67 GTS 4-Speed: Daily Summer Driver
This past weekend I went home to get a little work done on the GTS. Getting to the point of having little parts to throw at it, but what ever parts I do have I am trying to get on just to feel some sort of progress.
I got the trunk seal on, and I got the roof line window seals on as well. I was able to get the headlight adjusters in, the head light buckets and the head lights in. They will eventually be removed for a relay harness and a H4 bulb conversion, but right now the main goal is to get it on the road. I was going to paint the horns, but when I tested them neither of them worked... So I didnt bother sanding them and painting them. As I am typing this I find it odd that both dont work... So, next time I am back I am installing them on the charger and seeing if that is indeed the case.
I looked a little more at the steering pump. The pump pulley is about .75" away from the corresponding pulley on the crank shaft...
When I got the brackets it said it was good for 69 and above big blocks. For cars with and without air. Well this engine is a 70, and had air on it originally. So I am wondering if someone changed the water pump housing years ago... What ever the case may be I am going to have to modify the brackets. There is no way to space the pump in line with the crank pulley, and I do not feel comfortable moving the pulley that far off of the shaft. So I am going to have to modify the brackets to move the pump in line with the crank. Which also means longer bolts. So this should be fun.
I also decided to work on the air clear housing and the console at my folks place. Initially I was going to do that in pittsburgh, but seeing what I want to get done on the house in the next couple months, the car stuff would be pushed to the side. So in order to keep progress moving on it, I might as well work on it when I make it to my parents place.
I made myself a list of things I want to get done on the charger the next time I am home. but as of now the biggest work on the GTS is still finding a dip stick that would work ( I am going to reach out to TTI about this, they should know. Plus according to their installation instructions it needs to come out to install the headers anyway). Need to get the rear end rebuilt with new gears and bearings, rear brakes, exhaust, clutch linkage (new Z bar), 180 degree thermostat and housing (mine leaked terribly on break in), getting the power steering coupling (couldnt find the spare one, so may rob one off of the spare columns), chroming the bumpers, seat foam, and head liner
This past weekend I went home to get a little work done on the GTS. Getting to the point of having little parts to throw at it, but what ever parts I do have I am trying to get on just to feel some sort of progress.
I got the trunk seal on, and I got the roof line window seals on as well. I was able to get the headlight adjusters in, the head light buckets and the head lights in. They will eventually be removed for a relay harness and a H4 bulb conversion, but right now the main goal is to get it on the road. I was going to paint the horns, but when I tested them neither of them worked... So I didnt bother sanding them and painting them. As I am typing this I find it odd that both dont work... So, next time I am back I am installing them on the charger and seeing if that is indeed the case.
I looked a little more at the steering pump. The pump pulley is about .75" away from the corresponding pulley on the crank shaft...
When I got the brackets it said it was good for 69 and above big blocks. For cars with and without air. Well this engine is a 70, and had air on it originally. So I am wondering if someone changed the water pump housing years ago... What ever the case may be I am going to have to modify the brackets. There is no way to space the pump in line with the crank pulley, and I do not feel comfortable moving the pulley that far off of the shaft. So I am going to have to modify the brackets to move the pump in line with the crank. Which also means longer bolts. So this should be fun.
I also decided to work on the air clear housing and the console at my folks place. Initially I was going to do that in pittsburgh, but seeing what I want to get done on the house in the next couple months, the car stuff would be pushed to the side. So in order to keep progress moving on it, I might as well work on it when I make it to my parents place.
I made myself a list of things I want to get done on the charger the next time I am home. but as of now the biggest work on the GTS is still finding a dip stick that would work ( I am going to reach out to TTI about this, they should know. Plus according to their installation instructions it needs to come out to install the headers anyway). Need to get the rear end rebuilt with new gears and bearings, rear brakes, exhaust, clutch linkage (new Z bar), 180 degree thermostat and housing (mine leaked terribly on break in), getting the power steering coupling (couldnt find the spare one, so may rob one off of the spare columns), chroming the bumpers, seat foam, and head liner