cutlassgal

Jamesbo..... They love me at Fusick's!!

citcapp

Watch out Blue you might just have priced yourself to cheap.

Jamsbo, we'll think of something for a new thread

w-30dreamin

Very nice work,looks fantastic!

Open your hood with confidence and pride

Col Wickham

Luv ya work BV. Really looks tremendous. Take a bow.

442_Mustang

Looks Very nice. I have been following this thread butnow I gotta say, Well Done!:-)

Jamesbo

Seriously,

If you were going to do it again. Would you yank the engine or do it like you just did?

I'm really curious Blue, which would you consider easier?

cutlassgal

.....Very nice work,looks fantastic!

Open your hood with confidence and pride


Oh, believe me, I will!!! Didn't he do a fantastic job?!!!

And NO MORE RED HOSES!!!!

Jamesbo

If she opens her top with pride, I'll toss her some Mardi Gras beads.

Bluevista

Redgoat is using those red hoses to flog myself.

Could pull off the hood and drive around like we used to. Why have a nice golden engine or buy chrome valve covers and an air cleaner if you can't show them off?

I think it would be a lot better to pull the engine at the trans to do the engine painting, but that's a whole 'nother deal. Depends how involved you want to get and the mightaswells can overtake you at any point doing this, especially with the engine out.
My Vista was just supposed to be a beater.
I could of pulled off the exhaust manifolds and heat tube shroud but only have so much time and and after 40 years I'm not sure I would want to mess with those bolts unless it were my car or I was an bonded and insured for it.
Plus you get what you pay for.
The Prettiest One with snapped off flange and possible bolts in the head would not be good sitting in my garage down. The wrath of the gods would be upon me when I call Sandy and tell her to tow the car out of here to be fixed after I get too frustrated to go any further.

Jamesbo

Good points Blue,

Yeah, You were kinda under the gun time wise and wrath wise.

Boy we could have had one heck of a thread. "The Prettiest one is down with broken bolts and Sandy's gonna miss show season thread" or " Will Blue live another day thread"

cutlassgal

Jamesbo...... Neither one of those would have been good threads!

wolfman98

I know 2 bucks on them to quit talking about Tiger before Sandy gets them Chevelle stripes painted over.

cutlassgal

Wolfie.... You leave her stripes alone!!!!

W-30 Dan

Great job Blue! Nice engine bay Sandy! I know you'll be proud of that.

Bluevista

Thanks again for the compliments but a lot of the credit should go to Redgoat too.

A hair dryer would take those stripes off in no time.

I thought the hood pad was heavy and the hood would be easier to lift up without it but it's still heavy, maybe it's those stripes that weigh so much?
The trunk lid seems a little heavy too, trunk floor is all touched up BTW Sandra, it was exactly the same as the Eastwood stuff I have a can of, another why did I buy it in the first place??? Between that and the engine paint and the clamps I must be psychic or something.
It could also be weak hood springs making it hard to lift at first, stays up fine so no big deal, a lot more pressing issues to worry about, like the hole in the plastic transmission inspection cover thingie. I had to take it off to paint and the inner edge by the engine looks like a small critter was gnawing on it too.
It's just a little hole on the bottom, it would let the missed shifts out if you had a stick.

Lady72nRob71

Well great job, Blue! Looks like I will be planning a road trip to your area next year.
I can drop my car off for a motor paint job, get a rental, and pick her up on the way home - sound good?




No??




Oh, alright..........

How about just emailing me the big sized pictures so I can just do it myself then?

It looks like you really made a good model to detail with.
Sandy should be proud (as long as the transmission stays attached...)


Again, wonderful job!

cutlassgal

You fixed the trunk paint too???? Well, aren't you (and Redgoat) just wonderful! I knew you were a great guy(s) but you have just went above and beyond anything I could have hoped for!! Thank you sooooooo much.......

I think my emotion chip is malfunctioning, again....

Oh dear.... Plastic transmission inspection cover thingy??? Do I need to get one of these??

"Now, please suh.... would y'all be kind enough ta stop makin fun of muh stripes.... thank ya kindly.......... sugar-pie"!!

citcapp

The stripes do give it kind of a skunky look. Chebby, skunky same thing

Bluevista

You can get one but not really, nobody can see it, just funnin'. If you do feel like getting one I know you could install it. I'm too fat to crawl under there easily. I greased my belly with you're engine leavin's to squeeze underneath to get to it, too clean now. Too lazy to get the jack out to make room because I'm so fat, waaay too lazy to put the car on the lift.
There is one screw missing and I didn't do it.

cutlassgal

Citcapp...... watch it, bud!!!

Don L/442

Looks great,like she just came off the showroom floor.

That level of detail doesn't just happen,it takes effort.

Now come the fame,glory and a really cool T-shirt

Bunser

Excellent job! Sandy owes you big time!

ozoneblue

Bluevista

Sandy will be at my house sometime after six to drop off the wire clips and retainers..and the hood pad.
I'm such a pushover.
Actually I want to see how it goes in and stuff for practice to do mine.

