Well said, Frosty. I did enjoy our little Archies excursion though. 

Forever chained to Forever Pontiac...oh, the humanity!

1 hour ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

yeah back to work Fitzy 

That looks like one of Josie's Pussycats, well the way I imagined them anyway.

On 4/28/2025 at 8:29 AM, Fitzy said:

How did you make them stay in place? I tried to splay out the plastic tangs and also prised apart the metal ones and nothing worked. I was on the cusp of securing them with a self tapper when common sense returned and I searched for metal pronged snap in ones. They were only 5 bucks each.

Pretty much exactly that - splayed them a bit, then put them in a little off-centre & literally screwed them in ½ turn-ish.

Bam...still there 🤙

Nice work. I also managed to secure mine in place but all it took was 500m of dirt road and one fell out.

I will be sure to post full details of the new ones, as a public service.

5 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

Nice work. I also managed to secure mine in place but all it took was 500m of dirt road and one fell out.

I will be sure to post full details of the new ones, as a public service.

Dirt?

That's for washing off the car, not driving on! That's what Bland-Cruisers and Poo-trolls are made for 😆

I've taken 4 weeks off work so as to enable me to be sliced up - have a rather large lesion on my foot that has to come out (amongst a host of others also to be removed) and won't be able to do much for a few weeks.

So I am now getting some simple little jobs ready to keep me busy. My new stop/tail bulb holders arrived today. It's not exciting nor sexy but it's a start. I did a test fit and they snap in nicely and defo won't fall out but there's the slightest bit of wriggle room whilst they are in place so I may have to bend those tangs out ever so slightly.

use solder mate !! dont bother with those things you used on the engine wiring ..

twist, solder heat shrink ! perminate ! 

 i should introduce you to my little friend ... 

 

mr milwaukee  makes a m12 soldering iron that is justA sooooo easy to use ! 

Edited May 7, 20251 yr by 64 kiwi boni

this sound dumb, but if the fit on those socket tabs is sloppy , tin them and add solder 

it will build up each tab just a few thou.

Thats a cool tool Kiwi, I still have to drag an extension cord out to the car when I solder 

Edited May 7, 20251 yr by Wrongway

20 minutes ago, Wrongway said:

Thats a cool tool Kiwi, I still have to drag an extension cord out to the car when I solder 

i did to mate !!! it sucked!!

... what do they say, work smarter not harder 

so pleased you got your 63 running sweet as mate !

Tomorrow is Sliced Foot Day.

We've had a lot of rain lately and the joint is moist & tropical. I had to move the GP today and popped the hood first as I always do and found a new engine bay resident.  A green tree frog - well he's now the lesser spotted red Pontiac frog but whatevs.

He's toadally awesome...sorry - that's the only frog related gag I could come up with. Good thing he's not on the starter croaker. Don't make me rebbit myself.

Please send in your funny froggy remarks.

Kermit !!!!

is he looking for his miss piggy 

At least he didn’t break anything under the hood, otherwise you’d need to be toad to a real mechanic!

Yeah - if the car croaks it, I'll know what happened.

35 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

Yeah - if the car croaks it, I'll know what happened.

Tad poles in the fuel tank ? 

Edited May 13, 20251 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Better than light poles in the front!

13 hours ago, Fitzy said:

Yeah - if the car croaks it, I'll know what happened.

I guess that means you will have to "jump" start it! Or have it toad. 

Edited May 13, 20251 yr by Frosty

This is obviously not Pontiac related but my foot had a nice big lesion removed yesterday. It's pretty damn painful at the moment so I am essentially nestled into my easy chair all day and writing crap, so prepare thyselves for plenty of long winded replies. I also had a nice big one removed from my back. Gotta go back tomorrow to have one on my cheek and shoulder removed.

I have beer, painkillers, antibiotics and sleeping tablets. Sure are some pretty colours today.

Good luck N feel better soon.   I hear you have a Prince there to help ya now.  Did you kiss the frog?

Ooh, that's an idea. Where's that damn frog? Come here and pucker up, Kermie.

4 hours ago, Fitzy said:

This is obviously not Pontiac related but my foot had a nice big lesion removed yesterday. It's pretty damn painful at the moment so I am essentially nestled into my easy chair all day and writing crap, so prepare thyselves for plenty of long winded replies. I also had a nice big one removed from my back. Gotta go back tomorrow to have one on my cheek and shoulder removed.

I have beer, painkillers, antibiotics and sleeping tablets. Sure are some pretty colours today.

So did the doctor successfully get the lead out of your foot at the same time? Justa curious! Asking for a friend!

I can’t believe that during your convalescents, you made no mention of TV and car porn! Shame, shame Fitzy! I guess you really don’t have a MAN card.

Hell you never even mentioned pizza or beer once! I think this is more serious than you realize!

Get well mate! We need our Fitzy back…cussing at Pontiacs and chucking spanners across the garage in righteous and glorious fits of rage!

Edited May 14, 20251 yr by Frosty

Okay, easy. Last night was beers followed by my missus' delicious homemade pizza. Today I have done nothing but sit around - I'm basically witing for beer o'clock to roll around, it's like a retirement test run. Too damn sore to get out of my chair. I'm hoping to be a little more mobile tomorrow - I'll have to be because I got another two spots to come out in the morning.

Pfft…so why didn’t you say so? Here’s a secret……beer, it’s not justa for breakfast anymore! It’s always beer o’clock! 

2 hours ago, Fitzy said:

Okay, easy. Last night was beers followed by my missus' delicious homemade pizza. Today I have done nothing but sit around - I'm basically witing for beer o'clock to roll around, it's like a retirement test run. Too damn sore to get out of my chair. I'm hoping to be a little more mobile tomorrow - I'll have to be because I got another two spots to come out in the morning.

nother words your bore shit liss all ready mate !!

Yeah - a tempting proposition but being shitfaced before lunchtime is not a good look nor will my liver thank me. Another hour or so before I crack the first one. Gotta peel off my dressings first.

38 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Pfft…so why didn’t you say so? Here’s a secret……beer, it’s not justa for breakfast anymore! It’s always beer o’clock! 

frosty has a good point ! while it may be say 8am  in oz. its like 5pm where frosty is !!! cheers boys