I built the car from the back forward. I installed the doors and gapped them as good as I could but the fenders gap to the cowl which is fixed to the body. Now the doors are too low and need to be raised and the hood had to be centered in the available space between the fenders and the cowl and the front fascia. The hood will be easy but the doors require accessing blind bolts inside the front door jamb while hoping your helper gets the needed move correct-strictly trial and error. Tricky on a cut & buffed car to be charitable. For my build it is the next move and I cannot move forward until it is done. I guess I am just being a bit whiney today. Time to go snowmobiling
looks kick a$$This weekend was a good one for production. A friend came over and helped me re-gap the doors and all the gaps are now acceptable. One on the left side is not quite right but the rest of them are pretty good. Today I gave the electrical system another hot test, for the first time trying all the lights. The headlights high/low, turn signals and brake/taillights all worked out of the box. The previous tests proved up the rest of the system. Still have to verify the radio but that is the last thing. I am moving on to installing the interior, starting with the back side panel trim and rear seats. Then the new E-body front buckets and 3 point seat belts and lastly will be the steering wheel. By then my new wheels will be ready for rubber and it will be off for alignment. Should get a lot done over the holidays between family frivolities. Below is a photo of the car with the latest progress which is hard to see. Will post progress photos of the interior install as it happens. Cheers and merry Christmas to all-------------------DR-------------------
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Looks great! nice job. Tell me about the driveshaft length w/ the gear venders o.d., how long is the d.s. , and how bad does it change the pinion angle by shortening it so much? Wonder if they have a short tail shaft and housing to alleviate that problem.
Yes Scott, I pulled the headliner back, put a 1/2-20 nut & washer behind the factory plate and was lucky enough to get it tightened up after bending up one of my end wrenches. But it was definitely worth the work!
Bob: The GV comes with a new front yoke and I took my stock DL and the new yoke to a specialty shop and gave them the overall length I needed the driveline built. This was based on the GV requirement of yoke spline penetration into the tailshaft and distance to the pinion yoke. The shop dynamic balanced the DL and I installed in on the car. To my knowledge the tailshaft for the 904 is what you get-no choices. The actual change in angle came by the need to lower my transmission crossmember 1" to accommodate the GV unit.
So I did it! Posed the question hood pins or not on a 67 and the feedback was "do it" Not being socially aware enough to know if it was sarcasm or not, here is a photo of the install, for the record, I am glad I did it--------------
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