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Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: anlauto] #137282
11/14/08 02:13 PM 11/14/08 02:13 PM
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Here are a couple of pictures of the trunk latch and choke control housing. The grease is still the "stuff" that was applied at the factory. The underside cutouts in the trunk lid allow the "rust free" metal to be seen on the underside of the deck surface. It is amazing how clean the bare matal has survived all of these years!
The other picture is of the choke control. It has "HOLLEY" stamped in the surface. I have seen NOS pieces that do not have this feature incorporated in the design. This might be a main difference between NOS parts and assembly line versions. Has anyone else seen this type of stamping on other choke housings?
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: ECS] #137283
11/14/08 06:30 PM 11/14/08 06:30 PM
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Cool Pics!!
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: 70challrtse] #137284
11/14/08 06:55 PM 11/14/08 06:55 PM
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Maybe you should grab this on for your next project.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-PLYM...1QQcmdZViewItem
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: 62maxwgn] #137285
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Neat car....would require to many replacement parts to start with.
With this Valiant project we were looking for a car that had no body panel damage and would need no reproduction parts. The white Challenger had reproduction carpet and a package tray. The only way to improve on THIS project would be to find a vehicle that needed NO reproduction replacement parts. I think we lucked out when we found this candidate!
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: ECS] #137286
11/14/08 09:11 PM 11/14/08 09:11 PM
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how do you know the grease is factory? now i know this reply will be good.

Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: sixbbl69] #137287
11/14/08 10:01 PM 11/14/08 10:01 PM
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Latch must have had an adjustment also.

Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: I go fast] #137288
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I have seen many NOS slant-six chokes with the Holley lettering...there's one on my car now.

When doing the resto on my Scamp, it was nuts trying to find all the little oddball things for a six. My car had belonged to my Grandmother so it had not been messed with...which was a huge help. All the original stuff was there.

It did not help matters that our Scamp was built in Canada and had several little odd things that cars built here did not.
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: sixbbl69] #137289
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how do you know the grease is factory? now i know this reply will be good.



We found the original factory part numbers still embedded in it!
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: I go fast] #137290
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Latch must have had an adjustment also.



Believe it or not, the factory line workers actually had to do panel adjustments after they were initially bolted into place.
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: 62maxwgn] #137291
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Maybe you should grab this on for your next project.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-PLYM...1QQcmdZViewItem



Would like to see underchassis pictures of that car. I had a 50K orig mi 67 ChevyII from So Cal. Orig seats, wires, brake drum stickers...

I drove sparingly through a few Iowa winters. Those few winters made the non undercoated chassis look worse than the prior 25 years driving around So Cal.
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: ECS] #137292
11/15/08 08:57 AM 11/15/08 08:57 AM
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Was grease applied at the factory?
At the dealer during PDI?
or at it's first oil change?

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Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: anlauto] #137293
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Was grease applied at the factory?
At the dealer during PDI?
or at it's first oil change?


depends on where he decides it was put on.this stuff is made up as the project goes along.the only way this car is going to end up like he said it was going to be in early post would to have left it alone. but this is typical of all his post. says 1 thing but totally different at the end.isn't this all about getting attention??

Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: anlauto] #137294
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Was grease applied at the factory?
At the dealer during PDI?
or at it's first oil change?



I wasn't bashing I was asking a seriuos question to see if the answer is known....

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Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: anlauto] #137295
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Alan,
quite sure that is original latch assembly grease. As you know I am close to getting my latch resto
started. I have taken apart many latches and that yellow grease is not only visible from the outside ( like
in that picture Dave posted) but it is also found inside lubricating the moving parts.
Jules
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: JulesdaWiperman] #137296
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Sounds simple enough...But know Dave has a small quandry on his hands.....Because his intentions are to make the car look "NEW" like it's 1970 all over again...How will he be able to tell what colour the grease was 38 years ago?
Did it start off white and turn yellow with age or was it always yellow and never changed colour....????

Same with the glue squeeze out on the weather-strip??? It appears dark yellow almost brown, but 38 years ago was it bright yellow like the 3M stuff we're used to today?

I'm certain that's why Dave took on this project...to dicover all the secrets hidden before our eyes

Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: sixbbl69] #137297
11/15/08 01:02 PM 11/15/08 01:02 PM
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this stuff is made up as the project goes along.



No sixbbl69.….you got it all wrong! I leave the tough questions up to guys like you and sixpackwagon. Speaking of tough questions sixbbl69, what about that question I asked you regarding seeing and inspecting my Challenger in person? You Talked as if you had seen it first hand, expressing your expert opinions but never acknowledging whether you had actually seen it or not. Please assure us that you are not one of those people who make definite remarks with no factual support whatsoever. With that said, what was your assessment of the grease on this trunk latch when you inspected it? Did you also think that if felt a bit “rubbery” from being exposed for so many years?
And for our resident expert sixpackwagon, don’t you know how the factory assembled many of these trunk latches? Please give us your synopsis on how this particular latch was installed and the detailed assembly sequence on how/why the “chipped paint” occurred on the attaching bolts. I am sure all of us following this topic would like to hear your wisdom and interpretation of the procedure!
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: JulesdaWiperman] #137298
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Alan,
quite sure that is original latch assembly grease. As you know I am close to getting my latch resto
started. I have taken apart many latches and that yellow grease is not only visible from the outside ( like
in that picture Dave posted) but it is also found inside lubricating the moving parts.
Jules



Jules Buddy,
Please refrain from making comments such as this. You should know that researching a subject over many years makes you the last person credible enough to convey such facts.
What you should do is tell us what it is like to walk on the moon or to fly a jet at a speed of Mach 4. Talking about subjects that you have never seen or been involved with definitely lends more “expert” credibility to a topic of discussion.

(Jules....funny that no one took exception when you stated that you were "quite sure" it was original assembly grease. Maybe I should have you post any future findings on the car! )

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Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! *DELETED* [Re: ECS] #137299
11/15/08 01:49 PM 11/15/08 01:49 PM
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Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: I go fast] #137300
11/15/08 02:03 PM 11/15/08 02:03 PM
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**No,maybe you should just quit posting until the d*mn things finished then everyone can tell you how great you are."again".**



I knew that class I took on “envyology” would come in handy someday. Here is what your comment translates to be:

** “I am a jealous person who can’t stand anyone that I don’t know, having or obtaining anything that I don’t have.” **

Get a life! A six cylinder 4 door Valiant is hardly the vehicle to have an “attitude” or problem with!
Re: TAKING IT TO THE "NEW" NEXT LEVEL!! [Re: ECS] #137301
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Hey Dave how about a comment on my license plate screw thread? It's one down.

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