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71 rebuild
craigh:
Absolutely, its looking so nice.
Not that I am biased re the colour at all :-)
wabco40:
--- Quote from: craigh link=topic=7864.msg1045940805#msg1045940805 ---Absolutely, its looking so nice.
Not that I am biased re the colour at all :-)
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Thanks Craigh, I have seen your 71, its looking real good.
I am surprised how many people in Australia are doing up old chrome bumper vettes!!! I guess its because I live in the middle of nowhere I don't get to see any others.
Brad.
craigh:
--- Quote from: wabco40 link=topic=7864.msg1045940810#msg1045940810 ---
--- Quote from: craigh link=topic=7864.msg1045940805#msg1045940805 ---Absolutely, its looking so nice.
Not that I am biased re the colour at all :-)
--- End quote ---
Thanks Craigh, I have seen your 71, its looking real good.
I am surprised how many people in Australia are doing up old chrome bumper vettes!!! I guess its because I live in the middle of nowhere I don't get to see any others.
Brad.
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Thanks Brad,
Your project is at an altogether different level to mine but I agree there is either a lot of Chrome activity or we are just more sensitive to that over other vette stuff going on.
Craig
demonx:
How much of a pain in the rear is lining up the doors!
When I was doing my door gaps I had my brother come round while I laid down inside the car upside down, he held the door in place and lined up the gaps while I tightened the bolts and helped jiggle it from the inside.
Not a fun job!
wabco40:
--- Quote from: demonx link=topic=7864.msg1045940814#msg1045940814 ---How much of a pain in the rear is lining up the doors!
When I was doing my door gaps I had my brother come round while I laid down inside the car upside down, he held the door in place and lined up the gaps while I tightened the bolts and helped jiggle it from the inside.
Not a fun job!
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How you going demonx. Nice 57, I've got two mates doing full rebuilds on 57's at the moment.
I did all the door gapping previously during the build. The rear door gaps where done by shimming the body on the chassis and adjusting the position of the striker pin. The front where done by shimming the hinges and aligning the door with the rocker moulding and body lines.
The new front clip was slightly oversize so that the front gap had to be cut.
The car has no windscreen and dash at the moment so its very easy to reach the hinge bolts. The pillar hinge position is slotted front to rear while the door hinge position is slotted up and down. I adjusted one position at a time and also had the bottom inside of the door resting on foam blocks (between the door and sill plate area). This take the weight off the door and makes it quite easy to adjust.
My main concern was chipping the front edge of the door where it swings into the fender when opening.
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