6 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

 

lots of boxes ticked.... oh look it’s.    beer-o-clock 

Yeah - Beer!

Here is the proper engine color chart Kiwi:

http://www.pontiacpower.org/enginecolor.htm

 

For 59-65 engines you have one other choice:

From Butler Performance:

https://butlerperformance.com/i-31643333-itu-pontiac-59-65-engine-paint-sky-blue-itu-inl15388.html?ref=category:1234846

 

Thanks guys , I will follow up on the paint code and get a can from the parts shop 👍

Always happy to help mate. You know that! 

 mate 

i called all around town no one has any so I ordered it and have 2 cans coming for tomorrow which should work in good. Considering how its going is today , every bolt I touch Seams to be a pain in the butt !

Edited January 5, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

The freshly painted front stub axles and 8 lugger drums went on the new frame this morning ,,, looked great till I saw the  difference in the steering arms 😡😡😡😡

 

But that’s to be expected 🙄

The passenger side arm is bent, and I will need to replace it !!! 🙄

you cant tell until you bolt it up and that’s where I saw the differance    

anyone got a spare 63/64 wide body passenger side steering arm 🙃

Edited January 5, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

I bought a label machine for my last build and I had to steal it back off the boss so I could tag all the wires and hoses I disconnected today 

she had been using it to label her fruit preserves 🙄

Removed the drive shaft and found it was bent! Looks like a fork lift has picked up the car at some stage and bent it 

Fitted the standard drum and stub axles in the bent frame 

Pulled the good diff off 

Cleaned it up and got it ready to hook up to the new chassis ,

 

 

Pulled the engine and trans 

Engine and trans mounts where toast 🙄

So I have a little list of parts to get ... radiator .....

 

Brake hoses , power steer hoses 

Edited January 5, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

On the passenger side there is this exhaust choke,,, does anyone know why  a Pontiac needs a exhaust chock on one side ???? 

This is pretty much a summery of today’s work , it was a long day , messy as f-Ck 

and felt like I got bugger all  done🙃

 

OK Santa,  Justa how many Elves do you have?    Sure got alot done!   Lookin great.

oh i wish i had elves mate!!! 🙄they could do all the dirty work, cleaning sand blasting painting 

 and i could do justA the beer drinking HAHA

no elves here anymore, they all flew the coup 😏

day 3 on the chassis replacement and i started by heading down town to get my rattle cans of paint, more sand blasting media and degreaser,

pull the damaged sump off the 389

cleaned, preped straightened, and repainted 

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Then cleaned blasted trans mount and fluid lines , just more dirty work , mess every where that took longer to clean up  than prepping the parts 

 

Old frame out of the garage and body down on the floor for the next job 

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Freshly painted diff into the good frame and springs 

Very impressed  with the kyb gas a just shocks 

they came with new lower mounting pins and fit was perfect 👍Thanks Last Indian for the recommendation 

installed the steering parts and the new chassis is ready to go !!!!! 

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Tomorrow i am off the help a mate score a 4 poster hoist and the home kill guy is here at 6am to knock barney on the head, ..... (thats the cattle beast)..... steak for tea for the next few months!!!

And this next picture is the mission for tomorrow.... you can see the big dent from where the chassis pushed the fire wall back and pushed the floor pan up.... shouldnt be too much of an issue and once done, i am ready to roll the pretty new frame under her.... weee heee...

 oh look its beer-o clock again..... cheers 

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

6 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

oh i wish i had elves mate!!! 🙄they could do all the dirty work, cleaning sand blasting painting 

 and i could do justA the beer drinking HAHA

no elves here anymore, they all flew the coup 😏

 

No elves allowed in the southern hemisphere. Santa has gotta lock on 'em in the northern hemisphere - union rules. You are stuck with penguins south of the equator mate! No opposable thumbs on that lot either. You're pretty much screwed.

Yeah beer!

