Secret experimental 1964 GX 455

[yachtsmanbill]

Big Dan with the micrometer eyes LOL...  Whats a couple of hundred thousandths among friends? The stuff was like concrete that burned into he finish with the lime being the only residue left. Weirdest thing Ive ever seen. Paint stripper, and heat had zero effect on it. Careful razor action on the chrome handles etc. left a film that had to be polished off with a scrunge pad, which still left scratches; looked like stainless steel.

Even though it feathered in smooth, Im gonna build up the paint thickness with 2-3 coats of primer. Anyway, Im thinking about stripping the rest of the door for a good finish. I just wish Id be making forward progress instead of one step forward and 1/2 step back. I AM gonna get it but time is of the essence LOL... Bill

[yachtsmanbill]

Well, a day late and a dollar short LOL... Spent yesterday shopping, at it was noon before I got out to the shop. Did some sanding and called it quits. Today, Pat helped me stand the hood up on some towels and covered it with a sheet to melt and dry the miniscule amount of ice that was in there from the icing event last night.

I found it nary impossible to find fiberglass sheeting for new hood insulation. I really wanted to make my own.  I glued and re-installed the freshly douched OEM insulation back in place for now; its still serviceable. Also got the cowl vent removed and stripped and re-primed. What a freaking mess! 5 inches wide and 5 feet long

Finished sanding the port side with 220 and got 2X coats of primer on it. Doctors tomorrow and then sand and prime the roof. All thats left after that is the door bottoms and rocker panels and clean and paint the frame rails and get the gas tank back in. Whew!!  Bill

[elagache]

Dear Bill and mid-60s restorers,

. . . .
I found it nary impossible to find fiberglass sheeting for new hood insulation. I really wanted to make my own.  I glued and re-installed the freshly douched OEM insulation back in place for now; its still serviceable. Also got the cowl vent removed and stripped and re-primed. What a freaking mess! 5 inches wide and 5 feet long
. . . .

Sorry that you couldn't find any raw material to make your own hood installation.  I had thought hood insulation kits were relatively inexpensive.  The best price I could come up with on a quick search is from OPGI:

https://www.opgi.com/gaskets-seals/weatherstripping-rubber-details/underhood-insulation-kit/insulation-hood-1964-67-skylark-s210016.html

However, I thought you could do better than $40 for this item.  I couldn't find anything on eBay for some reason.

As long as hood insulation is on deck I'm curious about the various aftermarket products that claim to reduce noise and heat.  OPGI has this curious product:

https://www.opgi.com/gaskets-seals/weatherstripping-rubber-details/hood-insulation-shield-kits5/shield-underhood-1964-65-skylark-smooth-s240896.html

On eBay there is another product that claims to reduce noise and heat:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hood-Insulation-Pad-Cover-for-1964-65-Buick-A-Body-w-G-20052-Skylark-GS/202893269375

This stuff would have to be a miracle worker to be really worth around $425!!

Any thoughts gang?

Cheers, Edouard 

[yachtsmanbill]

For 400.00 that stuff should cool the inside of the the car too!! Yesterday I actually got one of those spam flyers via email for a 5 pc. kit for 15.00. Not too bad thinkst I, but the shipping was 18.95 It looks like fuzzy house insulation. I need that waffle pattern pressed semi rigid stuff. I'm on a mission...

 https://www.rubbertherightway.com/1964-buick-restoration-parts-hood-52755-prd1.htm

So now I'm on a secondary bomb run due to heavy overcast LOL. Ill see a piece of that pressed yellow stuff some where, sometime and have an AH HA moment. Right now I dont even wanna post a pic of it, but it is functional; and FRIABLE. Yer gonna hafta look that one up! 'Tis what it tis'. Anyway, yesterday I managed to finish up the port side of the BADLASS in primer and then the roof. Looking forward to 3 lbs. of black dust tin the shop, then a coat of real primer, sand and maybe some paint. Getting close!

I was beginning to think the chinaman hit us with an EMP burst. No emails per se, or forum activity, and now another chinaflu outbreak. Disease is one thing them people have seemed to figger out how to send us that works good. Now Pat has no appetite and wants to eat only bloody meat and my Doc this morning said I have a "bruised" piece of rib cartilage. C-T scan probably in the next few days. Took a 3 hour nap, and now I'm ready to cut grass and fix Buicks... tomorrow   Bill

[yachtsmanbill]

THIS is what too much computer time does...  Bill

[yachtsmanbill]

"Its OK General, I'll hold the island till you return..." Gen. Jonathan Wainwright upon hearing of Gen. MacArthur's orders to leave Corregidor in 1942.

Geez, I guess I should post a pic of the new stove we bought today.  Easy terms from Lowes and 200.00 less than anywhere else. Its a white Frigidaire that runs on gas with 4 burners and an oven. Even has a tach, ah er rally clock with a frozen beer timer. After that we hit the big box store for some more primer and tape and other sundries.