Larry, Sandy's better half, was telling me about his 340 challenger and my wife told me he told her about a few more of his former...

Many Odd Parts Arranged Randomly
Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously
Most Often Passed At Races
Mostly Old Parts And Rust
Move Over People Are Racing
Move Over Plymouth Approaching Rapidly
My Old Pig Ain't Running
My Only Problems Are Repairs


I won't say what else he told her, my lips are sealed.

442_Mustang

Mostly obsolete parts and rust.

442_Mustang

By the way, my buddy with his 67 Coronet 440R/T gets my taunts because how can he deal with such a small engine? lol. ONLY 440 CI? lol

ent72olds

Nice work Allan!

cutlassgal

He did a most wonderful job!! In person, it is just beautiful - and I am so grateful that he took the time to help me like he did. Not many people out there today that take the time to help someone, especially with something like this!!

Bluevista

Thanks Erik, when are you going to do yours? Be careful it doesn't have any hidden rust holes.

My second Oldsmobile engine, looks better than mine.
Maybe I should of done Sandy's first?

Those Fusick dated spark plug wire are really nice BTW. I've never put on wires that fit so well, no extra wire hanging around. I like the slightly chebby orange spark plug boots too.

I wondered how Sandy was going to get the hood pad to my house, I knew the box was as big as the pad.
I forgot about Larry's truck.
Does he let you drive that chebby Sandy??

cutlassgal

I tried to fit that pad into the Intrigue... laid the back seats down.... but the pad box was too wide to fit through the slot from the trunk to the back seat area, LOL!! They just don't make em like they used to!! Soooo.... I just loaded everything in the back of Larry's truck!

You are such a shi*!!! His truck is a GMC, not a Chebby! LOL!!! I have driven it, but I don't like to cause it's as big as half a school bus, to me! I drove it a lot during the winter of 2008, in 4 wheel drive! My little Intrigue was sliding everywhere..... scary. His truck has those automatically adjusting seats, so I push the # 2 button, and the seat moves up and adjusts to my "I'm shorter than a bumper" position!!

So.... tell me.... I was reading an older thread on "cleaning up the brakes" and it was said that "liquid Graphite" has been used on boosters to make them look nice...
What is liquid Graphite and where would I get it, and would it work on my booster???
Cleaning Brake Booster

Thank ya kindly!

Bluevista

Liquid graphite?
It's a drum brake booster so it should be a clear zinc I think?
I'm a poet and I don't know it.
My goat had that before I converted it to discs, seen a lot like that, seems the larger disc booster was the gold chromate?
I put on the hood pad and did the wire retainers and straps.
Mine also has the wire along with the modulator and vac line so it uses the larger strap, the black one worked fine on yours.

The hood pad was pretty easy, just glued it in the middle on the sides, it hung slightly down and it bugged me, but you really don't need too since it's so stiff, I'm just a noodge.

The greenish hood pad matches her skin.

I had a can of Eastwood clear zinc, another mystery purchase, looked at the booster next to my pretty engine and it stuck out like a sore thumb and I thought "Mightaswell".
Scuffed with scotchbrite and surrounded it and everything else with masking film, masked the booster and lines with aluminum foil and tape up next to the booster and the check valve
Aluminum foil makes great masking for lines, carbs, brackets, etcetera.
Everybody should have a masking machine that does any painting or bodywork too, they make life so much easier. 3M masking film is also really good stuff to have around too.

I would be proud to show it now Sandra, the student is now the master.
Good luck in the show world Weedhopper... unless I'm competing against you.

The greenish hood pad matches her skin.

Jamesbo

Great work Blue,

Now would you please STOP. I can't go too many more days with Sandy bragging on her new beautiful brake booster.

Col Wickham

Too late. It's like a virus. This whole Teepo engine repaint thing has spread to other threads. I'm gonna hafta get my PC debugged.
Great job Allan......for a "gold" engine. "Go The Blues"

dzrick

That came out really nice!

Now comes the fun part, keeping it looking like that!

Nice job, blue.

Sandy, you should almost as proud as most of us are jealous.

citcapp

X2 she's gonna be hard to put up with until it gets all grimy again

442_Mustang

Cant give her too much teasing about the stripes. I have black SS stripes on my car in my avatar. lol And the black w30 stripes too.:-)~

cutlassgal

You guys just make me laugh!!!! Finally.... someone who can't talk about her stripes!!!! I love you!!

Look at that booster!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my God, I'm just shocked! It is soooooo beautiful! Just look at it! And the hood pad...... Oh my.... My emotion chip is really malfunctioning now! Look at that whole engine compartment! I'm sittin here cryin like a girl, LOL!! I just don't know what to say. Thank you doesn't even come close. Unbelievable!

Did you put "engine by Redgoat" on there anywhere? I'm going to have a hard time getting her home - She's not gonna want to leave you, Lol!!

Isn't she lovely??