Some may say this is the best place for Marty, but hey some one had to do it.

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Nice work, Marty. Have a friend who was having hood issues with a 70 SS Chevelle he purchased. He couldn't get the rear of the hood to lay down inline with the fenders. It was the cowl seal that was too stiff keeping the hood from laying flat. Changed it out to a Metro Molded or Soffseal piece, can't remember which, and it looks great now. I never would have thought the seal would be that strong. Personally, I only use Metro Molded or Soffseal. They seem to fit and feel the best. Good luck!

Continuing to the rear of the car I have always felt that the tail panel needed to be black. So a quick call to Larry the Paint & Body guy and we both agreed it needed to be black.

So the minute his schedule opened up I would drive the car over.


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Nice change to black with the tail panel, Marty.

Where the bike rack bungs meet the body paint chipped a little bit. Nice easy solution was to paint the bungs black. I am also thinking about putting a circular warning sticker around the bungs before I put the bike tray back on.

Ps looking for ideas for the warning sticker

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I almost forgot (just like Kenny) Larry installed the passenger side mirror on the car for me.

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Ps For anyone that doesn't know Kenny he hates mirrors and headrests. So the fact that my car had two headrests and a drivers side mirror when it came home was pretty shocking. What is a little more shocking is the fact that he painted both mirrors and actually sent them home with the car.




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Want a set of Dakota digital tail lights for it?

:)

I am certain my Wife would agree with you.




I am going to be ordering some more stuff from them as the windows struggle when I roll them up.


Thank you I can't wait to get the taillights and the rear bumper on tonight.


John, I do and I will be calling you shortly

Getting a little closer.

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Need to get that bumper on the floor back on the car and over to the left a little bit.

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Thus the reason Mike is doing this.

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Fits a little better not perfect but good enough for a driver.

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Picked up this little trinket at Good-Guys Pleasonton, Ca

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Lookin' good MJ.

So next on the list of to do was to put the rear 4 point restraint in which meant we needed to put the rear side panels in. Let's just
say this sucked as we had to undo the Tiger Cage partially so we could put them in. It involved a ratchet strap, Mike almost losing
his fingers and us saying OMG that close.

This was side that scared the crap out of us.

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Moving on.

Time to finally install the rear seat belts that I had custom made from Seat Belt Planet. You get to pick everything from colors of material to finishes on the buckles. The best part is the belts are DOT legal.

Prior to this I ran a tap thru the outside bolts.

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This is how it looked without the belts.

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Thanks for the Seatbelt Planet lead, Marty. I really need new belts as I'm still running around on the original ones. I really like your rear harness belts.

Looks great!

Looking really good. How did you anchor the shoulder belts?

Marty, you might wanna double check that seal install. It appears to be installed backwards- the lip hangs to the outside.
IDK if it would be a performance difference, but thought you should be aware.

Thanks Skip

Thanks Josh

Your Welcome.

The other lead I can offer is for 3 point seat belts is Morris Classic Concepts as they have a specific DOT approved kit for the front and rear for most of the popular old cars. (( www.morrisclassic.com )) They also offer them in custom colors as well.

I will try to find some pics from Sema last year add it to the thread.

Houston we may have a problem as I glued it in yesterday. :hairpullout:


Thanks John,

I had the guys at High Speed Welding weld bung in the package tray for this exact reason way back in July in 2011

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Great updates Marty!! The seat belts look great and I love the black tail panel :D
BTW the picture of you in the trunk reminded me to ask you what support cylinder you used. The one that came with my hinges is way too strong, I thought I was going to snap the deck lid in half trying to close it!!! Fesler is sending me a 100lb. (I believe) to try.

Thank you.

As for the support cylinder it's the one that came with the kit. Not sure if you know but the deck lid is the original deck lid that came with the car.


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I went with a 20lb strut with the Eddie Motorsports hinges on my carbon fiber deck lid.

Thanks John! Hopefully I'm wrong (probably :) ) about Fesler sending me a 100 lb. as a replacement. I told them it was a carbon fiber lid.

