BUILD THREAD 81 Buick/Olds Turbo Wagon 02/15/2024 More Parts!

liquidh8

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Thanks Scott, it's under 40 degrees here in Pennsylvania also but at least I have a heater in my garage. I set up my exhaust fan and vacuumed the floor to get all the dust up. There really is no dust or anything in the black, so I'm very pleased. Not a paint booth, but it worked.

I understand the prepping in the cold, man that sux for sure!
 
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Texas82GP

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Jim,

Great work as always. That car is really going to be something special.
 
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liquidh8

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Small update, I dug out the power vent windows so I can clean years or grime off, service the window motors, and paint the glass frames and trim. I have a set of sedan power vent windows I had purchased for the motors and cables, since one of mine were really noisy. I pulled the motor cable assemblies off, and cleaned the glass and rubber real good. Then, I disassembled the motors, cleaned the brushes, lubed the armature shaft bushings, and greased the gears and cables.

I then prepped the frames for paint. The wide aluminum trim slides off, so I just blasted then sanded those. I taped off the glass, the sanded the brightwork down. It had some pits, so a small bit of metal glaze took care of those. I usedy trusty aluminum foil to speed up theasking of the frame. Then epoxy and satin black.

I only took the one picture during prep.

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I'll take some more of the finished product tonight.
 
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liquidh8

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Just a few pics as promised.

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After another day or two of cure time for the paint, I'll put the motor assemblies back on.
 
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liquidh8

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The weekend didn't go as I had hoped, so no wet sanding happened. But, I bubble wrapped and put away all the trim I painted black, Put the window motors back on the vents, and did some clean up.

I dug out the hatch glass and removed the stainless trim from the perimeter, took an hour, a few blocksks of wood, and a ball peen. I though I was going to break the glass.

Now I can prep and paint these black and glue them to the new glass.

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Also scrubbed down the tailgate top weather stripping with thinner.
 
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Longroof79

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Jim,
I never realized that 4-dr sedan vent motors and parts were the same for a wagon. I turned away several sets of sedan power vents thinking that I wouldn't be able to use the parts.
Can these parts be used to convert non-power vent windows?
 

liquidh8

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Jack, the motors are the same, as are the arms. As we all know, the glass and frames are different. Just don't know that you could convert a non power. Just have a non power I could look at to see. The biggest issue would be the window lock on a non power, since power vent windows have a solid piece of glass.
 

Longroof79

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Jim,
I kinda thought the motors would be the same, but I guess the window frames would be different between power and non-power. I know the shape of the sedan vents are different compared to the wagon.
You brought out a good point regarding window locks. It would make sense that the non-power vent windows would include window locks, and of course the power setup would not need them.
I've never had a wagon power vent in my hand to compare.

Btw, I like the idea of using aluminum foil to cover and mask parts.
 
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liquidh8

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Jim,
I kinda thought the motors would be the same, but I guess the window frames would be different between power and non-power. I know the shape of the sedan vents are different compared to the wagon.
You brought out a good point regarding window locks. It would make sense that the non-power vent windows would include window locks, and of course the power setup would not need them.
I've never had a wagon power vent in my hand to compare.

Btw, I like the idea of using aluminum foil to cover and mask parts.
Jack, I ran across a Pontiac sedan some time ago with power everything, so I pulled the vent windows. I knew one of my cables were jacked and the motor noisy.

I am a huge fan of be power vent windows.
 

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Fan of power vents, too. Miss them in the current wagon.

Car is coming along nicely, must feel great to be so close!
 

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