Got home and did a little sanding, some cleaning, and got the new privacy glass installed. I hope its legal. Ill just tell the cops Im training for an instrument rating LOL. I doubt they'd appreciate my humor.  All thats left is the rockers and a few spots on the lower fenders. Gonna order new rugs and paint this week and pic up a quart of real primer locally.

Me being me, I had to keep the original dealer emblem when the BADLASS was delivered new. Roseland Buick was at 104th and Michigan Ave, in Chicago. Its now the heart of the dark continent of the equatorial United States. If youve ever been there, youd appreciate my humor.  Anyways the dealer sticker was pretty washed out and some masking and 5 coats of clear it came back to life. Its actually kind of brilliant. I wanted to protect it from scrubbing with a squeegee at the gas pump etc. I found this from ebay today. In the grill bar is a dealers name of Bill Smith... pretty innocuous eh?

Waited all year for the big game today. Even baking a pizza for.... Puppy Bowl. I hope the Bostons' win!   Bill

[Jimbo]

Your description of Roseland is perfect! Last time I passed through there was at least 20 years ago. I heard its better now?

[yachtsmanbill]

Its where the high end tribes live like Pill Hill and Pullman. 30-40 years ago a pal at work inherited an entire block of Pullman Co. row houses (like the company store) at 111th and Champlain, from his grandmother who was a lifer there, and he was dreading going through the selling process.  So now Pullman is an Historic Landmark and also high end and each little row house is about 2-300K. Hmmm... Now he's sitting on a few cool mills and living on a cliffside house in Hawaii.

30 years ago you didnt go out after dark LOL.   Bill


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman,_Chicago

[yachtsmanbill]

OK everybody... take a deep breath! Yes, I bit the bullet this morning and ordered the paint. Going throught the stockpile here, I found a fresh gallon of dark gray primer and hardener left from my last boat job. If I had to guess it was about 300.00 for the gallon kit in 2015. Click on the link to open the PDF.

https://www.egc-coatings.com/files/20281/egc21-TDS-EN

I ordered the paint from these guys with the upgraded clear coat. Total for the BC/CC and all the stuff with shipping is 330.00 plus change:

https://www.paintforcars.com/product/sapphire-blue-metallic-urethane-basecoat-clear-coat-kit-featuring-5-star-clear-coat/

Pat and I are taking off to go look at stuff to do shading work in white like some lace, or scallop shaped stuff or whatever. She's actually enthused about this job now! The BADLASS is gonna be BADASSED when this job is done (pardon the french).    Bill

[elagache]

Dear Bill and mid-60s Buick owners who are big fans of shine! 

OK everybody... take a deep breath! Yes, I bit the bullet this morning and ordered the paint.

Congratulations! 

Pat and I are taking off to go look at stuff to do shading work in white like some lace, or scallop shaped stuff or whatever. She's actually enthused about this job now! The BADLASS is gonna be BADASSED when this job is done (pardon the french).    Bill

. . . . . Hey man, like I don't get it!  No matter how I enter it into Google translate, I can't seem to translate that French into English!! . . . .

Cheers, Edouard 

[gssizzler]

Like that blue! My buddies 65 post is that color! There is a picture of it in the gallery under user submitted on the first page! It is sitting next to my buddies red gs at the popular grove airport!

[yachtsmanbill]

Vous souhaitez des cours de m?canique fran?aise Edouard?

mauvais cul

Bill

[yachtsmanbill]

Like that blue! My buddies 65 post is that color! There is a picture of it in the gallery under user submitted on the first page! It is sitting next to my buddies red gs at the popular grove airport!

I couldnt find it! Can ya post a pic here for me? Is this it? I think the Dark Blue Sapphire I ordered is a tad darker. Whatcha tink eh? Is that Poplar Grove, Il.??
Thanks, Bill

[gssizzler]

That's it! Yes Popular Grove IL! Not sure on the darkness or lightness of color!? That picture  was taken on a bright day but many years ago !! The amount and grain/ size of the metallic particles does play a part in how the paint looks in my book! His car was painted 19 years ago also! I still like the way the metal floats in the old lacquer paint!

[yachtsmanbill]

About 20 years ago I did my '68 E225 with a BC/CC and was really impressed with some instant gratification as soon as the CC went on! That was with Spies/Hecker brand and the $$ back then killed me. I'll be rolling like a pig in mud if this one turns out as good. The '68 was bought from the original owner with 40K on it and met up with a phone pole. I bought a front clip off some guy in Hemmings (wayyy before the innerweb), and it was indeed rust free, but from a junk yard, somebody had walked all over the hood. Didnt see a lot of the dimples until the paint went on. Dang it! 

I think today I'm gonna start sterilizing the operating room for surgery. Man is it ever a mess. Maybe get the gas tank back in and fire it up to pull it outside and get some clean floor space under it too. Right now its all by 5 gallon buckets of water since the frozen tundra has the garden hose frozen solid.

Giving it some thought last night, I also think the front bumper and headlight bezels are coming off too. Those were put on all cleaned up last winter (actually about 9 months ago) with cleaned and lubed fasteners, so it should be a cakewalk. A lot less masking and access to the hidden areas.   Bill