Recent content by Gen2Cudas

Piping

Had a retired GM pro do the seats- he even fixed the springs and bolstered the driver's seat for me. Need to see 'em in person to catch the red outlining (can't think of the word). I threw her together; had to learn metal work and polishing on the grill inserts- rest was elbow grease and lucky...

Not to highjack your thread-

Sorry back- that post I replied to was from 2016! Gen2cudas- bought your cruise control way back when- and was re-reading your thread- you mentioned replacing your cruise control specific speedometer cable with aftermarket- and wondered if I was still around. We need to compare notes. I...

QUOTE="Teeth & Tires, post: 1971260100, member: 29147"]I already have a trunk seal - just haven't installed it yet and hell if I can tell you the brand. I took it out of the bag and tossed the bag a long time ago. I do have a tube of proper weather strip adhesive to install it with, tho...

Sis ribbed. I Have a nice 318 that would be awesome as heck with a Paxton blower on it. Darned spell anticipator........lol.

Then, on to the buffers. Grey stick compound to cut a bit more metal and to polish; white to remove the scratches and polish more. Also have red rouge if I get ambitious. These are intended as driver quality, but: it is so hard to hang rough parts on the car without at least making the...

Mothers. No need to say more.

I intend to repaint the argent silver inside piece, and the black stripe that is in the lowered portion of the surround. Here are the previously mentioned attachment studs:

Getting there. Getting there. You can see the camera lense in the metal.

If you look real close, you can pick out part of the dents that need to be worked into "peaks".

I am starting with dent straightening: I take the piece, turn it so that the backside of the surround is accessible, place the front side of that portion in a dished out piece of wood corner trim, secure the piece to be wacked on with furniture clamps, then use a light hammer and oaken tools to...

This is some of my parts in their :before" shape:

This is a pair of 3/4 hp 2800 rpm capable drills mounted on a metal stand- all courtesy of our old friend Harbor Freight. I really dislike buying Chinese, but darn it is sure convenient and price friendly. The two drills are mounted with wood blocks between and under to level them- then a...