Plugged away at a bunch of random stuff today and this week.
Installed a GN heater hose blockoff & replaced the window washer pump Friday last week. The window washer was surprisingly easy to change, I was kinda shocked. Should have done that a while ago (and on my cutlass)
My inner fender extensions are totally destroyed. Have had a hard time finding them at the salvage yards (primarily because there is only 2 81+ GP's at my yard and both were missing most of their noses), and no interchange between any other G bodies or even lemans or bonnies.
I am getting a drivers side from one member on the forum but he only had luck finding the drivers side. Went back to the yard last week and 1 GP had a semi cracked passenger side that I was able to grab, It had a crack but I realized these things are pretty hard to find and usually destroyed. The yard probably had a dozen lemans and bonnevilles and maybe 2 or 3 had intact extensions, so even if I do find another 81+ GP I'd guess 25% that they won't be broken.
New, left, old right.
And started work on the seat swap. These are leather seats out of a 95 ish cutlass SL W body coupe.
The rear seat is a little narrower and has a similar shape but doesn't have much clearance for the driveshaft hump and doesn't form to the floor that great. I might need to build a small filler panel between the floor and seat bottom, but thats for later. The rear cushions are pretty close in shape
The rear top cushion is pretty close in height but again, a bit narrower. The mounting system is very similar to a stock G body rear seat but just different that it won't slide in. It needs the top hooks moved out about 6" on both sides. It does have a nice fold down system so you can put something long through the trunk and into the cabin but of course I have a GP with the rear seat brace so its kinda useless.
I need some hardware to get the rear seat in so on to the front seat!
Stock left, W body right. The stock drivers was mouse poop covered when I got the car and it cleaned up OK, but is starting to fall apart on the headrest and there is some tears. Also, the bolstering is WASTED. The W body seats are a real similar size, are bolstered without being too much, and were a good color, and I like leather so I thought why not. Plus the passenger seat was mouse eaten and I recovered it with some Monte material since thats what I found, but its time to move on.
This seat is power
Drivers tracks were 3/8" wider so they needed to be slotted
And the back brackets on a G body sit about 1.5? lower than the front (they aren't on the same plane unlike the W body stuff)
I had some 1.5x3" alum rectangle section so I made some elevation stands for the rear.
And the front passenger side was mounted a bit differently so I had to drill new holes entirely in the tracks
And whipped up the new rear stands
Overall I'm happy. They match the interior pretty well style wise and I think a dark grey leather shifter boot and steering wheel will help tie it together. They don't look as out of place in my opinion as a later model mid 2000's seat (like a GTO or 4th gen TA) but are still comfy. Not as "plush" as the stock buckets but i'd say more comfortable since they are more supportive. The new tracks also have a lot more front to back movement along with reclining, and having the ability to adjust the bottom tilt with these being power is a lot better.
They fit well to the console and have about 2" to the doors.
And my AC hose and last fittings showed up so I cut the hose to length and test fit. I have my AC crimping tool on order so I'll crimp them later this week when it shows up.