1966 Valiant for the Other Daughter....

Took the wife to brunch in the convertible so today was a slacker day... Took most of the chrome and trim to Tucson to Capital Metal Finishing to get redone. Once home I was excited about chrome and pulled the AC vents apart ready to take down for new chrome. These are a work of art and hefty!

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The steering wheel needed to be pulled apart to do a nice job. I carefully drilled out the pot metal "crush rivets" and pulled it down to its bones. I will drill and tap the pins for #6 screws to reassemble. Looks like another trip to Capital... especially since I forgot to take the quarter panel spears.

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JimKueneman said:
Apparently I reached VIP status and Barry answers the phone and takes my orders personally ha ha Ha
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Only for certain people!
Sorry AAE, keep trying to work your way up!

The first thing out of my mouth is im way slower taking an order than the other guys cause I do this about once a month.
Jim paid a high price as im slow!

This coming week half the plant from Tuesday through Friday is out for training, so it's Andy and me answering the phone; pray you dont get me!
 
Barry said:
Only for certain people!
Sorry AAE, keep trying to work your way up!

The first thing out of my mouth is im way slower taking an order than the other guys cause I do this about once a month.
Jim paid a high price as im slow!

This coming week half the plant from Tuesday through Friday is out for training, so it's Andy and me answering the phone; pray you dont get me!
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I can neither confirm nor deny the speed at which Barry takes orders.
 
A windy cool day, not so good for painting but good for blasting... Today was the annoying parts that needed work. The AC evaporator pipes were way out of whack so I worked them back flush. Combed the fins to get rid of the flatten out spots that would block airflow. Need to pressure test it in a tub of water next. The fan shroud had been introduced to the fan so it needed some metalwork and welding. It is incredible that I got the heater shut off valve working with the bead blaster... it looks like new now and the actuator is functional... now will the shaft seal leak coolant?

You can see the pile of parts in the driveway is effectively gone. Just the axle, AC compressor with the /6 brackets that I am not using, the seatbelts that I need to wait for the wife to leave the house so I can put them in the dishwasher for a few cycles and a box of mounting hardware! It sucks that the AC lines that would have been common for the V8 and /6 someone could not go buy the right expansion valve and cut the lines and welded in 45 degree compression nuts because they used an expansion valve with compression fittings instead of o-rings... really...

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Wanted to just shoot the back of the dash grey (so it will reflect light in the future when working under the dash vs black hole)... well I miss calculated and ended up with enough to paint a few more parts.... Then I got brave and shot the Motocryl matte black that @Chad.S sent me... JImmy like Motocryl! This stuff lays out nice and looks very much like the original finish! In the photo below it had not finished flashing.. it is a nice consistent matte black now. I have some gloss too that I will shoot the door and quarter interior with as well.. Earlier in the day I worked on restoring the AC head and dash plate. This is a newer B-Body style switch but it will work with one jumper and a swap of 2 of the vacuum hoses... either that and $90 NOS or buy the correct AC switch NOS at $400+, easy choice. Of course one has to mock this up when they are playing shooting the final coat!

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I had to shop around for parts on that '69 Chevy C10. One place had my stuff on back order for over two months. When I contacted them to find out when it was going to ship, they had no idea. A quick look around the net and I found the same parts, at 3 different places, that were in stock and ready to ship.
 
'68 Coronet R/T said:
I had to shop around for parts on that '69 Chevy C10. One place had my stuff on back order for over two months. When I contacted them to find out when it was going to ship, they had no idea. A quick look around the net and I found the same parts, at 3 different places, that were in stock and ready to ship.
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Been looking. 66 only for everything and not a high volume item as who puts 2x more into a car than it’s worth other than me. I may have found someone who got the 2 main harnesses unopened with the project car he bought. He is going custom and will sell them if they are what I need.
 
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