cny first gen 71 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Looks great coming together nicely, Did you go to Lebonan valley? A couple people I know took top 50s home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 I did not make it to the valley, but my buddy who is helping me with the car went down. Unfortunately I am devoting whatever free time I have trying to get this thing done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Looks great Pat!!!! Keep it up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420ponies Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 So, Black ,on Black, on Black, is that what your shooting for? It's looking great so far. Keep the pictures coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 You got it James ,triple black !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 Another update, had a few more things done since returning from our last camping trip of the season. Got the dash pad painted , I actually bought a new one but it did not fit well , so I returned and ended up using the old one, and figured if I wasn't going to change color of interior I wouldn't have changed the dash. So I painted it for now and will change in the future when I come across one . Had the glass guy install the glass and also got the console pained and installed. Today I got most of the vinyl  top installed . There may be couple spots where I think the top could be a little better , but all in all happy with it and think after being in the sun for a bit etc.. it will shrink up and tighten up.(hopefully). Will do around the windows etc hopefully tomorrow and then will let it set before cutting and trimming so the shrinkage will be done. As usual I added some pics and thanks for looking. Enjoy. Here is just the carpet getting buttoned up kick panels and etc installed Started installing some of the door glass felts door handles locks etc..  Here is the before and after of the console and installed y9ou will also see the dash installed as well , came out ok. Finally met up with the glass guy and had the front and rear glass installed. A new windshield was required for the front as it was broke. And now here are a couple of the vinyl top installed , came out pretty good in person the pictures don't do it justice, some imperfections will hopefully come out in the sun and obviously around the trim studs will look better once all completed.  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Just trying to get the roof buttoned up , pretty tedious cleaning the trim removing the brown paint shining it up some and trimming the vinyl top without making a mistake and ruining the whole thing. Leaving the trim all chrome for now not doing the color back on it. Here are a couple pics of progress. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC1of80 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Beautiful job you are doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 All, I know it won't look like I did much , but finally got the top trimmed and done .. took a bit to be cautious, and cleaning the trim and finding the emblems holes .. but the top I think is buttoned up, just need to clean off a little more glue where it got away from me .. whoops .... I will say the longer it sits there I think it looks better as it starts to relax, and not even out in the sun or heat, ( not that we have any in Upstate NY this time of year )Â Â here are a few more pics... as always thanks for looking. Â Very similar to the pic the other day but you will notice this pic has the Monte Carlo roof emblem installed. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 Hey All, Haven't updated in about a month. Not a lot to show, had some vacation and some stuff being done that doesn't really show a lot of progress. Messed around and finally got the floor shifter adjusted and working after having to buy a new cable for it. Had to install, uninstall and reinstall the roof rail weather stripping. Purchased soffseal at first and did not like the way they fit at all . Could not get windows adjusted well at all . The seals had no real form to them at the front corner. Bought a new set from a company called precision which are formed and look very close to factory about $30 for the pair, even cheaper then the soffseal ones and like the way they fit. Also had to change out the outer window felts, as the ones I kept getting were not factory looking at all. Finally found a set and look just like originals and have the rubber triangle at the quarter windows. At that point could get back to trying to get all the glass adjusted.The front windows adjusted first and the back were off enough had to rip the rear seat and interior out to adjust the rear windows and then reinstall. Hopefully will be good now. Feel like I have been doing a lot rework this month. Had some of the wet sanding and buffing done also. here are some pics and as always thanks for looking. Here are the roof channel weather strips I ended up getting which were a lot better quality and formed. Then just some pictures of the new door jamb seals and U Seals. Here is the outer window felts. Much better then the first 2 sets I purchased ( yes 2) finally found factory looking ones.The other ones looked like they were inners not even sure why they make them. Here is a close up of the quarter felts and you will see the correct triangle at the rear as the factory ones were. Here are the windows all adjusted hopefully should be good will find out when it finally gets driven. Could finally start buttoning the doors up getting some sound proofing in there to covers the holes and wherever it echoed or vibrated . The door panels painted and pull handles painted but put new chrome base for the armrests as well as bought new armrests and pads. Cleaned up and painted the sun visors and installed them. My buddy Howard buffing and some buffing results, should be good for now till we are done assembling and do final detail. Pretty happy with how straight it looks.   2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Looks great! Thanks for the great pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Looking good, you'll be done before you know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Looking Great!!!!!  I do have a question. Where did you find the rear outer window felts with the triangle piece of rubber. I was told nobody makes them anymore?  rob  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 Hey Rob, I actually found them at OPGI.  Part# WC15119 , they are about the same price as the others I have purchased you do need to purchase the whole set inners and outers.  