Yeah, 100lb seems really stiff.

Marty the back seat and belts came out nice. It looks like everything fit well. I'm glad to hear you like the Metro weatherstrip Thats what I got for mine.

Not sure if you know this, but that's a Ford dealership in Anchorage/Wasilla.

If you do, all the better!

;)

LOL, I didn't but that makes it's even better.

I really just put it on the car to be funny and I just like how it looks. Now I have to remember that it's in Anchorage/Wasilla and I am old with a bad memory so this is going to be a tuff one.

I may just make something different up anytime someone asked me if the car came from Alaska

Hey, was gonna text you, it's super cold here, mid 40's, burrrrrrr

About time you got to work on that thing....Looking good brother!:thumbsup:

No need to rub it in Mike, it was -4 today.

Mike

I know I know.

Not to worry this winter I plan to get it all ready for summer cruising and then next winter do the dash modification with Travis at Ball Metal Fab.

So I'm back at again with a project this time. I wanted the bike tray black so I disassembled it and took the tray and the two mounts for the car to Jay over at ProTek Powder Coating.

The new tray allows me to easily fit the Fat bike.

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Next up was suppose to be a simple project. Swap out two bolts with a nice set of ARP stainless bolts.

Very important tip here use plenty and I mean plenty of Anti-seize. I can't stress this enough as I assure you these two bolts are never coming out of here.

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It's always nice to have a furry friend helping Mike and I. It's true dogs do reduce stress just ask Mike.

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Mike & I started swapping out the RideTech hardware for ARP Hardware. Totally Stainless sells complete kits for pretty much ever suspension set up on the market. It's not cheap but it sure does look nice.

It's the perfect contrast for this car as I plan to let the paint continue to Patina. I have no interest in perfect paint as I want to be able to lean on the car just like I did when I was 16 leaning on my buddy Kens car.

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Instead of bolting the seats from top down I would much rather have studs coming up from the bottom. So off to sears for some grade 8. 5/16 x 1 1/4 bolts, washers and nuts.


I ran a tap up from the bottom to get some of the DEI Boom Mat and sound deadening out of the threads.

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Nice clean look from the underside of the car.

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Found a few hours on Sunday to work on the 70. My goal was to get the tail light harness laid out and the harness bar on the Tiger Cage installed.

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Once again don't forget the Anti-Seize.

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Harness bar is in and since the rear seat is really just for show I did my best to lay the belts out neatly.

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Okay this is what I call BS I need four of these 7/16 bolts. Guess what I have three.

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Since I couldn't find the lap belt bolts either I decided to lay them out neatly do I could see what it would look like if I actually finished this project.

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Dear Mr. McGuire,

We want to thank you for funding our extra long vacations last year.

Signed,

ARP

tell me about and I am not even done spending money on these freaking bolts !@!@!

I've found that McMaster 12 point stainless actually arrive as ARP. When I've needed a lower quantity this worked out well. McMaster doesn't state who the source is in most any case so there is some risk involved I guess.

Edit: doesn't look like they have the fine thread 6 pt though so no help... just have to pony up the ARP money ha. Nice fasteners no doubt but they add up for sure.

Looking good Marty:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Great tip on the McMaster Carr and the good news is I may actually be near the warehouse tomorrow.

Thank you

Moving back to the interior.

I have always disliked the OEM headliner and I have been waiting for TMI to release their bow style Suede headliner for 3 1/2 years and finally gave up.

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I received a tip that Classic Auto Trim makes exactly what I was looking for. So I took a gamble and I can say I am very satisfied.

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Aa much as I like the smooth headliner look it just doesn't fit the concept or the design of this car. So a quick trip to a local interior shop that happens to be 5 minutes from my house.

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And here is the crazy part my daughter who just turned 16 took followed me to the interior shop on the way to school. It's just such a new concept.


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Marty, this car just keeps getting better and better, love all the ARP hardware too.

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