A couple simple things.
4th gen wiper motor. Early wiper switch can be used. Add in proper sized resistors to the wires to give just a speed choice or two.

Brake line flare nuts were bead blasted then used Gun Bluing to finish. Gun bluing works great to blacken various parts plus freshen up factory black oxide coated nuts/bolts. Brake lines are powder coated.

Black anodized washer with stainless flat head screws. Washers available from hillcofasteners.com. Made for button head bolts, I countersunk these.

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Camaro cruise control unit. Remote mount and cable in. Interesting the wiring circuit does NOT go through the computer. Speed pickup off trans needs to be the electrical pulse type though.

In previous pic, the battery cover is simply velcro'd on.

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Just read through this whole thread. GREAT JOB!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Covered the floor with Be-Quiet Ultimate sound deadener. www.b-quiet.com/ultimate.html

Installed some of the sound deadner on the firewall back when it was 60° in the garage. Finished the floor last week when it was 95°, boy was that pliable and stick down easy in the heat! And to everything else if you weren't careful.

Then a wide strip of 1/8"aluminum faced bubble wrap type heat sheild. Bubble wrap heat shield also glued to the roof.
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On top of that installed:
5692T61 Acoustical Polyurethane Foam Absorber, Adhesive Back, Skinned, 1/2" Thick, 54"w from McMaster Carr.
This will absorb sound waves bouncing around and insulate for heat.
Installed between truck and back seat also.
Have not driven the car with all this installed. Will give an update after I do.

Check out this site to help understand sound deadening.
http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/

Seams like I'm going a bit overboard on insulating but I want the A/C to to be nice and cool.
Several years ago I installed a small A/C unit reccomended for "coupes and small sedans". Did not keep up at all. Heat was coming in faster than the A/C could take it out. So installed a Vintage Air Gen II 4 vent evaporator. That helped out a lot but lack of insulation still left cooling less than desired. The foor only had the original rubber mat. Insulation and sealing of the car is AS IMPORTANT or more than the A/C unit. Plus install the largest unit that is feasible.
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Man I just love this build your attention to detail is outstanding.

My only problem is your color combo it's making me want to change my mind on my choice for my project. I am so torn and it all your fault.

Once again - Awesome project and I am looking forward to more updates.

Looking good Jim!

Wish I was a far as you are!
Can't wait to see it in person!

Mark

Wow how did I miss this up until now! Beautiful job, beautiful car. I love the color combo and how this is coming together. Keep up the great work!

Bob

Thanks for the nice comments everyone!!

syborg tt: Talk about detail, your truck is full of it! Do you have another project in the works?

ChevyII MD: Good to hear from you. Will have to check out the progress on your Chevy II.

deuce1963: I take it that's your ChevyII in the profile pic. Sits down nice! Takes a lot of cutting to get these cars that low.


Here's the paint codes if anyone is interested:

Body is BMW Imola Red II, code 405. Used Glasurit
The red shows different in every picture, but basically a deep blood red.

Engine compartment and interior: Dark Argent Metallic is 1997-2011 GM code WA8945. covered with Ultra Flat Clear - BASF DC5775.

Need a picture of something. Here's a couple non-related to this. We stopped at the "American Pickers" place earlier this year in LeClaire, IA on the Mississippi river. Have family near there. Just a small place, don't go too far out of your way to see. Other than a different camera angle that's all there is.
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Wow! I'd love to be there! Did you buy anything to the guys?

WOW!! This is coming very nicely.Hope you make it to KC.goodguy's.Can't wait to cheack this one out.:thumbsup:

Hope you will have a car there, if so what are you bringing?

Still on track to make KC Good Guys, bunch to do yet. What am I doing on the pc, I better get out to the shop! Jim

Refinishing all the original anodized aluminum trim.
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Stripping with Eastwood's anodize remover. Basically just sodium hydroxide.
Used a piece of scotchbrite pad to spread on like a brush. Didn't need to scub, just keep it wet. Only took 5 to 10 minutes to disolve the anodizing.
Have all the side and rear trim done and used less than 1/4 of a quart. Benefit to wiping on is the backside of trim does not get stripped and leaves original anodizing for protection. Just keep it wet until all the anodize is gone.

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Anodized stripped. Then will remove dents,sand and polish.
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Straightened/polished and installed on side of car. Recessed area starting 1/2 way back on door trim was bead blasted.
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Like you,I am working hard to have my rag ready for K.C. Lot's of small thing's to finish up.Hope To see you there.:thumbsup: Scott M.

