Dennis. That's his name.

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Thanks for the update, I wondered what you have been up to.

I essentially spent from August to January picking away at my dads Z/28 for him. When it came into my shop, it left puddles of oil, coolant, PS, trans oil and the odd drop of brake fluid....not acceptable....

I won't detail it like I do my projects....but I will give the gist.. I wanted to make the car right for my dad as he's the most deserving man I know...he put his kids first and didn't get his first performance car till he was 67...at 71 I wanted him to have a car that looked good, but most importantly was reliable and a good runner.


Its arrival/before...

Out came its Heart...

Down to a shortblock....replaced the rear main which was hard as a rock with a fel-pro double lip unit..replaced the noisy gear to gear with a double roller, scraped off 3 pounds of RTV and correctly sealed everything, new stem seals, new stretch bolts, etc etc

You can see the damage caused to the cheap clutch/flywheel by the oil contamination....I replaced it with a McLoed Street pro...Trans got all new seals and gaskets...

I also tried my hand at painting...I got paint mixed in BC/CC and sprayed the inner fenders and cowl...

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Got the flywheel resurfaced..., new clutch fork, rebushed the Z bar and Hurst shifter, new ceramic coated headers, new starter,New belts, new hoses, new alternator, new heater hoses, cleaned up the wire harness, rebuilt the 4150, made new fuel lines, made new plug wires, rebuilt the master, cleaned up everything on the firewall, repainted the inner fenders.....etc etc

And...I talked dad into being different and taking a Mopar approach, I stripped, bodyworked and painted the bottom of the hood...

Dad's very happy, which is all I care about..

Now back to your regularly scheduled Mopar's

 

[65sporty]

Nice looking ride, great job

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

I got looking at the floor pan I had put together for this car....at the time it was the best that I had in stock...that being said, I'm not happy with it, I didn't come this far to leave this as it is...

so......I decided to sacrifice my reference cowl/firewall section....so I began by scraping the undercoat off....

This section was about the only good thing on the '69 VIP, and even it has quite a bit of internal rot...but....the important parts I need are very good and original, one of my hang-ups has been the fact that my drivers side has essentially no original sheetmetal in this area, so I've been concerned about lining things up for my my one remaining bodymount. It HAS to be right.

So I began properly removing the parts I need....This is crucial to proper alignment of the Stub...

More on that tomorrow....

Nick

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Nice looking ride, great job

I wanted it done right, and I wanted it to run to it's full potential.

It now runs like a 10.5:1 .030 over 350 backed by a T-10 and 3.73 gear... It also is properly tuned so that It no longer stumbles off idle and no longer is so rich it burns your eyes...the amount of half assed cousin kissing work on this car was unbelievable, the car it's self is a 3 owner car, sold new in Barrie Ontario and garage kept it's whole life, the paint is nearly 30 years old.

Nick

 

[Ripinator]

Got the flywheel resurfaced..., new clutch fork, rebushed the Z bar and Hurst shifter, new ceramic coated headers, new starter,New belts, new hoses, new alternator, new heater hoses, cleaned up the wire harness, rebuilt the 4150, made new fuel lines, made new plug wires, rebuilt the master, cleaned up everything on the firewall, repainted the inner fenders.....etc etc
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And...I talked dad into being different and taking a Mopar approach, I stripped, bodyworked and painted the bottom of the hood...
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Dad's very happy, which is all I care about..
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Now back to your regularly scheduled Mopar's

Way-ta-go, Nick! I know you've made your dad one happy guy. You are a good son.

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

After running errands and having a coffee, it was time to get down to business....sometimes you need to go backwards a bit before you can progress forward.....

Next I needed to get some stuff split so I could see what I was doing...I also dug out what I needed from my parts stash...

And now....working from the inside out....and fixing my mistakes...

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Next......more spot welds to ID and drill....

Okay, now we need to assess my next steps.....

Okay.....so I need to fix that part of my door jamb I guess.....

Okay...moving on with that fixed...

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

This panel was rotten on all of my donors....so I'll just make one....

and a few panels separated for tomorrow....

 

[3175375]

This panel was rotten on all of my donors....so I'll just make one....
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and a few panels separated for tomorrow....

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Looking great! Keep up the fabulous work!

 

[live4theking]

You get started back up on this is like a new season of a favorite tv show.

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Began my morning with some fitment...

And got it all welded up....

Then I went and picked up a fridge for the shop, and made it feel more at home...

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Harvested some more from the VIP cowl....every single fuselage car I've owned has had firewall rot of some kind...

Next....think and fit....I could of welded all these holes added by previous owners....or...I could two bird one stone...

Alrighty....get it in there.....

I'll chop out this floor pan next and begin that surgery probably Thursday, as tomorrow is a day to play with Ford tractors and get the other shop cleaned up..

 

[Ripinator]

Began my morning with some fitment...
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And got it all welded up....

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Then I went and picked up a fridge for the shop, and made it feel more at home...
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Mighty fine, Nick. I see I shoulda bought more ViseGrip stock. . . BEFORE you started this project.

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Mighty fine, Nick. I see I shoulda bought more ViseGrip stock. . . BEFORE you started this project.

It's funny you got me thinking so started counting my vice grips of various styles, I have 75 pairs total, 66 of which are here at home.

 

[cbarge]

It's funny you got me thinking so started counting my vice grips of various styles, I have 75 pairs total, 66 of which are here at home.

25.00 used panel...500.00? Worth of vise grips and c clamps...about 27 pairs i counted.

 

[Ripinator]

25.00 used panel...500.00? Worth of vise grips and c clamps...about 27 pairs i counted.View attachment 443731

Holy Krap!

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Painful, but necessary.....

Test fit...

And some of my mild OCD

 

[3175375]

Painful, but necessary.....

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Test fit...
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And some of my mild OCD

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Excellent work!

your punchlist isn’t OCD. It’s attention to detail and I do that (create a punchlist) every day...

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

I want to measure it against my 70 tomorrow..