1973 Rebuild

[w3wilkes]

The wheels look Primo!

[Captain Obvious]

Seconded. Those wheels look great. 

[siteunseen]

Very nice looking! ?

[Matthew Abate]

Tonight I’ll clean them. Tomorrow I’ll spray them with clear. After they cure I’ll get tires, a few other random steps, and then everything goes to the shop to get the car off the rotisserie.

[Patcon]

I agree! I think they are a really nice variation on that wheel.

[Matthew Abate]

Thanks for the encouragement guys!

 

So status report:

 

They forgot to weld up the holes the previous owner put in the doors for those crappy plastic mirrors that were in it when I got it. That’s going to set things back a minute. Otherwise, I need to get tires on those rims and get the suspension out there so they can fit the doors correctly. They are suspicious that the gaps will be different if they do that work on the rotisserie.

 

My dad has also made progress on the head after having it at the welder. Looks like we’re taking off another 0.002. :/

 

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Open questions:

 

Do I want blacked out or body color wheel wells?

 

Do I want rubberized undercoat or just leave it at the lizard skin and paint?

 

Do I want lizard skin on the inside of the roof? I think it might screw with adhering the “headliner.”

 

 

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[Patcon]

5 hours ago, Matthew Abate said:

Thanks for the encouragement guys!

 

So status report:

 

They forgot to weld up the holes the previous owner put in the doors for those crappy plastic mirrors that were in it when I got it. That’s going to set things back a minute. Otherwise, I need to get tires on those rims and get the suspension out there so they can fit the doors correctly. They are suspicious that the gaps will be different if they do that work on the rotisserie.

 

My dad has also made progress on the head after having it at the welder. Looks like we’re taking off another 0.002. ?

 

—-

 

Open questions:

 

Do I want blacked out or body color wheel wells?

 

Do I want rubberized undercoat or just leave it at the lizard skin and paint?

 

Do I want lizard skin on the inside of the roof? I think it might screw with adhering the “headliner.”

 

 

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I blacked out my wheel wells because the car is yellow. The factory had them body color, but I figured they would show wear less if they were black.

I ran rubberized undercoater. It worked ok, but I had some areas that didn't adhere. I think that was due to a cheap product. I would do it again.

I shot lizard skin sound and heat on the inside of the roof panel. No problem adhering the headliner. BTW it is much easier to install the headline with the car on the rotisserie and upside down.

The shop maybe be right about the panel gaps. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the chassis flexes significantly on the rotisserie

[jfa.series1]

2 hours ago, Patcon said:

I blacked out my wheel wells because the car is yellow. The factory had them body color, but I figured they would show wear less if they were black.

I ran rubberized undercoater. It worked ok, but I had some areas that didn't adhere. I think that was due to a cheap product. I would do it again.

I shot lizard skin sound and heat on the inside of the roof panel. No problem adhering the headliner. BTW it is much easier to install the headline with the car on the rotisserie and upside down.

The shop maybe be right about the panel gaps. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the chassis flexes significantly on the rotisserie

 

I sprayed the front wheel wells with truck bed liner, then followed up with a light dusting of color.  No problems with paint adhesion.  I avoided the spraying bed liner in the shock towers as I did not want to  provide a place for dirt, moisture, ...etc. to begin a build-up.  The towers were done with POR-15 topped by brush-on color.

Jim

Edited January 7, 2019 by jfa.series1

[wheee!]

As mine will be a fair weather queen, I sprayed the body colour and clearcoat in the wheel wells, mainly for show....

 

[Matthew Abate]

So I have a conundrum. I’m not sure which lug nuts to get.

These wheels have a hole diameter of about 16mm and the depth is about 22mm.

I think I read that the lug bolts are 50mm long, but I’ve already dropped my suspension off at the painter and forgot to measure how much thread length I have before the nut bottoms out.

Does anyone have a recommendation? I’ve been looking at these but I’m worried they aren’t deep or narrow enough:

https://www.lugnutguys.com/product/factory-mag-chrome-cwa-5005t-16

 

The lack of 12x1.25 mag lug selection is a bummer.

 

[Zed Head]

Gorilla has a good selection.  They're often carried in the parts stores.  I think Amazon has them also.  Post up your wheel type, maybe with a picture and somebody will probably know exactly.

http://www.gorilla-auto.com/lug-nuts

Good tech info.

http://www.gorilla-auto.com/gorilla-tech-tips

Edited January 10, 2019 by Zed Head

[Matthew Abate]

Thanks!

Edit: I went through them and didn’t see anything with a narrow enough shank, but it’s totally possible that I miss-measured the hole diameter.

The wheels are higher up in this thread. Shelby Cal 500s, 14x6.