65 custom sport

Hi guys
Sorry i have not been to active you know how life works .
Anyway here is a new build,bought this last year as a father daughter project.
The daughters interest waned some but in some ways it came back,so i pulled it out of the shop to start putting the floorpans in .Check out the pics and let me know what you think!!
Later Andrew

oooohhhh me likes !!!!!!!!!!! had a 63 gran prix with a 389 4 speed in it so i'm kinda partial to the wide track poncho's !!!!!

Hi DAVE
The pics seem to make it look worse than it is .
I will try to put some other ones up!!
For a 45 year old car it is not as bad as it looks
Later Andrew

Hey man
I have a mig i just do not like it!!!
I guess i am old school i find i do better work with bronze,I use the mig when i have to.A nd as far as toys [tools]i even have a hoist i just like to work outside. I learned how too braze when i was 14 and the same person taught me how to lead,I guess the old school traits will never go away
Later Andrew

Hey Dave
No harm done
I know what you mean about getting used to other ways,I use the mig for alot of other things i do use it for panel replacement. But when i do stuff like floors i prefer to braze.When i said i hated it i do for areas like floors!!
When i complete putting the floors in i will take some detailed pics i think you might be surprised on how they come out. As far as the tig i would like to try one out sometime. And you are right about catching things on fire but with experience you get to know what to watch out for You were sort of right about how the floors got bad the guy that had it before us was one of those people that thought grinding out the lead around the drip rails and leaving the car outside for the winter. And then putting it inside a unheated garage for 12 years,need i say more .
The car has less then 60.000 miles on it and the 283 runs like a top. We are going to update the brakes to dual master and disk brakes,power steering. May decide to a add some other goodies Any suggestions!!!!
Later Andrew

a pontiac motor !!!!!!!!!!!!! ??????????????

Hi EVERYONE
Just a quick update the 65 is going well,the floorpans are in.
The front clip is off and motor and tranny are out.
Got a realy good deal on a 4spd for it , now we have to get clutch pedals.
Also in the prosess of redoing the trunk floor Lothar from calling all cars just sent me the complete floor from manitoba by bus,cant wait to get them!!!
Anyway i will be adding pics soon so keep an eye out.
Later Andrew

Hey Everybody
Well we are making progress the body is off the frame.




The new trunk floor is in this is nice factory metal that i had sent to me,i hate useing jap metal that they recycle from a datsun.


Anyway i will try to post some other pics soon iam way behind on pics too busy on the car
Later Andrew

If you click on the pics you will see a couple of other pics that i took.

Yep, I hate the Jap stuff too.

HEY EVERYONE
Just a quick update,Finally got all the trunk and floor pans welded in what a JOB!!
Now over the winter time i will do the chassis and the driveline, I was going to put a 4spd but have decided to go auto with overdrive.Anybody have suggestions on a good paint or something that i could use on the new trunk and floorpans underneath the car?? Anybody used the eastwood stuff??
Later Andrew

Hi Andrew,

I haven't used the stuff but over on the FTE there are a lot of people who have used it and seem to think it's great stuff.

Later Man...

Very nice pontiac!! I didn't realize they were putting chevy engines in those way back then.
In support of your opinion on import steel here's an item you may find of interest. Way back in the mid '70s my Dad was a welder for Reach-all Mfg. in Duluth Mn. They had to scrap out several units because they discover the import steel they had gotten had a flaw called "banding" or "belting". The flaw was inconsistent carbon content/alloying through a sheet of plate with bands 3" - 4 " wide where the carbon level was extremely high and the steel consequently brittle, and in some cases even unweldable. When flame cutting it would come to the band and just stop cutting and blow the flame back at you. When welding it would have slag pockets galore. then the next foot or two would be fine. These bands go clear across the sheet. Fortunately all the bad units were found and replaced before any wrecks or injuries occurred.
Fast forward to the mid '90s. I bought an after market front fender for my '81 blazer. It bolted on just fine, and I never noticed until after I painted it that the gap between the fender and cowl as well as the hood was 1/4" greater than the gap on the other side. it was as though they just saved a little bit of metal by making everything just a hair smaller...But when a gm fender at the time was about $350, and the aftermarket one was $76 it was the only option I could afford at the time. A used one would have been better in both ways.

HI
Thanks for the comment!!
I too had bad luck with that stuff, thats why i refuse too use it.
If i cant find good used factory metal i will make it , i guess that is why it takes me longer when i do a project !!
As far as the 283 all canidian pontiacs from 65 to 70 used the chev frames and drivetrains. The only thing iam upgrading in that part is the 2sp tranny to a turbo 350 trans. I was going too go 4spd had the tranny but changed my mind.
Later Andrew

Hi Folks

As dave mentioned some of us older members have not been to active me included!!!
Well iam still alive and have been doing some work to the 65,I will post pics to show some of the progress.
The frame needed some repairs that is normal for 65 to 70 canadian frame!!
The repairs are now complete and the body is now back on the the frame.
I hope to get alot more done over the winter and get it into paint next year.
Talk to you all soon.
Andrew


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Hi Andrew,
It's good to hear fropm you. I knew you were still alive because of the E-mails you send me. Glad to see the project is coming along.

Later Man...

HI Dave

I figured you knew i was still above ground .
I have done quite a alot more than the pics show, Iam just way behind with the camera!!
I managed to get all the trailing arm bushings done, all the seams in the new floors and trunk are sealed from the top and bottom. Also converted it to p/s ,Now i wait for a new rag joint to connect the box to the colume.I did not realize the joint was not the same from manual too power.
I will try and get some more pics up later.
Andrew

Hey Everybody
Well things are starting to come together! First off the frame that i fixed up turned out to be worse then i thought.

So i replaced it and started over GRRR, I just finised cleaning that up and pressure washed the engine and tranny.
I will be painting the new frame and the engine very soon and posting the pics then. I have the new body mounts so i can put the body back down as soon as the frame is painted and the engine is back in the cradle!! My plan is to have the car in primer and running by september. If i can i will paint it and be ready to drive late spring. I cant wait to get this thing done and start rollin with it. Hey Dave maybe i can make Dayton hamfest next year LOL.
Later Andrew

58 ford wrote:Hey Everybody
Well things are starting to come together! First off the frame that i fixed up turned out to be worse then i thought.

So i replaced it and started over GRRR, I just finised cleaning that up and pressure washed the engine and tranny.
I will be painting the new frame and the engine very soon and posting the pics then. I have the new body mounts so i can put the body back down as soon as the frame is painted and the engine is back in the cradle!! My plan is to have the car in primer and running by september. If i can i will paint it and be ready to drive late spring. I cant wait to get this thing done and start rollin with it. Hey Dave maybe i can make Dayton hamfest next year LOL.
Later Andrew

COOL MAN !!! Maybe I will have power by then. I'm getting damn tired of listening to this damn generator.

Dave

Hey Everybody
I got the frame cleaned and painted , I forgot to take a pic of the frame before i lowered the body.
Here are some progress pics with the engine back in the cradle!
Later Andrew









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