The boy who did that came out the wrong hole... no doubt a hereditary issue... no doubt ol' Bev's going to appreciate your loving touch.
GJS's 1967 Dodge Monaco 500: Beverly
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The boy who did that came out the wrong hole... no doubt a hereditary issue... no doubt ol' Bev's going to appreciate your loving touch.
I am getting flashbacks from when I did the BoaB rear window.
Very common issue with our beloved cars and its obvious people will go to great lengths to band aid the problem.
Thanks to you, the job is getting done properly.
Be prepared to cut fabricate and weld.
Not an easy task in a sensitive area.
Have your trim handy for constant test fitting.
Good luck!
GJS
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Thanks, man. I figure the next step is getting a buddy over to get that window out then it should be abundantly clear how bad the damage is. I'd like to get the dash out and get a better look at the firewall and cowl as I know theres some issues up there as well.
Beyond that, I got all kinds of time to plan, cut, fit (rinse, repeat) ad nauseam. Darn glad I took a couple months to practice my welding on thinner material because MAN that panel feels about one notch up from Schlitz grade pop top material.
I hire an glass guy with classic car experince to come to my car and remove the glass in no time. Worth the service call with no headaches.
Yours is in old buytl that needs to be cut. Any pressure on the glass it will explode.
I'd like to get the dash out and get a better look at the firewall and cowl as I know theres some issues up there as well.
Unlike the Fusey cars our Slabs are not as prone to severe rust in the cowl areas.
Most common areas is top of roof and bottom corners of A pillars of cowl
Yours is in old buytl that needs to be cut. Any pressure on the glass it will explode.
I'd like to get the dash out and get a better look at the firewall and cowl as I know theres some issues up there as well.
Unlike the Fusey cars our Slabs are not as prone to severe rust in the cowl areas.
Most common areas is top of roof and bottom corners of A pillars of cowl
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GJS
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I’m certain of one spot in the firewall. There’s nothing apparent in the A pillars of the roof but.. that could easily be hiding till I get the trim off. Guess we’ll see.
Yeah, the rear glass... I’m actually surprised that it hasn’t blown yet having driven the thing as much as I have. There’s so little support at the bottom of the window because of all that rot..
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
That butyl is some tough stuff. I took my time and slowly worked my rear window out of my 66, it has a gasket as well, and both were rock hard.
GJS
Senior Member
I’ve actually never had to work with old butyl and it is impressively solid at this point. I’ve only used new stuff to make vacuum bags back when I was building boats. ... nice and malleable when it’s new.... not so much after 50 years.
GJS
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Cleaned up some interior parts that will end up like the console lid...
save for the sun visors which will be the darker Aztec Gold Metallic like the console base and lower dash.
Everything cleaned up well, no cracks or anything.
everything will get a coat of adhesion promoter tomorrow. Hopefully most of the lighter gold will get a base coat as well.
Stepped away from that and worked on the car itself for a spell. Got the rear 1/4 window trim out and started on the headliner. She’s clearly had a few fingers in her but everything looks good in the roof so far.
Nice night messing with stuff. She sure likes coming apart... always nice on a 50 year old car... and rare, really.
save for the sun visors which will be the darker Aztec Gold Metallic like the console base and lower dash.
everything will get a coat of adhesion promoter tomorrow. Hopefully most of the lighter gold will get a base coat as well.
Stepped away from that and worked on the car itself for a spell. Got the rear 1/4 window trim out and started on the headliner. She’s clearly had a few fingers in her but everything looks good in the roof so far.
Nice night messing with stuff. She sure likes coming apart... always nice on a 50 year old car... and rare, really.
Luckily you have the ‘67 sail panels. They were a fiberglass base. In ‘68 they changed to plastic and with only one screw visible on the front of it. I have yet to find a ‘68 panel that isn’t so brittle that it cracks during removal or installation. I switched to ‘67 panels in my’68 because of this.
GJS
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It’s strange the little differences between 67 and 68. Lots of stuff that I just figure attaches just like my 68 but certainly does not.
GJS
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Everything that will be the lighter gold is now the lighter gold (matched to the new seat material) and awaiting the luster topcoat that I did on the console lid.
Still a little confused regarding the sun visors. They cleaned up insanely well considering that the driver side not only at one point had a clip on vanity mirror but that some one also clearly GLUED something (another mirror?) to it. So there’s no more evidence of that and no splits but when I finished cleaning them I thought to myself “There’s no way this was the color they were when it was new”.... but I’ll be damned if they don’t match the original headliner very well and what SMS offers as a replacement even better.
I’ll give it a few days of thinking but I’m pretty sure these will undergo some sort of protective treatment and be left as is beyond that. Like the steering wheel, it’s not like it’s something I can’t attend to down the road if it bothers me.
