Edit....Back from paint!

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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby Ptoneill » Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:03 am

Thanks a lot! I am thinking that the bolts must have screw or hex heads as the access hole is to small for a 10 mm socket.

I too like the raised hoods, the avatar picture is nice, maybe add a chrome or stainless screen in the hood inlets that would highlight the grill.
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby SLOSpider » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:07 pm

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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby Ptoneill » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:22 pm

It is....do you happen to know the size and thread ......? Length would be great also...thank u very much!
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby SLOSpider » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:29 pm

Gave me a reason to stip that door shell down to scrap. I wonder if anyone has taken apart and successfully reinstall that spaghetti of window regulator wires? One of the bottom rollers was frozen. That looks like a challenge.

Anyways its 10mm head so I guess its 8mm thread 3mm long with those washers you see.

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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby Ptoneill » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:34 pm

Thank you very much!! The bottom rollers are easy, there are two bolts on the bottom of the door, take them out and the bar holding the two bottom rollers can be pulled out. I had to replace mine not hard at all. Pm me with an address and I will send you a couple that I have.

Thanks again!!
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby SLOSpider » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:43 pm

I don't need right now but was wondering if Id ever get the regulator cables in right order and adjusted when I do my 73. Glad I could help.
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby Ptoneill » Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:05 pm

Thanks to the ACE Hardware stores large selection of stainless metric bolts I was able to get the right size for the vent window bolts....6 X 1.0 X 30mm. I really should have taken more pictures and kept better track of the parts, although taking over 4 years on the project didn't help either.

Thanks for the help!
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby v6spider » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:24 pm

Pat, it's really beautiful. Can't wait to see it.. :)

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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby katsi » Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:16 pm

If I sat here and typed "WOW" all day long, it would still not express the WOW I just saw. Inspiration I needed. Thanks :mrgreen:

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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby Ptoneill » Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:52 pm

Thank you very much for the compliment!! I am really trying to make this car unique, I am going for what a 2015 fiat 124 should be in my mind. I have refused to go into debt on the car so that is why it has taken so long, but I think the light is showing at the end of the tunnel....or its some smartass with a flashlight!?!

I am working on the electrical, today's project was wiring the paddle shifter into the steering column. It was not hard but it was a pain juggling all the different adapter plates and ground wires. If you look close at the Nardi steering wheel you can see it got a boo boo, I have a buddy who is a wood worker hopefully he can just fix the polyurethane.

The little display above the center hub will display the gear the car is in, it can also display a ton of engine data but that would require an ECM or a very expensive adapter module.


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It always amazes me to see pictures of organized garages.......here is mine, and I wonder why half my time is spent finding tools?!
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You will note that the left side is not as bad as the right, that is because my wife parks her car on the left. She is at work so I will have to start cleaning shortly before she gets home........
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby Ptoneill » Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:16 pm

One step forward......two or three back! I had bought a pair of GTO seats to put into the car, I removed the power base assembly but was able to keep the power recline. So today I spent 5 hrs fitting an aluminum base plate to the OEM sliders and seat mounts, I started with the passenger side because I apparently lost one of the driver side slider rails.

Here are some pictures of the "test" fit last year....maybe the car shrank?!

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Now I should have known that things never work out in reality as good as they do in your mind but I thought I was onto a good thing....

REALITY SUCKS!!

You can see that they sit a lot higher than planned, I don't like the look plus I am only about a 1/4 inch from hitting a top bow

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The side rubs but I knew it would but what I did not plan on was that the convertible top hits the seat back when it is lowered and will cause a rip in the leather. You can see it touching in the above picture.

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You can see the aluminum plate..it is possible that I may be able to lower it some but today I am to frustrated to try.

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Actually fits to the inside.

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If any of you have any idea how to save this please let me know!! I would really like to keep the ability to adjust the seat forward and back.

Time for a beer or three...cheers!
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby RRoller123 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:10 am

re-upholster the head rests to make them shorter?
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby toplessexpat » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:27 am

Push the headrests down into the seat? ;)

I actually toyed with removing the floor mounts, shortening them, and reinstalling.

In the end - even at 6'6" - everything just about works with the Corbeau seats and brackets, and the boss (wife) is supremely happy with the seats for long distances.....

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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby SoFlaFiat » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:57 am

Ahhh, have another beer Pat!!
There is nothing that can not be fixed with beer, shoe goo and duct tape!!

I have to say it again, I would be terrified working around that phenomenal paint job! I would have every blanket in the house wrapped around the car.
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Re: Edit....Back from paint!

Postby Ptoneill » Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:53 pm

SoFlaFiat wrote:Ahhh, have another beer Pat!!
There is nothing that can not be fixed with beer, shoe goo and duct tape!!


How right you are!!

Sorry about the pictures they are misleading...its not the headrest that is to high, I can lower them by pressing a button, it is the seats themselves. I am 6.0 and the way I have them mounted is just to high.

toplessexpat wrote:Push the headrests down into the seat? ;)

I actually toyed with removing the floor mounts, shortening them, and reinstalling.


Not a bad idea, but I am not a great fabricator, I am going to see about shaping the attachment plate under the seat so it folds around the sliders like the OEM pan does.
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