8 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

oh i wish i had elves mate!!! 🙄they could do all the dirty work, cleaning sand blasting painting 

 and i could do justA the beer drinking HAHA

no elves here anymore, they all flew the coup 😏

day 3 on the chassis replacement and i started by heading down town to get my rattle cans of paint, more sand blasting media and degreaser,

pull the damaged sump off the 389

cleaned, preped straightened, and repainted 

Now's the time to plastic gauge and check your bearings.  Best chance you will have to replace the oil pump, rear main.  How many miles were on the ticker when she was hit?

On 1/5/2021 at 3:06 AM, 64 kiwi boni said:

On the passenger side there is this exhaust choke,,, does anyone know why  a Pontiac needs a exhaust chock on one side ???? 

This is pretty much a summery of today’s work , it was a long day , messy as f-Ck 

and felt like I got bugger all  done🙃

 

Yeah GM used the choke thing to help speed up engine heat up! Never liked it, never made any real cense! If it fails on the closed position that’s bad, but most of the time they just rust open! Then in time the cross shaft rusts through the shaft tends to fall out and the butterfly plate drops into the exhaust! If you’re lucky it sits parallel in the exhaust pipe, if not, it turns vertical and blocks off the whole exhaust. Long story short, get rid of it! Just drill & tap out the hole on both sides to the next closest size pipe thread and tap it! Get some Stainless Steel pipe plugs and seal them off. Just my two cents!

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by Last Indian

7 hours ago, Last Indian said:

Yeah GM used the choke thing to help speed up engine heat up! Never liked it, never made any real cense! If it fails on the closed position that’s bad, but most of the time they just rust open! Then in time the cross shaft rusts through the shaft tends to fall out and the butterfly plate drops into the exhaust! If you’re lucky it sits parallel in the exhaust pipe, if not, it turns vertical and blocks off the whole exhaust. Long story short, get rid of it! Just drill & tap out the hole on both sides to the next closest size pipe thread and tap it! Get some Stainless Steel pipe plugs and seal them off. Just my two cents!

Thanks Last Indian, that explains why its there, it was frozen half open!!

both bolts to the flange had snapped off, and i am looking to buying the long branch headers from ram air restoration, i have emailed them as i couldnt get the order to work on line.

8 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Now's the time to plastic gauge and check your bearings.  Best chance you will have to replace the oil pump, rear main.  How many miles were on the ticker when she was hit?

not going to go too far into it JustA, the car has only 86,000 miles on the clock and from everything i have seen, its looks to be true to that reading.

rear main doesn't appear to leak, had a look at the bearings and they look in good shape, bores look clean as from the botttom. 

timing chain looks to be a little loose but i am not sure how loose they are supposed to be, 

 i will check the clearance on the pick up, but wont change the pump at this stage, really not worried if i need to pull the motor in future, it may last for many more happy miles.... not that i will ever do too many miles, and if i did pull it out, i might just make it a way bit bigger😜

Day 4 

And what a day!!

home kill guy was here at 6.35am to knock Barney on the head and I was left with some end trails to get rid of. 😜

Then spent the rest of the morning helping my mate remove a four poster hoist from a garage 30 mins out of town ... 🍻he owes me a beer 😀

Then I got into the next jobs .... sump back on the 389 

Engine into the new frame 

with all new mounts 😀

Sorted the big dent in the floor that you saw in the pictures from yesterday 

Sounds like your mate owes you at least 2 beers . Looking good Kiwi. Looks like its coming together nicely. 

way straighter 

and the string line tells the storey 🍻

 

All thanks to my porta power 

and 3 fbh.... (fu-king big hammers ) 

 

Edited January 7, 20215 yr by 64 kiwi boni

oh yeah! 

5 minutes ago, Wrongway said:

Sounds like your mate owes you at least 2 beers . Looking good Kiwi. Looks like its coming together nicely. 

We have this thing Wrong way, where we go to "church" most  Sunday afternoons.... its a pub.. 

i am sure he will be buying , and he will be buying the steak meal too

we have been doing this for the last 18  odd years..

i am pretty sure we are share holders of the pub now

matter of fact we did talk about just buying the place,,, would have been cheaper!!!