Messed around in the garage today, cleaning and detailing a few things that needed done, and require mostly time and almost no money. Pretty much all of this ('cept the wiper motor) I glass-beaded and then refinished. Some of those things that have to be done, but nobody enjoys doing.
Emergency Brake Bracket:

Peddle Assembly:

Wiper Motor:

Heater Box, outside:

Heater Box, Inside:


The next thing we will cover will be the taillight assemblies:

 

Looks really nice. Hard to believe that those are the original parts. Im in the same mode with my project, trying to do all that I can with limited funds. Clean and repainting is time consuming, but its cheap fun. Almost theraputic.......................almost.

 

Thanks Guys,
I really enjoy taking an old rusting relic, and saving it from the crusher. I finished the tail light housings tonight. I started by disassembling as shown above. After I cleaned all the seam sealer and gooey stuff off of them, I then wiped them down with wax and grease remover and glassbeaded the housings, inside and out. The glass bead won't damage any soft surfaces such as plastic and rubber, as long as you don't hold it on one area for an extended period of time. I then cleaned them thoroughly with fantastic, and then very hot soapy water. After taping off the inside I used plasticote spray "Chrome" and coated the inside of the bezels. I have used white paint before and got the lights very bright as well. Then I wipe down the outside and spray them with "Matte-Clear" from Krylon (Works well on A/C boxes, too). It keeps the finish even and fresh looking, and holds up great. Take a look below:

 

Well Folks,
I stopped out and dropped off a Christmas Platter to the body shop. (Always suck up to your body men, it helps in the long run). While I was there I of course walked back to check out the Camaro. All body work is finished, it has been blocked several times and it is absolutely lazer straight. He is going to whipe it down today and seal it up with a final coat of primer, and then he is going to start seam sealing everything. I had to order body plugs because he wants to put them in before he shoots the bottom of the body.....hopefully this weeked from the way he talked. It just keeps getting closer. Unfortunately, that will be the end of the line for now. Until I get back to work I cannot justify spending anymore money. Here is where we are to date:



Oh, and threw in one of my heavily optioned cowl tag.......

 

Seam sealer is on, body is primed and blocked and ready to seal. The bottom should be painted monday or tuesday, and then I will get it back and put the suspension on. I have to make room in my garage for it....since I have been off work, I have been doing metal work on a friends '70 Chevelle, 454 SS that he purchased in 1971.

 

Still have it, but I have been laid off since the first week of December. Hopefully I will be able to get back on it soon.

 

Hey man, great thread, lets us kow how its goin....

 

Stopped by the body shop today, and Mark is back working on my car. I told him I was back to work and I think he would like to get the car back to me as much as I would like to have it back.

 

Dude, she looks Bad ***, nice ride

 

Still have the car..... still in the body shop.... still not painted. Still waiting. But hey, I saved a ton on my car insurance by switching to GEICO........