The Jalopy Journal
Thanks Greg, it crossed my mind to go ahead and do the same thing to the two remaining speedometer mounts, but I passed on them for now.
In last night's postings, I forgot to mention that I also replaced the insulation that is behind the dash, and under the cowl. Since I had some...
One more post for the night, and that will be about windshield wipers. These cars came with concealed wipers, but, the base model GM A bodies came...
While I had the cluster out, I went ahead and polished up the lens, and tested all of the circuits. I'm always amazed at how pesky those little...
Next I took and cleaned up the HVAC controls. '68's have some dial operated controls for the cables, along with two electrical switches, and three...
Ok, I've been busy with the instrument cluster, it's bezel, and all of the associated controls. To start with, the bezel itself had some issues,...
After reinstalling the fuel tank, I decided to remove the trim pads, so I could clean and lube the window regulators, rollers, tracks. While i was...
No, I won't be using an OD trans here, it's drivetrain is coming straight from a '74 C20, in keeping with my build "era". Thinking about it, even...
One last thing, and while I did replace all the rubber brake hoses, I did not replace any of the hard lines. I have been all over them, and none...
About the parking brake, or emergency brake in my native Buckeye tongue, the cables required some attention after moving the transmission...
The wheel opening/tire clearance pics[ATTACH][ATTACH]
When it came to the rear brake lines at the axle, I cut the hard lines down as shown in the picture, and did not use the tabs for the hoses at...
When installing the rear rotors, be careful not to jam them on, because the flanges and/or rotors may need some clearancing. My right side axle...
At the rear, I cut a couple lengths of 3/8 fuel line to keep the parking brake cables from rubbing the frame, and glued those in place with some...
That 10' length of 5/8" threaded rod also allowed me to make a couple spring compressors, to pull the front end down and unload the ball...
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