Anyway. Off to the no phone zone (garage) for some later night, counter clockwise wrenching.
Still a little confused regarding the sun visors. They cleaned up insanely well considering that the driver side not only at one point had a clip on vanity mirror but that some one also clearly GLUED something (another mirror?) to it. So there’s no more evidence of that and no splits but when I finished cleaning them I thought to myself “There’s no way this was the color they were when it was new”.... but I’ll be damned if they don’t match the original headliner very well and what SMS offers as a replacement even better.
I’ll give it a few days of thinking but I’m pretty sure these will undergo some sort of protective treatment and be left as is beyond that. Like the steering wheel, it’s not like it’s something I can’t attend to down the road if it bothers me.
Anyway. Off to the no phone zone (garage) for some later night, counter clockwise wrenching.
GJS
Senior Member
You know? It’s sh** like this:
makes you feel alright.
makes you feel alright.
67Monaco500
New Member
I am new to the site and just found this thread. What a great story on an awesome project. I am learning lots from this. Thanks to all!
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Can't wait to see it all come together.......
GJS
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These are sorta repeats but I thought I’d get them up here as these parts were wrapped and stored today until the day they get screwed back on the car. I think everything came out great. Even the ash tray chrome looks pretty good.
The carpet and headliner are on order and I’m trying to find someone who can mix up the Aztec Gold Metallic (the darker Gold) for the rest of the interior bits. Also have a few other interior bits on order but while I’m waiting and there still some warm weather, it’s time to get at the dash out. See y’all on the other side of that...
The carpet and headliner are on order and I’m trying to find someone who can mix up the Aztec Gold Metallic (the darker Gold) for the rest of the interior bits. Also have a few other interior bits on order but while I’m waiting and there still some warm weather, it’s time to get at the dash out. See y’all on the other side of that...
GJS
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Can’t imagine I’ll get closer on this:
Carpet (2 original samples from diff areas on the left, new from Stock Interiors on the right) plus 1YD for console and door card pieces
Headliner (original on left, replacement from SMS on the right)
figure out a final plan for these door cards and I should be in good shape.
Carpet (2 original samples from diff areas on the left, new from Stock Interiors on the right) plus 1YD for console and door card pieces
Headliner (original on left, replacement from SMS on the right)
figure out a final plan for these door cards and I should be in good shape.
GJS
Senior Member
One post a year, sure. Why not…
Started working in interior parts again. Got my colors mixed by Kolor Korrect, those came out great… my kick panels were just too far out for my taste so I snagged a solid set of blue ones and painted them to match.
The seatbelt mech covers has some small splits at where the buckle retracted but I opted to file the cracks out out rather than fill them… just sounded like a waste of steel stick.
More to come
Started working in interior parts again. Got my colors mixed by Kolor Korrect, those came out great… my kick panels were just too far out for my taste so I snagged a solid set of blue ones and painted them to match.
The seatbelt mech covers has some small splits at where the buckle retracted but I opted to file the cracks out out rather than fill them… just sounded like a waste of steel stick.
More to come
GJS
Senior Member
The rear seat surround was better than it looked… kind of expected it to fall apart several times in the last year of shuffling it around the shop but it hung in well and took color very well.
The console base was super discolored… somehow most of the stuff in the car looked like it was driven by a squid that puked a lot… I had a hard time getting the glue off where the carpet goes but … well, it’s covered in carpet so.. screw it.
Getting on to the seat glides and console top this week… door panel time after that.
The console base was super discolored… somehow most of the stuff in the car looked like it was driven by a squid that puked a lot… I had a hard time getting the glue off where the carpet goes but … well, it’s covered in carpet so.. screw it.
Getting on to the seat glides and console top this week… door panel time after that.
GJS
Senior Member
Nice to have any semblance of crumbling foam gone. Bolted them to the seats and further to a ply base so they’d sit stable in the room which they are being stored. I guess vroom vroom time lives there now.
GJS
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Lots of fun and tricky masking on this job. The console top came out well, I guess. I’d have liked to replace the brushed aluminum plate… all those years of road sodas and screwdrivers and whatever left suns substantial pitting on it.. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find just the plate and couldn’t find an entire repro top that had the armrest type lid. So I just wound up taking some 60 grit around a wooden block coated in flex seal going as directional as I could with the grain. It took a good enuff amount of it out.
I think the “best” part was pulling out the console lid I finished last year to find out that what I’d wrapped it (and the visors and arm rests) in had taken a set into the finish over their time in storage…. Had to clean up and re top coat all of it… oh well, all better now.
I think the “best” part was pulling out the console lid I finished last year to find out that what I’d wrapped it (and the visors and arm rests) in had taken a set into the finish over their time in storage…. Had to clean up and re top coat all of it… oh well, all better now.
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