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Stock Orange | 3 | 42.86% | |
Satin Black to match inner fenders | 1 | 14.29% | |
Body color with maybe matching finned valve covers | 3 | 42.86% | |
Don't give a damn, do what you want | 0 | 0% | |
Paint the aluminum intake to match? | 1 | 14.29% | |
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08-17-2015, 12:11 AM | #1 |
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Re: 68 Burb - Project - GoldMember
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08-06-2015, 01:34 PM | #2 |
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Really solid Burb and I love the fast progress. Two hours engine and crossmember out...cool.
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08-07-2015, 10:59 AM | #3 |
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Re: 68 Burb - Project - GoldMember
Another long day at work left very little time in the shop last night.. Arrrgh!
But I did manage something, even though it was one of those times when I would touch one thing, see something else, go touch it for a minute, then on to another etc... Talk about A.D.D. With only an hour last night, i began taking off the crud on the frame, which led me to bump my head on the heater box, so off it came, which revealed some rust in that area, which led to cleaning the firewall some to see if I can just spot paint the repair and buff out the rest.. You get the idea So, here is the end result.. after wiping things down, and before attempting to buff anything out. I see a bit of work ahead, but not to bad. Driver side Center area Passenger side Thankfully its Friday, and I can look forward to some time over the weekend to focus and make headway! Thanks for watching..
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08-07-2015, 11:28 AM | #4 |
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Nice work and a good looking burb.
Keep up the progress!
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08-07-2015, 12:06 PM | #5 |
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Looking good, love your Burb!
I know the ADD part.... plus I have project creep really bad. I start something and then think, I might as well do that while I have this apart, and then while I have this apart I can get to that, and so on. You get the idea! |
08-07-2015, 01:47 PM | #6 |
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And before you know it I too have a pile of parts....suffering from "might as well..." Myself. Must be a fairly common affliction.
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08-07-2015, 03:28 PM | #7 |
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Sweet burb! I'm in. Love the color.
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08-07-2015, 05:35 PM | #8 | ||
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Thanks! having fun so far..
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Likewise! I certainly haven't seen a bunch of these around here anyway, part of the reason for keeping it original.. I think she's earned it. Eventually I'll go from top to bottom, but I have two others in line already,...
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08-10-2015, 10:55 AM | #9 |
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Overall the weekend was good, however I only had a few hours Saturday in the shop to work on GoldMember, but is was pretty fast paced..
Started by grinding off the rivets and hammering out the old cross member from the 3 spd trans, no pics as it was just an oil soaked lump... Then it was on to remove the steering column and getting a closer look at the firewall. The area behind the old master cylinder was a bit rough, so I decided to scuff it down and prep it for paint. Before:After Since I am going from 3 spd. to an automatic, I also removed the pedal assembly and broke it down for a conversion to single pedal. Before:After Any of you notice the extra hole in the brake pedal arm? Any guesses what that's for? Next up was to move over to the heater box area and assess the rust in the fan hole perimeter. Beforeuring:After ran out of time, need to grind, check for pinholes, bodywork, prime and then get the firewall painted in these areas. Hope to match the existing, but if not then I'll do the whole thing. Almost forgot, I always hated the fact that some trim pieces were missing, I had a couple of extra side mouldings and worked on creating the missing pieces from them. Before:After will keep on it this week... Thanks for watching...
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08-13-2015, 12:49 AM | #10 |
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I only had a short while to work tonight
Snuck out and got the frame painted last night, so tonight I hung the front cross member with the bags and tubular lower control arms and new ball joints. Pics in the morning since my phone is not cooperating
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08-13-2015, 10:04 AM | #11 |
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Great progress. Sometimes I do things by bits at a time, but it all adds up and before you know it that part of the project is done..... Kudo's on stayin' with it when you can. LockDoc
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08-14-2015, 09:10 AM | #12 |
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Well that was fast. Looking really good!
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08-14-2015, 09:25 AM | #13 |
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Sweet!
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08-16-2015, 10:52 PM | #14 |
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Looking good,
lmk how the bags work out for ya. I did mine with 2.5 spindles 4 yrs age and it rides like CRAP.
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08-20-2015, 01:56 PM | #15 |
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Fitech has some good ideas and very competitive prices. The fuel command center could have possibilities for other uses too. Haven't heard of them before so a cool find. Thanks for sharing!
Where did the rear brackets, caliper and disc come from? Does that have a parking brake? Appreciate the updates. |
08-20-2015, 02:27 PM | #16 | |
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The calipers are from a 78 Eldarado - The A1 Cardone part numbers for these are 16-4116 and 16-4117. Those are loaded calipers. (I scored them on Evilbay awhile back) they have the emergency brake setup which use the tabs Captainfab makes in the last pic. The rotors are from the local parts store, they are for '92-'02 Astro AWD Van. Lots of good info in his thread to assist with the conversion.
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08-20-2015, 05:51 PM | #18 | |
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When I spoke with them, they are interested to have me document the install for their website.. that would be cool! Certainly, I was poking around for my logbook to get some more info for you, I found a Wagner number for one of the calipers is CR116349 Didn't find the part number I used for the rotors.. Once I get this installed under the Burb, I will have to make some tabs for the brake lines, of course I'll take some pics to share..
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Post #40 - that wasn't a Clasen Morse badge, was it? If so, I'd love to get my hands on it.
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They are going to stay I'm afraid.. sorry man
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08-20-2015, 02:32 PM | #21 |
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Very nice. I really like the EFI stuff. Looks very nice and, as AD said, competitively priced. How did you find out about them?
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08-20-2015, 07:53 PM | #22 |
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Appreciate that Twisted! I need to improve the stopping power of our 72 Burb and am looking at different options. I believe that style of caliper is on the rear of my 56. While it stops ok, the ratchet style adjustment on mine aren't precise enough. The left rear is a bit too loose and one click tighter is too tight.
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not sure about these, they seems to rotate fairly easily, i will install the brackets and do some non-scientific tests over the weekend to see how they act / feel. Of course no real idea until they are in-service. Thanks for the heads up, will make note of it for sure.
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08-24-2015, 01:29 PM | #24 |
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Looks like great progress to me!
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08-24-2015, 05:20 PM | #25 |
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Thanks,
It seems to be going slow, although compared to my other projects it's screaming !!
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