Finally my own '70 Sport Fury GT

[67valiant 100]

While Steve was doing his magic on the roof I started attacking some of the suspension stuff. While removing the wheels I noticed one of the left rear lug studs was busted off. Had to make a run to a local friends mooar yard and pulled a few spare left hand thread studs from a '68 B-body.

A keen eye can spot slight differences in the '68 stud vs the '70 stud... not that anyone would really care lol.

 

[67valiant 100]

While I had the oil pan off earlier I found the original idler arm to be completely shot. Had a solid 1/4" of up vertical play in it.

Bought a front end rebuild kit from our forum sponsor PST Suspension. 10% discount for members!

As of right now only the tie rod ends/adjusters & idler arm were replaced. The rest of the kit install will have to wait till after Carlisle.

 

[Samplingman]

It made no sense trying to put a vinyl roof back on until the roof can be properly repaired/replaced.

Curious, why would you think the roof would need to be replaced? Are you referring to the sheetmetal?

 

[polara71]

While Steve was doing his magic on the roof I started attacking some of the suspension stuff. While removing the wheels I noticed one of the left rear lug studs was busted off. Had to make a run to a local friends mooar yard and pulled a few spare left hand thread studs from a '68 B-body.

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A keen eye can spot slight differences in the '68 stud vs the '70 stud... not that anyone would really care lol.

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Gotta have lefties.

 

[live4theking]

That roof looks great to me.

 

[67valiant 100]

Curious, why would you think the roof would need to be replaced? Are you referring to the sheetmetal?

It hides some ugly sins. I have to wait till the donor arrives before I finalize the game plan. Once the glass is removed there wont be any turning back till its fully repaired.

 

[67valiant 100]

Time to do some interior work.

Upon removal of the rear seat bottom I was greeted with a large mouse nest. Miraculously build sheet #1 survived unscathed only inches away.

 

[67valiant 100]

Build sheet #2 followed up shortly after in the rear seat back.

 

[polara71]

Please return one or make copies and put those in there

 

[67valiant 100]

Build sheet #3 was located in the drivers bucket seat back. It is a really nice color copy.

 

[polara71]

Donor has gotta be close.

 

[67valiant 100]

Build sheet #4 came as a surprise stuck to the carpet as I was rolling it up. It is rough but I amazingly was able to peel it off mostly intact. I stuck it on back on the floor for a better picture.

 

[polara71]

Are they all for your car?

 

[live4theking]

That's incredible.

 

[67valiant 100]

Are they all for your car?

Indeed they are all my vin. There is a little exclamation (!) mark at the bottom of the sheets where they normally type the remarks in which I thought was interesting.

Donor has gotta be close.

I hope! But I wont get to it till after Carlisle.

 

[67valiant 100]

Didnt get a picture but there was also another massive mouse nest tucked under the console. What was left of the original carpet was really nasty & had to go. The interior was full of Maple tree seed pods.

 

[67valiant 100]

Thankfully the floors are pretty good. Only a few pinholes to repair.

 

[polara71]

Remarkable.

 

[SportFury70]

There is a little exclamation (!) mark at the bottom of the sheets where they normally type the remarks in which I thought was interesting.

You mean like this, maybe because it was a built to spec for car or a lease bid sale car? we got the same thing too on our sheet, see bottom left of picture.....

 

[SportFury70]

Build sheet #4 came as a surprise

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4 sheets?! Wow!! I thought 2 in our car was a lot. They all are in pretty good shape, hmm I wonder if there are more in our car anywhere.