on a 1965 GS
« Reply #33 on: October 12, 2009, 07:39:06 AM »
The '65 GS supposedly had "harder" rubber bushings in the suspension, so maybe the upper control arms came from a different location for the GS because of the bushings in them.  All of the regular 64-66 Skylarks I have taken apart had Pont on them.  Thinking back, I can't remember if the ones in my GS did or not. 
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Re: Brake hoses and brakes on a 1965 GS
« Reply #34 on: February 03, 2011, 02:36:16 PM »
Tom

Wed. I'll be starting on my brakes. Have all new parts: NAPA's #are: wheel cyl. FRONT #37019 & #37020, REAR  #37021. hoses are FRONT #36555 & REAR #36005. SPRING KITS ARE, FRONT #2213 & rear #2214.

The trunk lock will be going out in the A.M.

Al

Thanks for posting this!  Is there any special deal with the Master Cylinder?   Can you share the part # for the master cyl?
Thanks,
Ted
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