Looking good. I've spent many hours fixing and polishing trim.

What color red is the car painted?

Post #88 Mark. Just tripped over it myself.

Thanks Jeff. :thumbsup:

Mark (or anyone else out there), since I am not anodizing the aluminum trim after polishing, have you found anything that works best to keep the trim cleaned up?

Thanks,
Jim

For aluminum, I'm not sure, I never keep a car long enough to find out, :lol: .

I've never tried zoopsseal or anything like that, so I can't comment on that. I would just run a little mothers on it now and then.

I think it'll keep it's shine for awhile. Just don't drive through and snow/salt, ;) .

Original door panels are in great shape. Used dye to match the graphite leather seats.

Dying the door/kick/rear panels and arm rests may have been the quickest project on the whole car. Clean the panel with lacquer thinner and spray the pre-mixed dye on. Install the next day. Used less than a quart.

Actually it was easier than pie. A couple years ago I was making a pie crust to cover with cinnamon and sugar. After shaking on the cinnamon, I commented to my wife this "off brand" cinnamon was sure a different color. She said it was cyan pepper. Well, trashed that. I better stay in the shop.

They have several products and people were very good to work with. Here's the link:
http://www.parasolinc.com/Products.a...uctID=VARIKOTE

Can match color from a sample or color chip + adjust sheen.

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Another comment, used Steele rubber seals for door, trunk, vent windows, windshield, rear window, etc.
EVERYTHING fit great! Easier than pie again.

Nice pie! I'll take a piece!

As usual - your attention to detail - and your work - is fantastic.

:cheers:

that came out bad @ss looking. Clean but not boring.

Looks awesome, you keep inspiring me...

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Right On.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Hope see next week end.

so nice :thumbsup:

Did I miss somewhere you saying what the back seats were out of? They look like they fit very well

Ok you have to stop posting pictures.

I can't take it anymore this car is perfect

You'll find that once the aluminum trim has been polished... for maintenance it's really not that much trouble. The more you polish it, the less it needs polished..... that's just the nature of the aluminum grains and the way it comes up to gloss... it builds a bit if a "skin" so to speak. The car looks awesome.... very nice work, and I love the basic aproach to the interior. Not every car needs a full on custom leather wrap job.

Very nice work all the way around!

KT.

Very, very nice. Love that interior.
What seats are those?

Great job!! Taking notes on the insulation! What gauges are those BTW?

Well you just have to post the good stuff and leave the ugly stuff off. :unibrow:
Thanks for the compliments!
Jim

That's good news on keeping the trim polished. Sometimes it seems aluminum dulls out just watching it. Thanks much!

Front and back seats are leather 02 Pontiac Grand Prix. Rear seat was the right width and height for rear shelf.

Foam needed trimmed to fit around mini-tubs on seat back and seat bottom. Stock tubs would have needed trimming also. A metal ledge was installed under forward edge of seat bottom for support. Die grinder with 1/16" thick metal cutting blade scooped out the foam like carving a watermelon.
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Those seats had to come out of 98-02 Grand Prix...

We have a winner! Yep, '02 Grand Prix.

What did you do for suspension front and rear? LOVE the stance!! I have a 63 Nova SS that I want to lower as much as possible. What did you do for steering? What are your wheel and tire sizes?

Entire car is done very well, You are doing a fantastic job! I love these Novas!!

Michael

Guages are from 94 Camaro. See posts #24 to #27 on dash fab.

Have put a few miles on the car. Happy with insulation results. A/C does not have to run on high all the time. Sound level is way improved from before. Still have a nice comfortable level of exhaust sound, wouldn't want that all eliminated! To reduce low req. sound waves further would need some very dense material.

Since we are talking exhaust, here's a pic of the exhaust.
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Previously a finned radiator style transmission cooler was installed in front of the radiator and A/C condensor.
Utilizing these finned coolers and mounting away from the radiator dropped 20° off the engine temp.

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Here's a couple pics of the bench the bumper is on. Two 2x4's are attached to lengths of conduit that slide under the top.

Pulling out allows you to put a 4x8 sheet of plywood or whatever on the bench. The overlapping pull out supports act like saw horses to support the sheet you are cutting through. Attach casters to the legs so you can roll outside or wherever.

Don't set the saw too deep though. 1st time I used it I nic'd the conduit with the blade :rolleyes:
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Cool table! Great idea!

I love the Nova! Great attention to detail!