db's 66 Belvedere ***FOR SALE***

[Dave-R]

When I saw this car, when it was parked in Andy's garage in New York, I would never have believed it could ever actually turn into something as good as this.

[db]

Wow, thanks Dave

Just got the motor back in this evenin

[sinny]

Lookin' good! Keep it up mate.

[Rich]

nice work Paul, i remember this on a trailer at essex swaps when hugh had it. there was allways potential there if there was some one brave enough to take it on.. good on ya SB too

[sidewaysjas]

looking good, cracking job for a rattle tin

jas

[db]

Only from a distance Jas

[autofetish]

Great work keep it up cant wait to see her run

You have done very well

[steveo]

looks good

[db]

Well today I fixed a couple of really arsy things on the car while waiting for two mates to help me shift it over to Tamzins brothers for wiring.
One of the rear windows needed adjusting as it was fouling the upper frame. The adjuster of course is behind the panel which requires the rear seats taking out which cos of the cage is like fighting a hippo in a cupboard. Jasper will need the seat out for wiring so i bit the bullet and went forit.
I also needed to re-mount the pass side front seatbelt spool. On the proper mount the seat collided with it so i welded a bracket to the base of the rollcage and bolted it to that.
I refitted the hood pins and set them to the correct height.

In the end we towed the car. Not ideal, in fact proper scary and not a little stupid, but a real buzz to steer it along the road for the first time

[sinny]

like fighting a hippo in a cupboard.

That's a great line!

It's always the way, little jobs take ages coz you have to take half the car apart to get to the problem!!

[db]

The wiring planning is well under way.
Jasper's gonna make a wiring board to mount the fuses, relays, ign bits, etc. This will live under the dash- there's no heater so there's plenty of space.
He's also going to 'future-proof' the loom so we shouldn't have to mess with it again.
I'm off to the garage now to make a bracket for the water temp & oil press to sit in the mouth of the cowl hood, and to fix the probe for the fan controller into the top hose.
It's looking good

[Jules]

...... and to fix the probe for the fan controller into the top hose.

Plenty of PTFE

Or has it got it's own collar to sit in

[Jeff]

Looks great Paul... I am so happy this car will finally get done!

[db]

In answer to your question Jules...

HOSE ADAPTOR:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370568824082? ... 1497.l2649

CONTROLLER:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120760897656? ... 1497.l2649

SILICONE HOSES, ETC:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130533882284? ... 1497.l2649

[db]

Anyone ever worked out why the wiper motor and switch have to be so bewilderingly complex? Were they designed by comittee?
We found the light and wiper switches had packed in, along with the wiper motor.
I've stripped the lot, cleaned/ fixed as necessary and they all work lovely now

The Wiper motor had beed packed solid with grease which had baked to a nice treacle and seized the gearing!
The wiper switch control shaft was stuck in it's housing because the aluminium had worn and the resulting ally powder was jamming it. I had to fully dismantle it though just try to figure out how the hell the wipers actually worked. Bizarre!
The light switch was in a sorry state. Corroded to hell and the rheostat (dash light dimmer) had come apart. I cleaned it all out, cleaned all the contacts with WD40 and scotchbrite and re-laid the rheostat on a bed of araldite. It was originally riveted together, i had to replace these with bolts. I had to grind the bolt heads to fit and sleeve one contact with heatshrink. Sorted