65 GS Post Coupe Restoration (Painting)

[cwmcobra]

That would be great Tony! I have a hotel room reserved and plan to attend. And if you're coming, I'll bring two 65 GS's!

[option B9]

  HI everyone, It's about time for an update. Since the last major post on July 31 I have been working on the Coupe & the Hardtop. The update on the hardtop will be a separate post as not to confuse anyone.. The coupe is coming along, We installed a new heater core and molded hoses, new door weatherstripping, The re-chromed letter "I" arrived from Paul's chrome plating so that was added to the B U C K on the hood.
    I'm having a major problem with the drivers door, It's just not closing properly. Steven & I spent a whole afternoon trying to get the door to close properly. So instead of getting aggravated I reached out to my car buddies for some technical & moral support. The guy's came over and we all came to an agreement that there is way too much vertical play in the door compared to the right door. The upper hinge pin that fell out (see July 31 post) may not have been the correct pin at all, plus when the door almost fell off it may have damaged the lower hinge too. I ordered a new upper & lower drivers door hinges and Jim from WI is sending a good used lock assembly, the hinges arrived Yesterday. When the rest of the parts arrive the door will come off for the 4th time. It will get new hardware and never come off again...
   While I was waiting for the parts my Son Steven & I started working in the installation of the instrument panel & radio bezel, modern stereo and gauges, It took us 3 afternoons to do all the wiring and check all the circuits. One more afternoon to install the sending units and tidy up the wires and we are done. Next is the plastic dash bezel & dash board, then its back to the drivers door.
   We have another 2 weeks of nice weather, I will try my best to get the door problem solved by then... The adventure continues.  

          Tony

[GS66]

Looks great!

[cwmcobra]

Very nice. Great job on the IP restoration!

Chuck

[Loren At 65GS]

  Hi Chuck, Yes that would be great. I know that it is a bit early, but I'm thinking of attending the Buick National Meet in Ohio next July. I'm not going to have this GS sit in the garage after I spent all this time working on it. If we can get some of our registry members Gran Sports together at this meet it would be awesome...

      Tony

A meeting can be arranged. I have been contacted by the BCA person in charge and need to reply regarding a room for meeting. I will post something in regards to this.

 Reply to this link: https://65gs.com/board/index.php/topic,5484.msg41605/topicseen.html#msg41605

 Loren

[option B9]

Hi everyone, Here in NYC it's still very cold, but the warm weather should be here very soon and I'm all ready to get started on the Red coupe. The very good used rims have been cleaned, polished and painted the correct grey. Five New 15inch Cooper Cobra radials 215/70R15 front. 255/60R15 rear and a 215/70R15 for the spare are all ready to be mounted & balanced. Last week I received 4 new wheel centers with locks from BCA member Mitch Romanowski. Once the wheels are mounted on the GS I can Install the restored steering wheel . Then it goes to the shop for a wheel alignment & NYS inspection sticker. Once it's roadworthy I can bring it in for a new headliner. The BCA National Meet is in July, but I may not have enough time to correct the damaged to the paint that the body shop caused !  Touching-up the paint is not something I would want to rush in to anyway. I will update as work progresses.

                      Tony

[cwmcobra]

Good progress, Tony. Lots to do!

Chuck

[Aussie Skylark]

Hey Tony,

Your car is looking great, you give me inspiration to keep going with mine.

I've been waiting 2.5 years for a back order on center caps for my wheels, I pester the manufacturer each month and each month they tell me next month. From my position it's great to see a set of center caps!

keep up the good work.

Marcus

[GS66]

Your car is coming together nicely!

[Jim]

Nice to see the hard work coming together. Car is looking good.Jim

[option B9]

  Hi everyone, been busy with the 3 GS circus. The code Z is back from the shop and running great, I will give the details on the code Z restoration post. The White convertible GS is returning home from the shop tomorrow. And I'm knee deep in the Red coupe. We are in the middle of April and I have been solving problems as I go along, starting with the trunk weatherstrip being too short !!(see photo) First time I ran across this problem. So I went to the code z parts box and pulled a new Softseal weatherstrip and made the correction. That was easy ! Next I installed the tail light harness, not a problem tail lights & license plate light working except the back up lights are not working ? Add that to the electrical to do list. 5 New tires and center caps on Four 15" rims mounted on GS. Next I cleaned and painted the rocker panel moldings, they will mounted at a later date. Next I removed the the original cracked steering wheel and attempted to mount the restored Red steering wheel (2018) but the horn bar does not fit so I tried to shave it down with my Dremel tool, but after 3 1/2 hours of grinding and test fitting the bar is still not fitting in properly and the mounting screws are not reaching the bar.(see photo) I will try again tomorrow afternoon. If not, I cannot waste any more time. I must think of a plan "B" and deal with another electrical problem I found, When the GS is running the tail lights are on and the light switch is in the off position. Add that to the list... Oh and all the lights are flickering so I tested the voltage and It goes back and forth between 14 & 15 . That should be the Regulator OR Alternator.. Add that to my list ...
I need a longer sheet of paper     The fun continues...

   Tony

[GS66]

Nice progress! Sorry about the horn bar not fitting, I think you can send it back for fitting.

[cwmcobra]

Looking great Tony. Nice job with all of those little 'projects'. Hopefully you'll find a fit on the steering wheel and horn bar soon. Is that a Frank McIntire reproduction?

Keep the faith, it's coming along well!

 

Chuck

[schlepcar]

Looks very good...nice when the weather kicks back in to decent. Voltage is fine 14-15 is normal. Chances are that you have no issues with tail light wiring because there is no voltage available in harness unless there is a short. The voltage you are seeing is probably brake lights....If you unplug steering column connector and it goes away your brake light switch may just need adjustment. It is easier to unplug brake switch first or just pull up on pedal and see if it works. If it really is a brown wire problem there is definitely an issue but I doubt it. Dan

[option B9]

    Hi Chuck, Jim & Dan. The wheel is from Koch in CA. I worked another 2 hours on it today and I was able to get the horn bar to fit in, but it took a lot of material removal to get to that point. The wheel will need to be painted again . But that is the easy part. I will take the wheel over to the Auto paint supply tomorrow and have the color matched and I will spray it with my mini touch-up gun.
    The tail light problem was solved by removing the faulty brake light switch, a new switch should be in Friday. The back-up light problem was just a poor ground to the light that I had changed the socket on, plus I ran an extra ground wire from the bumper to the chassis just for an extra good ground to avoid any problems in the future.
     The new problem is the right rear turn signals are not working. I will look at that problem tomorrow.....

          Tony