What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2023]
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Yup. The passenger side of the cradle is where the neck for the rad is also located and spillover and general moisture and crud can easily combine to create tinworm-itis. Lost the original cradle out of my 85 that same way. The one in it now is from my 78 Monte and was a plug in that I scored from a 78 Cutlass cause the 78 Monte had suffered the same destruction.
Managed to worm my way over to the south wall and locate the tote box that I had used to stash the two lower A Pillar sections that I had paid to have cut out of a 81? Grand AM that had been brought to the yard. For all those who are wondering why, The car had issues and the owner, who I happened to know casually, was disinclined to shell out to make the repairs. He drove it until it died and then junked it. I immediately recognized it when it hit the line but had no personal interest in it because, at the time, retro parts and sheet metal to rebuild them just did not exist. (Mostly still doesn't) I did know that, absent any interest in it and being over the 5 year limit, it was going to have a very short shelf life and a quick trip to the crusher so I arranged to have the yardman warm up his hot red wrench and clip both the lower A Pillar sections, including the mounting structure for the lower door hinges, out.
The driver's side has already been dissected and used to repair and replace the lower A Pillar on My 85 Monte. The original one was terminal.
The passenger's side on the same car did receive some repairs many years ago but they were done using my Lincoln Mig Unit and flux core; shade tree body work in it's truest form. Not faulting the Lincoln, If I had had the money back then it would have received the gas kit. Thing with gas is that it is worthless out in the fresh air, dissipates too quickly, and i did not have the shop then that I do now. So time to revisit the work and do it better.
The next step is to clean off the flanges and identifty the various spot welds. They will get drilled out and the layers of panels separated, giving me the panel sections that i need, The rest will go back in the tote box; waste not, want not.
Nick
Test fitted the old tank with the modified sending unit in this afternoon- won’t fit without 3/8 of rubber on top of the tank to shim it downwards.
It’s entirely far too tall.
But I’ve already modified my only sending unit to fit this, so I gently massaged the trunk floor where the fitting was contacting it to get just enough clearance so I could shim the tank with some 1/4 rubber and make it mint.
I didn’t call it Janky for show…
It’s entirely far too tall.
But I’ve already modified my only sending unit to fit this, so I gently massaged the trunk floor where the fitting was contacting it to get just enough clearance so I could shim the tank with some 1/4 rubber and make it mint.
I didn’t call it Janky for show…
Got the motor back yesterday so started checking clearances
Check the jetting on the quadrajet too while you're in there.
Not sure where you are located but I think I might have one. I gotta double check my storage unit.
For some A Body content, I started stripping the trunk jamb and rear fascia to bare metal. The lip around the trunk is a PITA to access, so some spot blasting may be necessary. Seems to be a recurring theme. I'm going to bite the bullet and pick up some more M12 batteries tomorrow for more run time on the Milwaukee die grinder.
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