67 GT 390 Fastback

[GTchris]

I have not worked on the car in a while but, I did get some time finally and got a few things done this weekend.

Radiator, shroud, clutch fan, and fan installed.. I spun the fan around and nothing hangs up rubs. It looks pretty good. I think the fan is sitting okay where it is in relation to the fan shroud.

Installed the fuel neck since I got that back from Craig. Those original style hose clamps do not fit so well.

It was not raining tonight so I got a chance to open the garage and take a couple pics.

 

[tarafied1]

that is sure looking good, I bet you can't wait to get it all together!

 

[GTchris]

that is sure looking good, I bet you can't wait to get it all together!

I'm sure you know how bad I wanna drive this. I am getting really close to starting this up. I only have a few misc things under the hood left. I am thinking I am going to get the headliner and the glass installed, then the exhaust and after that. :beer :yah

I was looking at the gap between the fan clutch and the radiator, well there really is not much room at all. I might have to pull that crap out again just to get the fan belt on. :wtf

 

[B67FSTB]

position of the fan against the fanshroud is OK for me . Looks right.

You don't have to dissamble the fan or fanshroud to mount the belt.

You can sqeeuze it between each blade and the shroud, rotate the fan simultaniously .

 

[GTchris]

I finally got some time to work on the car again. I got the headliner and overhead console installed today.

My car did not come with an overhead console so I picked up the reproduction brackets and had to make up some wiring.

I went to the junkyard and found some decent connectors.

The screw holes for the console to bracket in the rear repro do not come pre drilled. I am glad I noticed this before I installed the headliner. I left the screws in the brackets so it would be easy to locate once the headliner was installed.

RAAMat installed in the roof.

I think it looks pretty good for my first attempt at a headliner install.

I will probably work on polishing up the stainless window trim tomorrow.

 

[B67FSTB]

You did a great job ! :thu :thu

 

[Grabber70Mach]

You did a great job ! :thu :thu

+1 :thu

 

[GTchris]

So, I have been working the last couple of days polishing up all the window trim. Everything is going fine, all the pieces are looking good, it's all in really good shape. I was sanding away on the large lower front windshield piece and I noticed it was bowing in the middle. I tried to gently bend it back and then it gets a nice kink in it right in the middle. :censored

That sucks, the piece was in great shape. Now I have to find a replacement. At least it was the front and not one of the rear pieces.

 

[tarafied1]

headliner and console look great, sorry to hear about the trim.

 

[janschutz]

If you can not find a trim piece close to you, I think I have a couple in a box that I was saving to refurbish.

 

[GTchris]

If you can not find a trim piece close to you, I think I have a couple in a box that I was saving to refurbish.

Thanks for the offer!

I called Del @ Del Pro today and he happened to have 3 on the shelf that he had already polished for $60.00/ea.

The piece that I bought from him make all the rest of my trim that I did look like crap now. We determined that the buffing wheel I have sucks.

Now I am going to try my luck on the sash trim...

 

[GTchris]

I had the front and rear glass installed last night, here are a couple of pics.

Apparently after all the time I spent polishing the trim, I missed one piece. I will be getting that done soon.

Next is to get the exhaust installed. I have had the drive line laying around and have not touched that at all. I was thinking that I should get to that soon. Is it okay to sand blast that to clean it up?

 

[Midlife]

I sandblasted the driveshaft, then applied epoxy primer and a top coat of rattle can paint.

 

[GTchris]

Well, the house on the coast that I bought my wife is good for now so, it looks like I am able to start on the project again.

I ordered all the new panel parts for the dash, and an interior screw kit last week. Once I get that taken care of I am going to take the car to the exhaust / line up shop.

I thought that I had made a final decision to go with Magnum 500 wheels but, when I walked into the parts store the 69-70 Shelby 5 spoke wheels caught my eye. They are not cheap. It looks like I could buy 2 sets of Magnums for the price of these. I did not bother asking if the centers could get changed out with something other than the cobra. If anyone knows where I could get a good deal on these I sure would appreciate the tip!

I think I am just going to go 15x7 all the way around.

I expect I will need to get off high center soon and figure out what I am going to here as I will need to get these on the car before it goes to the shop.

 

[GTchris]

Back orders on parts are trickling in. The back up light assemblies came in, I snapped a pic after I installed them.

I got the drive line installed this last weekend, the dash pieces that came in, I worked on the retaining clips for the wiring. I have the electrical assembly manual and it shows some the of the clips pretty clear, others not so much. Does anyone have a decent reference for a 67?

I am hoping on picking up rear and front bumpers and the wheels and tires at the swap meet this week. If that works out I will get the car in the shop the following week for exhaust and a line up.

More pics soon.

 

[Johnny M]

Looking sweet. Nice build.

 

[GTchris]

I bought a pair of re-chromed original bumpers at the Portland Swap Meet. The rear went on no problem, I think it looks pretty good.

This is the pic I took after I put the bumper in for a test fit. I removed it and I did get all the required bolts installed before I reinstalled it.

:sarc Love repro parts, the license plate light needed a little tweaking to get it installed. The bullet connector is too fat to feed through the hole in the valance.

The front bumper arms were not cooperating.

The inner arms were off quite a bit so, I picked up a couple of Dynacorn replacements. They went in a lot easier than the originals. The driver side lined up good but, I have an issue with the passenger side. I don't know if maybe I should try a different one. Maybe the 3rd time will be a winner.

 

[GTchris]

I removed the chrome trim from the fold down seat and dropped it off at the re-chrome shop today.

The air cleaner lid looks good in this pic but, it is showing some pitting so I went ahead and left it with them too.

They told me 10 business days to get it done. I'll post more pics later of these parts after I pick them up.

 

[Fast68back]

Wow, old school interior!!

 

[Horseplay]

If you don't mind sharing I'd be very interested in knowing what it cost to re-chrome the fold down trim.