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Projects & Restorations => Projects & Restorations => Topic started by: GranSportSedan on November 22, 2018, 04:36:10 PM
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This is my 66 Special Deluxe project. . attached are a few pics of the Special as it arrived on the transport and once the new wheels were installed.
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/special%20day%201_zps2bjgici1.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/special%20day%201_zps2bjgici1.jpg.html)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/2%20tone%20seats_zps1taxsyq9.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/2%20tone%20seats_zps1taxsyq9.jpg.html)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/special%20engine%20day%201_zpsf5bec7br.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/special%20engine%20day%201_zpsf5bec7br.jpg.html)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181117_130333498_HDR_zpsfgvjplfo.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181117_130333498_HDR_zpsfgvjplfo.jpg.html)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181117_130257040_zpssvcmv3dg.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181117_130257040_zpssvcmv3dg.jpg.html)
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Are you keeping the red interior?
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That's a good question and I probably will because it's a big deal to change over the interior color of the dash and dash pad. Although I do have the complete white interior out of the GS.
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I like the red.
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I don't usually like red interiors but that one is gorgeous. :icon_thumright:
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..... it's a big deal to change over the interior color of the dash and dash pad.......
And if you do change the interior color, to be 100% correct you have to paint the ash tray door two shades off from the rest of the dash! Buick could never get that color match right except on the black dash.
Glad you found a replacement car, that two tone interior is gorgeous. It's rare to find the upgraded Skylark interior in a Special, it was an extra-cost option.
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this is a welcome sight to me.
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181030_155436328_zps81hqzhqy.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181030_155436328_zps81hqzhqy.jpg.html)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/DSCN0258_zpsyxlyxobh.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/DSCN0258_zpsyxlyxobh.jpg.html)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/DSCN0263_zpszwgxllmu.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/DSCN0263_zpszwgxllmu.jpg.html)
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Thanks Bob for sharing your story with all of its tribulations,
I hope you have comparatively smooth sailing from now on!
Cheers, Edouard :occasion14:
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Thanks Bob for sharing your story with all of its tribulations,
I hope you have comparatively smooth sailing from now on!
Cheers, Edouard :occasion14:
Thank you Edouard, I'm hoping for the same thing.
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I scored a 65 st400 to go behind the 401. just an FYI, new yokes are available for the early th400's. spicer part# 2-3-5281x
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181123_123430517_zpszsvcmusp.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181123_123430517_zpszsvcmusp.jpg.html)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/gransportsedan/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181123_123436031_zpsnxjppmhm.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/gransportsedan/media/1966%20Special%20project/IMG_20181123_123436031_zpsnxjppmhm.jpg.html)
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Been a while since I updated and thats because I haven't really done anything to move the project forward due to an overfull garage and winter.
Yesterday I charged the battery and started up the GS donor car. the engine runs quite well with no smoke or abnormal noises which is a nice surprise since it's never been rebuilt.
https://youtu.be/Ewz1GJXv3Mc
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Dear Bob and mid-60s Buick caregivers,
Yesterday I charged the battery and started up the GS donor car. the engine runs quite well with no smoke or abnormal noises which is a nice surprise since it's never been rebuilt.
The engine is indeed running very nicely! Agreed that's a nice surprise!
Cheers, Edouard :occasion14:
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...... due to an overfull garage and winter.
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Well, I'll bet MY overfull garage is more overfull than YOUR overfull garage! :icon_biggrin:
My projects also barely progressed over the winter. I did fab up some patch panels with a bead roller and shrinker/stretcher. New techniques for me so it's been slow. Last summer my 66 vert got a floor and trunk. Did a bunch of blasting and primering too. Next I'll be piecing the rear qtrs back together.
Do you have a final plan for the Special, or are you waiting for a more suitable car? I'd suggest taking the A/C off and utilizing the firewall/cowl openings for a cold air intake. There was a 68 GS option like that, and I think Doc did that too.
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...... due to an overfull garage and winter.
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Do you have a final plan for the Special, or are you waiting for a more suitable car? I'd suggest taking the A/C off and utilizing the firewall/cowl openings for a cold air intake. There was a 68 GS option like that, and I think Doc did that too.
If I can pick up that Special post car I have been negotiating for, I will send this car down the road and concentrate on saving the GS using 75% of the Special Body. I will of course be keeping my Rally wheels and will bolt stockers on the white special before it goes away. I've already got my wifes blessing to proceed so all thats left is for the seller of the post car to keep his word and sell me the car for the agreed upon price.
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I gave up on the 66 post car pictured in the previous above. the guy was totally inflexible on his price and it had a lot of damage. I got motivated yesterday and went out and tore into the GS parts car. pictures reflect aprox 2 hours time with hand tools and a dewalt cordless impact drill and I am a bit sore today. all body mount bolts are out except the two for the trunk mounts and that is because the rust caused the caged nuts to break and spin. I will be stripping every single usable part off this car and there are lots. core support was perfect as was passenger inner fender.
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Dear Bob and mid-60s Buick restorers,
I gave up on the 66 post car pictured in the previous above. the guy was totally inflexible on his price and it had a lot of damage.
Bummer dude but that's the way the ball bounces sometimes.
I got motivated yesterday and went out and tore into the GS parts car. pictures reflect aprox 2 hours time with hand tools and a dewalt cordless impact drill and I am a bit sore today. . . . .
That's definitely progress, but pace yourself! Car restoration doesn't have to be a high-impact sport!
Thanks for the progress report! :thumbsup:
Cheers, Edouard :occasion14:
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Dear Bob and mid-60s Buick restorers,
That's definitely progress, but pace yourself! Car restoration doesn't have to be a high-impact sport!
Thanks for the progress report! :thumbsup:
Cheers, Edouard :occasion14:
I think removing the hood myself was what made me sore. i'm not in my 40's anymore :overthetop:
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Tell me about it. Back when I was young, I pulled and installed the hood on several cars by myself.
I did (and still do) almost everything by myself, just the way things were/are.
Used to put a 4 speed on my chest, "ooch" under the car (in the Florida sand) lift, stab and bolt the thing in about a minute, now I need a jack and I still recite the all the words that remind me of the taste soap, and wrassle for nearly 30 minutes to get the sucker in place.
Pulled the hood myself, but after, I realized I would never be able to lift it and set it place by myself. (and then after getting it back on with help, I thought about it and realized I could have made some cribbing and set it on that, then attached the hinge bolts, and opened and adjusted it.)
But almost everything seems to take an awful lot longer...
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Rolling that jack in the sand has to really suck too hahaha. Kripes, to be 40 again! It aint the hood, its that damned piece of glass behind it. :evil6: :laughing7: Bill
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All us old Buick guys should buy a compound to live in and help each other. Warm in the winter and cool in the summer. No local ordinances, and no judges! ws