1964 bonneville rebuild

[Bonneville convertable64]

On 8/20/2023 at 9:15 AM, Bonneville convertable64 said:

Speaking of new tools, look at what the wife bought me for my bday. Looks like i will be taking it up a notch with car restoration. The 66 suburban is doing great. I just finished with front disk brake conversion. I want to make the rear solid glass sliders so it my be my first welding project. You can see a picture of an old window frame. It is double channel. One is 1/2”wide and the other is 3/4. The trick is the corner curves. I guess I need to cut notches to allow it to curve then weld it back. Also I imagine i will need to bend up my channel vs finding the correct u-channel size. Oh, one more thing, i have never welded other than cheap harbor freight 110v stick welder. Should be a learning experience.

Happy to say I managed to figure out the welder enough to replace the rotten bottom channel. The hard part was to get the right side channel. It seems the ID of the U it too small for the bending machines. I ended up cutting to top off of some square tube which worked great!

 

 

 

[Bonneville convertable64]

On 3/7/2023 at 6:43 PM, 64 kiwi boni said:

Ah plumbing is easy mate 

another thing to consider is make a couple. Of loops in both you pipes between the master cylinder and the brass block on the chassis !

as you know your master cylinder is mounted to the body … which in turn is mounted to the chassis on rubber bushes that allow the body to move ! Your brake lines need to be able to flex too ! Hence a double coil of tube 👍

Hi Chris, finally doing dual Master cylinder swap. Do you add any kind of proportional valve? I know I did for the 66 suburban but it had disk in front and drum in back which then needed proportional valve.

Edited September 6, 2023 by Bonneville convertable64

[64 kiwi boni]

3 hours ago, Bonneville convertable64 said:

Hi Chris, finally doing neural Master breat swap. Do you add any kind of proportional valve? I know I did for the 66 suburban but it had disk in front and drum in back which then needed proportional valve.

hi Del, no i havent done the swap yet, but Fitzy is on his 65, i dont think a proposioning valve is required as its drum- drum.

[64 kiwi boni]

13 hours ago, Bonneville convertable64 said:

Hi Chris, finally doing neural Master breat swap. Do you add any kind of proportional valve? I know I did for the 66 suburban but it had disk in front and drum in back which then needed proportional valve.

show us some pictures of your brake upgrade Del ! ...

i trust you and your family where ok with that major storm that went through forida ? 

[Bonneville convertable64]

20 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

show us some pictures of your brake upgrade Del ! ...

i trust you and your family where ok with that major storm that went through forida ? 

Hi Chris, the bad weather was on the other coast so we didn’t have much more than some strong winds.

  I had to put a rush on doing the dual master cylinder upgrade because the original would lose all its fluid in 4 days. The job would be easier if it included the fittings and coupler needed.  I’m sure it’s different for various applications. In my case I only had room for one brake line on one side due to the wheel well. I ran the other line off the other side as you see in the picture. Not pretty but it works.

Thanks for your help. 

[64 kiwi boni]

nice work del !!!! you could be a plumber 

 i note that your old single outlet master cylinder had the c clip that my booster rebuild man warned me about !!!!

those eyelets in the c clip dig into the front seal on the booster, hopefully it hasnt damaged your booster !!!

 

now tell me !!!! how does the 64 brake ??????

glad you and your family where safe, we saw the media coverage, wasnt pretty !! both the boss and i commented on you and Ringo . 👍

Edited September 7, 2023 by 64 kiwi boni

[Bonneville convertable64]

6 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

nice work del !!!! you could be a plumber 

 i note that your old single outlet master cylinder had the c clip that my booster rebuild man warned me about !!!!

those eyelets in the c clip dig into the front seal on the booster, hopefully it hasnt damaged your booster !!!

 

now tell me !!!! how does the 64 brake ??????

glad you and your family where safe, we saw the media coverage, wasnt pretty !! both the boss and i commented on you and Ringo . 👍

The brakes are sufficient but will be better today after I bleed them. Interesting that there was no rubber boot. I tried to use the boot from the 66 suburban. It mounted on master  but didn’t seem to fit in booster.

[64 kiwi boni]

8 hours ago, Bonneville convertable64 said:

The brakes are sufficient but will be better today after I bleed them. Interesting that there was no rubber boot. I tried to use the boot from the 66 suburban. It mounted on master  but didn’t seem to fit in booster.

no ! there is no dust cover on the booster/ master set up, the cylinder simply fits into the front of the booster .

thats only on a manual system where the push rod to the pedal has a dust cover 

[Bonneville convertable64]

My daughter helped me bleed the brakes. Man, the front brare nipples tight location is super hard to get a wrench on. Anyone figure out a trick to this? Also dropped the tank to put in new sending unit. The love of Bonnie repair!

Edited September 9, 2023 by Bonneville convertable64

[Bonneville convertable64]

8 happy ladies!

[JUSTA6]

I count 9,   Justa sayin.

[64 kiwi boni]

You will note I have added a wheel lock to the 64 !!

she found out we are heading to New York 

and is a bit jealous! 

Mean while 

57 is napping 

and doesn’t hear to well !

so she doesn’t know we are leaving ! 
 

Edited December 6, 2023 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

And 63 Safari is in the dark . So no harm will be caused if they don’t get attention for a few days ! 
 

 

[64 kiwi boni]

oh and guess what guys !!!

my boss bought me a new car cover from 

https://www.bopparts.com/

for the 64 ! 

thats my christmas prezzy ! 

Edited December 6, 2023 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

Super hot Sunday , perfect day for taking the 64 for a cruise 

Who needs rego pfft 

[64 kiwi boni]

Just a little warm 

[64 kiwi boni]

[64 kiwi boni]

super impressed with my christmas present !!! 

 new cover from BOP parts

 

Edited January 14 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

Great value for $175 and good fit too ( no one sells anything this big in parts stores here in NZ ! )

I bought one of these 5 years ago and I note that my new one has more tie down points ..

unlike my old one 

 

There is extra straps front and rear 

But they do Break down over time !! The material gets thin and rips 

And nice to see some accessories too ! 

Edited January 14 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

here is the link for any widetrackers looking for a good cover !

https://www.bopparts.com/pontiac-5-layer-weather-resistant-car-cover.html

[Bonneville convertable64]

A local artist painted this picture of Bonnie

[Ringo64]

That's amazing! 

[64 kiwi boni]

4 hours ago, Bonneville convertable64 said:

A local artist painted this picture of Bonnie

thats sooo cool Del !!!

how life mate ? both the 64 going good ? hows your sons wagon coming along ?

[Andy H]

On 1/13/2024 at 4:58 PM, 64 kiwi boni said:

Great value for $175 and good fit too ( no one sells anything this big in parts stores here in NZ ! )

I bought one of these 5 years ago and I note that my new one has more tie down points ..

unlike my old one 

 

There is extra straps front and rear 

But they do Break down over time !! The material gets thin and rips 

And nice to see some accessories too ! 

Mine sits outside under a cover and they only last about a year, have not tried one of the more expensive ones but they are several times the cost of the cheaper ones on Amazon so for now I just keep buying new ones. The sun in the warmer climates seems to be the biggest problem.

[64 kiwi boni]

Del, do you have am radios in your girls ? i justA found out thanks to my new FP friend that they made a am-fm push button radio for the 64 !!!!