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Got the rear brakes done. Also got up in the attic and built my one man top removal contraption.

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Here you go http://www.accmats.com

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Asolde- interior looks great!

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I like it!

I pulled my top off on Friday night with my top removal device ;)

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Cheater :hm:

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Dropped off a pile of parts to be phosphate coated (Parkerized) just like GM did. Hood hinges, hood latches, door striker plates, 72 front hooks, bags of bolts/screws, tie rod bracket, etc. For these parts it's an authentic redo that's cheaper and more durable than powdercoating or painting. $180 for the all shown to be cleaned, bead blasted, and Parkerized at a local facility that does 15k gun barrels monthly for the Ruger Co.

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Great idea, post up pics when done. I want to have my m/c cover done....heck, maybe even my non-extreme bend tow hooks

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Will do! For now, here are pics of a used door striker I had re-done in NM (pardon the finger prints - the finish is actually nice and uniform). I was so pleased I actually re-parkerized a set of NOS strikers that had shelf ware for use on my K20 resto. You wouldn't believe how good the hood hinges and bolts look - honestly, they appear brand new and the hinges work beautifully cleared of all that dry, old lithium grease.

For brackets and bolts that get wrenched on it's the best way to go - good to do pulleys also.

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Man they look great! Sounds like it would hold up well against wear and tear....thanks for the info.

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Took it apart and cut some rest out!:metal:

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I put in my heat/sound damper and laid the front carpet in place. I still have a lot to do with it like find all the bolt holes, shifter boot, seat belts, door sills etc. It will take me a whole day or more to get everything fitted in there. Oh and I did my roof rail seals to.

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Very nice job Alex! I just cut my rear carpet off at the front chrome trim strip...

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To tell you the truth I did not know how it came from the factory. So I thought it would look better with the carpet folded over the edge and glued down to the vertical wall. Then I cut it along the floor line.

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This is a much better looking idea. What brand carpet kit is that?

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got my mirrors and ignition stuff lastnight so today after work ill put all that together and change the oil.

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Dug out the old umbrella holder to slide in the receiver & went fishin!

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GM left that vertical part of the floor uncovered - done right like yours it does look better IMO.

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Finally finished up my weld-on beadlocks (5) and mounted my 35s

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Attachment 1262944

where did you get that bed floor?

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It is the original, I just frankinsteined the patches in😜

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I put the seat belts in, seats and console. Still need to install the shifter boot, door weather strips, door sills and the radio speaker.

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Really really sweet!

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Asolde, nice work! That looks like something you would climb into at the dealership......

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Nice work! Any tips for trimming holes in the carpet? I've always just hacked away as meticulously as possible but there must be a better technique. I recently had to re-glue (3M weatherstrip adhesive) a portion of a door weatherstrip and used several large metal paper clip/clamps to hold the glued section in place - worked well.

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No good tips on cutting holes in the carpet just a good razor blade and a sharp knife, cut an X where you want the hole. Alot of holes I went under the truck and poke a all up through the carpet. I had to feel for a lot of the holes and poke a hole with a all. I need to get motivated and get back out there to do my weatherstrips,and shifter boot.

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When I did my carpet in the suburban, I used an old soldering iron. I sharpened the point a little, got it up to temp and poked it up through the floor where I could and down from the top for the remainder. It melted or I say 'cauterized' the holes for a nice, sealed edge. Very permanent, so make sure the carpet is in the right spot.

I have done a few this way and it works pretty well. Just don't lay a hot soldering iron on your new carpet.

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Working to get my body jig completed

Main rails frame assembly actually setting up on edge
This will lay down flat and attach to the cross members
on the body mount holes
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Cross members...one at the front floor, one in the middle, and one at the rear
all are adjustable with all thread and nuts
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One of the main uprights nearly finished.....got to drill some holes up the side of the vertical tube for adjusting up and down.
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Here's the rough design...doesn't show the cross members but they will weld to the main frame rails on some standoffs to allow me to
1. keep the body straight and square
2. turn it upside down for easier access to work on the underside.

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Would like to see more pics of the jig in use once complete

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I did my door weatherstrips today. I lifted the roof off enough to get at the top of the seals. It was rock solid no rust clean along the windshield frame. I cleaned everything up and installed my seals.When I was pulling the roof off the two front LT/RT hold down bolts broke off. I could not get them to easy out so I stepped drill the bolts out and ran a tap back though the nut plates. I put the roof back on and finished off the seals. I did not like the way the drip deflectors fit so I put the stock ones back on until I get it fiqured out. I got a few more things to do on the interior like the rear pnls, shifter boot, radio speaker.

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Definitely....

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I made some light switch/wiper knobs out of a hunk of scrap aluminum:

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I tried to match the basic design of my door lock knobs I made earlier:
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And then I finished my tilt/turn signal knobs:

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Got my Parkerized parts back today - here are some representative shots: hood hinge, pitman arm, 72 hooks, underside of a door striker plate, upper hood latch. The bolts are the unique 12-pointers used to attach the hood latch at the rad support. They come coated with a fine layer of gun oil.

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Those are so nice, I wish I had thought to do that when I had mine apart. Looks like a durable, no nonsense finish.

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Thanks - it's the original finish that GM applied to these parts and really durable (relatively cheap too). For example, you can wrench on the bolts and they stay black with an intact finish :)

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Looks great. Who does that in Alb.?
Colors available?

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http://www.kaehr.com/

They have a minimum order ($100) that does a lot of parts. Colors aren't an option per se - there's zinc or manganese that impart either a really dark gray or black. Ask the folks at Kehr. More on Parkerizing here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkerizing

The local shop here in MT did a really good job.

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Ripped out the front axle of my '69 getting closer to converting it to 2wd form

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Man '67steven those knobs are bad a$$!