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ws27 Wrote:Stamm, that looks great even still. I've been told by more than one person that the gold was real. Personally, I don't believe it, but I thought I'd mention it since you said it was kind of like foil. Did any of it come off intact? If so, maybe you can have it tested for S&G's. Just a thought.

Yes it does, nice work!!

Nothing. But I have one more day off of work with no kids at home. Need to finish putting the steering coupler together and I might even start it.

67440Dodge Wrote:To be completley honest.. I'd love to have it..

But it's missing one very important piece that I want in a car...

In that car. you'd just slow it down...

ws27 Wrote:In that car. you'd just slow it down...

no doubt.. the driver of that car is light years ahead of me on the tree..

ws27 Wrote:Stamm, that looks great even still. I've been told by more than one person that the gold was real. Personally, I don't believe it, but I thought I'd mention it since you said it was kind of like foil. Did any of it come off intact? If so, maybe you can have it tested for S&G's. Just a thought.

unfortunately none of it is intact. I think its going to take a few repaints to get it right. id like to get some sparkle out of it like the original.

stamm321 Wrote:unfortunately none of it is intact. I think its going to take a few repaints to get it right. id like to get some sparkle out of it like the original.

Keep us informed stamm

As Rich will tell you Stamm, I'm most likely getting confused and forgetful in my old age, but for some reason, I'm thinking that the 1966 Coronet 500 front fender emblems used a gold foil type material, which would be difficult to reproduce with a paint product, but if I'm incorrect, someone will tell me so like they always do. Anyone

As far as my own Coronet goes, this afternoon I purchased the two different style springs that are used on the seat tracks and seat position levers on my front bucket seats. I purchased them from Rich at Firestone Collectibles who uses the ebay name of mopar9999. I've done business with him several times over the years and he has always provided me with excellent reproduction parts at fair prices with excellent customer service. When I get my seats done, I want as many of the seat parts as possible to be brand new, so with these springs, I'll be ready to go when I'm able to speak with a gentleman here in the Phoenix area that's been recommended to me to do the seat restoration work.

Before the seat project starts though, I need to finalize my plans on how I want to go about restoring my interior and in what order to do each of the various projects. Below is my first thought on how I should proceed. Anyone think that I should change some of my steps?

(01) Repaint the interior door sheet metal and any other visible interior sheet metal except for the dashboard shell.
(02) Install new upper and lower door hinges and new door weatherstripping.
(03) Sort out the issues with my factory power window system.
(04) Install all of the new side glass weatherstripping.
(05) Align all of the side window glass.
(06) Have the cars original front windshield removed for replacement later on in the restoration.
0(7) Remove the original headliner, sun visors, rear-view mirror and rear pillar mounted courtesy light related parts.
(08) Install new roof insulation, headliner, sun visors, rear-view mirror and new rear pillar mounted courtesy light parts.
(09A) While the front windshield is still out, remove the complete dash assembly for restoration and paint.
(09B) Remove the factory a/c style heater box and related parts.
(10A) Reinstall the restored dash assembly.
(10B) Reinstall the restored heater box and related parts.
(11) Have a new windshield gasket and windshield glass installed.
(12) Install all new interior floor pan plastic and rubber plugs.
(13) Install new aftermarket heat, noise, and vibration reduction material on the floor pans, firewall area and inside of the doors and quarter window areas.
(14) Install new carpet, sill plates and kick panels.
(15) Install new plastic door panel water shields, new door panels, new armrest bases and pads and new interior door handles.
(16) Install new aftermarket steering wheel and n.o.s. horn ring and related parts on my already restored steering column.
(17) Install the restored front and rear seats.
(18) Start researching information on all of the under hood a/c parts that I will need to complete the a/c and heating system restoration.
(19) Hope that I live long enough to see all of this work accomplished!!!

Before all of that work begins though, I still need to double check all of the drive train and brake system parts to make sure that they are all set to go, so that's next on my extensive "to do" list. Dang, after reading my list of things to do on the real car, my 1:18th scale diecast cars sure are a lot less work, as all I have to do with those little beauties is to dust off their display boxes every once in awhile!

Richard

P.S. If anyone else is interested in the seat springs that are used on many of our older Mopar seats, here are the two ebay links to the ones that I just bought.

Mopar 1962-1969 Seat Track Return Springs (1 required for each bucket seat, 2 required for each front bench seat)




Ebay auction link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/330874324100?ssP...1438.l2648

Mopar 1962-1974 Seat Track Lever Return Springs (2 required for each bucket seat)



Ebay auction link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/370786257402?ssP...1438.l2648

Still waiting on that picture of you and your 66 OUTSIDE. We want to see that that is still on your face from it's maiden voyage.

stamm321 Wrote:These are tricky to paint even when you have the right colors, which I am still trying to figure out. the original is on the left, what I thought was gold paint is more of a metallic foil. tricky to recreate. the right was painted with metallic gold paint pen. It looks bronzeish. I had the same results from a spraycan metallic gold.
I am looking for a good gold chrome paint now. Hopefully that will match up better with the originals.

Hey Robert you might want to give this a try -

http://stores.scaledreams.com/-strse-5/B...Detail.bok

67440Dodge Wrote:still want to sell it after that weekend?

My wife and my daughter don't want me to sell it and nobody want's to buy it. My friend Tom wants to go racing he offered to pay entry fees and gas, we are going to run with American Nostalgia West. I'm having a car name decal made up, my mom is going to help me out with a small sponsorship, and I have 2 other potential sponsors on the hook. hopefully there will be enough money to race this year.