The best way to get re-motivated................NEW PARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

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Decided to get a new filler neck. This is Ridetech's universal one. The other one that I have is for a Camaro. I thought this one might be easier to use as now I can run the rest of the filler neck straight as the Camaro one slants to the passenger side.

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One for Camaro (if anyone needs one of these let me know as now I have an extra)

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Hotchkis subframe connectors

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Billet Specialties 3/16" line clamps for when I start running the brake lines.

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AMD inner fenders

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AMD 2" cowl hood - damn this thing is going to look sweet

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Don't worry....I have towels underneath

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And finally.....I decided to go with leather seats out of a 2005 GTO. I got fronts, back and seat belts for $525 + shipping. Can't go wrong with that. They are in great shape too. I'll have to clean up some of the metal and re-paint it. Damn are they comfy. Now the fun begins trying to make these things fit.

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I plan on spending quite a bit of time in the shop as I don't go back to work until Thursday. Watch for updates, hopefully daily.

Nice stuff....:thumbsup: I picked up the same set of seats for my Firebird. What are you planning to do about the height? The fronts seem a little tall. I was thinking I would get rid of the power brackets on mine.

Thanks. I haven't had time to figure out what I'm going to do about the height. I see there are a few threads where guys have cut down the rears. After just quickly looking at the brackets that are on the front seats, I'm going to have to do something with them as right now they won't work. I'll post pics when I have some updates on that. I'm just in the process of putting in some SS bucket seat brackets so once I have those in, I will work on getting the front seats mounted.

SWEET! Those are some nice parts. The quality of the front inner fenders looks good. Those seats look comfortable. You must have extra head room than a Camaro. Maybe they'll be close. Nice parts.

Cool parts :) . Glad to see the AMD stuff getting out there. I've heard nothing but good things so far. I'm gonna be going that way for their new fenders I think. Hood looks good too.

John

Thank Wayne. Yeah the quality of the sheet metal is very nice. Feels way more sturdy/strong than other parts I've bought.

Thanks John. I'm really happy so far with the AMD stuff. The final test will be how they fit.


So I made it into the shop. Didn't get as much done as I was hoping. It's amazing what a couple crappy sleeps will do to you. The couch feels so comfortable. I started by putting the rear seats in just to see how much work they are going to be. Going to be some work!!! Didn't take any pics yet. With a car without mini tubs I don't think it would be as bad.

I got the bucket seat brackets welded in. I tried to get them as far apart as they would go, but could only get the bolts to be 11.5" apart from the hump to the rocker. They are 14.24" apart front to back. The worst thing about putting these in now is that if you've been following my build, you know that I had the bottom of the car already done. Haven't looked underneath yet to see what it did to the bedliner.

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I then started on fitting the front seats. I decided the easiest was to take off the tracks first. Very easy to take off. It is held on by 4 nuts. There are a few wires that need to be disconnected, but pretty easy to figure out.

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I then put the track into the car...damn this thing is wide. If I remember correct, the holes are 16 or 17" across from each other.

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First thing to go...the stock mounting brackets. They were pretty easy to get off. They are held on by a pin in the middle of them and some welds on either side.

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When you are taking these off, don't do like I did originally and pound the pins out. They appear to actually serve a purpose. I had to fight with them and get them back into the holes. I then welded them to the frame.

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Once the stock mounting brackets were off, I put the whole thing back into the car. Fits much better now, but still need to mock up some new mounting brackets.

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Unfortunately I didn't have any metal to start fabbing up the brackets, so the seats are on hold until I get some stuff. I'll head in tomorrow and grab an assortment of angle iron, round bar, square tube, etc. so I have a good selection. In the mean time though, I put the seat back onto the base to see how it would look in the car. It fits fairly high up on the floor, but that's because of the all the power stuff. I like the way it looks. I'll probably take off the headrest and see how it looks without it and decide from there which I like better.

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Since I couldn't do anything else with the seats, I thought I would start working on the filler neck. Yesterday I bought a new pipe bender:

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What a P.O.S.!!! I tried bending a 2" piece of exhaust tube. It bent it some, but actually flattened it out more than it actually bent it. Think I'll be taking that thing back. A buddy of mine was supposed to come over yesterday or today and help me finish aligning the doors, but he got stuck all day in court only to have the case adjourned before he got on the stand. The joys of our job!! Spend your time off sitting in a court house waiting to put rats in jail. But, at least it's all double bubble :D I likely won't get back into the shop now until Monday or Tuesday as I go back to work soon. Will post more pics when I get something else done.

I am glad to see you making more progress Mike. I like the seats, they will look great in the car.

Thanks Eric. Where have you been. Haven't seen you online in a couple weeks.

Thanks for the pictures of GTO seats. I'm still trying to squeeze those in to a 69 Nova :thumbsup: