65 SS Chitvelle - My PT attempt
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I have, but I haven't gotten it out of the box yet...so no real update for you on that piece.
Started a project finally this weekend that I have not wanted to tackle. And almost immediately I knew why.
Vent window rebuilding. Tried to get the spring and washers off the pivot stud, snapped the stud clean off at the nut. Dammit!
64/65 vent window frames are hard to find, doesn't look like they are reproduced.
So now I am trying to figure out next steps. I picked up a 66/67 set today, but the glass is different, frame shape is the same, but glass has the hole through it, not just angled like the 64/65. So if I use that frame I will need to get new glass, but that is a possibility.
Other option is trying to weld a new stud on the old broken rusty one.
Any ideas, I am all ears.
Vent window rebuilding. Tried to get the spring and washers off the pivot stud, snapped the stud clean off at the nut. Dammit!
64/65 vent window frames are hard to find, doesn't look like they are reproduced.
So now I am trying to figure out next steps. I picked up a 66/67 set today, but the glass is different, frame shape is the same, but glass has the hole through it, not just angled like the 64/65. So if I use that frame I will need to get new glass, but that is a possibility.
Other option is trying to weld a new stud on the old broken rusty one.
Any ideas, I am all ears.
The new glass in the rest of the car is smoked, so the vent windows wouldn't match
FYI, I had my ACC installed about a month ago. I ordered mine through my interior guy and he installed it while doing the headliner. He ordered a chevelle front carpet uncut on the sides. He steamed out most of the preformed tunnel shape and added jute padding to alter the shape of my somewhat square looking tunnel into a more rounded version. He had plenty of material on the sides.
That sucks, were the frames powder coated?
That is another issue, I really should have them stripped of the chrome and then paint them, but I want to make sure I have all the parts together before doing that. Right now, I have just scuffed them up and self-etched them first before painting. Don't know if that will last long.
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