Just an FYI these come with the staples for the inner felts , but I ended up screwing them in as installing the staples were going to be much more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Car looks fantastic Pat!!!! Keep it up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Hey all, Not much progress this week with holiday and getting ready for the  holiday, just puttered around some... wrapped the dash with some carbon fiber wrap , better than the flaky rust wood that was on it. Will work for now until I get something better down the road. Finished up most of the buffing until we get fully assembled and will do final detail then. Here are some pics as always thanks for looking.  Sorry not traditional dash but needed something .  Here are just some pics drivers side finished up and looking pretty straight real happy . Maybe a few flaws in the paint (character) if you see them good eye,, if you don't I wont tell. LOL     Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jft69z Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Looks great, nice job! BTW, thanks for the pics of the roof rail weatherstrip. I got a set from Metro Moulded, (not cheap either) and don't like how they fit at all. Way too thick & like you mentioned, not molded at the top forward corner area. It was like stuffing a sausage in there at the angle joint. I ordered a set from Precision and they came a couple of days ago. Much better and closer to the factory stuff in all regards. Now I'm questioning everything I got from Metro, so I ordered a few more of their parts. Door set, trunk, & lock pillar seal. For the price of them, it's worth ordering to see if they're better. I'll post a couple of pics in my build thread down the road for comparison between the 2 companies. Â Thanks again & keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 That's odd, the items I have gotten from Metro Moulded have been excellent fitting with no adjustment of hinges or latches to compensate for being too thick. Did you contact Metro to talk to them? Is it possible there was any kind of flaw in what you received? rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jft69z Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 38 minutes ago, Rob Peters said: That's odd, the items I have gotten from Metro Moulded have been excellent fitting with no adjustment of hinges or latches to compensate for being too thick. Did you contact Metro to talk to them? Is it possible there was any kind of flaw in what you received? rob Not yet Rob, I'll call them later in the week after the other stuff from Precision comes to me. The roof rail rubber they have is just one long section of a straight extrusion, nothing like the factory one that's also molded for that angled section. The cross section of it is solid and thicker than stock as well. The molded end of Precision's near the top door hinge is much closer to the stock one as well, the Metro one looks like a hot dog roll in comparison, lol. By all measures, the Precision part appears to be much closer to stock. I'm at work thru the night, but will take some pics and post the differences tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Joe, I am glad the info I had helped . I didn't look at any other stuff precision had as everything else worked out ok. If I do have an issue in the future I will be looking at precision again for replacements. Be safe to and from work if you are getting the snow. The governor actually gave us the day off here in the Capital Region ( Sorry). Rob, I have heard good things about Metro but couldn't find the ones that look factory at that time and wondered if they have different grades of weather stripping etc... When I located Precision for the price and what I was seeing I couldn't go wrong ( since I already had SoffSeal I couldn't use) so I gave it a whirl and happy I did. Very close to factory ones.     Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imr Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Par can you post a pic showing the difference. i got all my seals from soffseal. i didnt see a problem with them but i had no seal to compare to. the window seal i have not installed but they do look different and dont seem to fit right, although i could make them work. did you use the existing holes installing the door outer felt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny first gen 71 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Was down your way Pat over the weekend, had dinner at Lanie's cafe for my moms birthday, it was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jft69z Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Hey Patrick, We're not so lucky on this side of the state, the governor hates us, lol. Unfortunately, we're considered 'essential personnel' and have to be at work (or stay at work if that's the case), exempt from travel bans, etc. The people are real selfish and seem to want their tv's, air conditioners, lights, etc around the clock and expect us to provide the electricity for them. Imagine, the nerve of them, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Antoine, I will post the pics I have now and see if that helps  otherwise will be about a week or so as we are leaving for Miami and a cruise for a little over a week. I will try to explain also, but at the front of the door glass were it comes up the pillar to the roof line that corner there on the soff seal is not formed. If you were to lay the seal out on the table it would be whatever shape you made it into . The Precision ( much like the factory) is formed and is in the shape of the pillar and roof line. The soff seal can be installed but its tough to get a seal where the window hits that corner. I will say as a disclaimer there may be Soff Seal that are formed more like the factory ones. You also mention the outer felt, I think I could use most of the holes but ended up drilling some or at least the end ones and may have had to make new one s right through the felt itself. Reason I had to do this was this my 3rd set of felts ( 2nd pair I installed) and even though they are supposed to line up depending on how the holes were from the factory they may not line up. I used black screws from one of my many sets of felts and made new holes or whatever I had to do to make them look good from the outside. You wont really see them .  Here is what the soff seal look like.    Here is what the Precision look like Here is the Precision installed hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pab3589 Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 4 hours ago, cny first gen 71 said: Was down your way Pat over the weekend, had dinner at Lanie's cafe for my moms birthday, it was very good. Steve , Love Lanies one of my favorite restaurants.. About 10 minutes from me go there quite often , was there last Friday afternoon and almost went today LOL If you ever go again maybe meet up for a beer.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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