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Messages - RightyTighty
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« on: December 26 2017, 05:38:31 PM »
Since my gender reassignment surgery I have been at odds with Lefty Lucy I deal with clean nuts and she deals with the crusty ones That will tell you something about Cool Guys parts right there  I'm a fangirl
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« on: December 26 2017, 12:57:44 AM »
There is no cool guy part that is complete without a little righty tighty
Here I am too
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« on: July 05 2017, 02:12:38 PM »
Glen's were made by ACC IIRC
they're saying the carpet is made by ACC too.
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« on: July 05 2017, 02:05:48 PM »
One more
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« on: July 05 2017, 02:03:25 PM »
I think of restoration in three parts.
The body
The frame
Both.
I don't want to see all this rust.
There's even rust on the frame in the engine bay.
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« on: July 05 2017, 01:27:28 PM »
Whew I'm scared and don't know if I can do it. I'm not too worried about taking everything apart it's the putting everything back together part that I'm scared of. Take pictures and notes I know.
When I look at restoration sites I get motivated, I look at my car I get scared. I'm thinking about buying a rotissary so the media blaster can really go to town but then I'm scared that I'd mount the body wrong and minutly warp the body. Ugh I just don't think I'm qualified for a frame off. Still debating though.
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« on: July 03 2017, 11:08:41 PM »
Here's a teaser. The car looks bad. I'm honestly kinda embarrassed. It was what it was but it's time to fix what was broken. I must redeem myself. I have saved for a long time.
The Grand National is all I have that matters. I've neglected it because i didnt have enough money to do the body right. Now, I'm ready. When I say "I own a Grand National, nothing else matters", it's not a catch phrase, it's the Law. My law.
More insite as to why I'm probably going to go all the way. I mean, why not? Most people have hobbies they blow thousands on. This is mine. And I shouldn't say this but I might do something really crazy with it not long after I finish.
See, now I'm talking like I'm in the frame off lane. Am I going to have to remove the dash? Please say no.
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« on: July 03 2017, 02:01:54 PM »
I dont have any pics really, give me a couple days and ill post some.
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« on: July 03 2017, 01:17:59 AM »
If I frame off yes, I'll probably redo everything. That's what I'm scared of. Then, when it's in a million pieces and everything is beautiful I'll put it all back together again and call it Humpty Dumpty, lol. Im fucking scared.
I might be ugly, I may be obese, but I could be good looking like you, latched onto women and unable to spend all my money on toys.
And screw it, I'm just going to take the front clip off piece by piece, if I do the frame off. But the dash, I'm not messing with it. Thanks for the tip about the fuel lines though. Keep the ideas and tips coming because I'm sure I won't think of things that you'll reming me of (like the hinges).
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« on: July 02 2017, 11:06:15 AM »
Right, I have considered buying another but then I'd have two and one would still need paint. I'm not rich enough to deal with two GNs. I'd rather have one queen over two commoners.
Reason I'm thinking frame off is because the body is stripped and nearly ready for blasting. I still need to remove the front clip though. When that happens it's not much more to take the body off. I'm doing all the work minus blasting and paint and body.
I'm worried about the frame, it's in good shape but I know I'll end up stripping that down too...piece by piece. I don't know if I really want to put myself in that situation.
I heard there's ten bolts to remove the front clip.
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« on: July 02 2017, 02:19:26 AM »
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« on: June 14 2017, 11:09:41 PM »
PITA
You will not be able to save your old weatherstrippi ng, just go on ahead and mutilate it from the start.
The roof rail weatherstrippi ng is hiding several screws.
Along the front of the window and rear of the window the molding is doubled up. You have to remove the first piece of molding to get to the screws to the second piece of molding. PLUS when separating the trim you have to deal with double sided foam tape and more tape to remove the second layer of trim.
Go slow and you won't hurt anything. Double check under the leftover weatherstrippi ng for hidden screws! If you come across a jam stop and check again. The trim comes out pretty easy.
The drip rail was easier to remove than I thought.
The nightmare is cleaning the glue and tape off the trim. Maybe the media blaster will work?
I was hoping to use aftermarket weatherstrippi ng to try and test so I could keep my NOS weatherstrippi ng boxed up. No way. I'm not dealing with this trim again. The weather stripping gets glued into a little fold on the trim - to prevent leaks I'm sure.
In the past I've heard bad things about aftermarket weather stripping. Fitment and hardness problems. I prepared years ago and bought NOS. Glad I did because I just searched thinking I'd buy more NOS weatherstrippi ng, hahaha, negative. I paid $600 for my sets, now your looking at $1100 to wrap both doors. Crazy! And I thought $600 was crazy.
As far as fitment though, I'm wondering if people are using the foam tape or glue to seal the molding. I'm thinking the glue method messes up the dimensions making everything flat where the foam tape puts space between the molding.
Before I go searching does anyone know what kind of foam tape to look for?
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« on: June 14 2017, 12:28:51 AM »
Nothing. It's nothing. 
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« on: June 13 2017, 09:45:38 PM »
Door jamb vent driver side.
Wire goes into the cabin about 8 inches.
Connects to nothing, end clipped flush.
I'm thinking alarm pin for the trunk, aftermarket alarm.
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« on: June 13 2017, 01:05:16 PM »
After further review, while I may not agree with their shipping practices, HighwayStars has just sent me the most beautifully packaged package I have ever recieved. Overkill for what I ordered but definatly two thumbs up!
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