rich5962

Figured I'd start a page as I restore this one. It's a nice one that belongs to a friend from NY. I'll update as the work continues. As many of you know, I'm a stickler when it comes to rebuilding everything myself.

I'm tackling many things at once to get this done as soon as possible. Once I get everything restored and rebuilt back on the "Done" shelves, assembly should be pretty quick.

I'll also be doing a complete soft top frame restoration and rag installation. If I have time i may do a full tutorial on both procedures and put it up on the website when it's done.

Rich

link here.....
http://home.comcast.net/~richmz/site...uel_Injection/

OC-1

Fantastic site and great work.
I'll be watching this one!

Joe

C-1 Generation 2

Great web site!
You now are officially on my favorites list.

Keith Carlson

abdo

Rich:
You are one of those guys that make some of us C1 guys look like "Bubbas."
We appreciate your efforts to show us how to enjoy the restoration hobby.

Art

rich5962

Thanks Guys, I appreciate the kind words. I enjoy these cars very much.

I have to apologize about the website oddities as it's just my Comcast Personal Web Page that comes with my ISP package. I used to make better looking sites but opted to just use their cookie-cutter type software and the free 1Gb space. Someday I need to make it better with a easier directory structure on a offsite space with more features.

The last few days I've been helping a good friend diagnose a strange problem with his '65 Fuelie. We just finished replacing trailing arm bushings and pulled the diff out to fix a pinion leak. Got it all back together today and just have to bleed brakes in the morning and take it for a test drive to see if it''s fixed.

I had to take a few pics of it on the lift. It's stunning. 375hp stock fuelie under the hood.

Rich

burtonbl103

wow nice
i have a 61 FI car . Just made it a favorite page

59BlueSilver

That's great, Rich. I'll be extremely interested in the soft top frame restoration and rag installation. Please show as much detail as you can, I'll be following closely!

groovyjay

What a great website! And that black/red/white fuelie 65 is just stunning!

rustylugnuts

Good Job, keep up the good work! Does your fuelie have any unique options?

Looks like identical twins

rustylugnuts

rich5962

Thanks......Yes identical combo to yours. This is a very late car just before the 10k mark.

The only unique option is that it originally had semi-metalic brakes, RPO 686. The Posi unit code id'd that. But for driveability it has now has stock brake shoes.

Rich

rich5962

Updated....

On to some more stuff. See the 5-21 pics.Cluster fun.

Today the objective is to get the main harness installed, the steering box fully assembled and installed, the windshield buttoned up(it's loosely set right now) with the harness clips, install the cluster gauges and drop it in the hole, and get the steering working. It's a pain moving this hulk without a steering wheel.

Rich

hedgehead

A lot of work for a day.

rich5962

Yea I know, well that WAS the plan. between company entertaining and a bad housing stud after I got it together I had to adjust the schedule.

It was all together then attaching the radio cap, pulled the stud out. It was originally missing, and I rethreaded it but wasn't sure if it would hold the upper & lower castings together. It did, but broke free on the last step.

Ended up drilling and threading for 1/4-28, and made my own "threadsert" on the lathe from a brass coupler.

Geesh, what it takes sometimes. 5 minute job takes a hour.

rustylugnuts

Yeah buuut isn't that the reason we do it? It's soooo worth it ten times over in the end. Keep up the good fight!

rustylugnuts

rich5962

More fighting.....

Had to take about a pound of foam from behind the AK dashpad, and some vee cuts and a heatgun to soften the way....then it fit! And with some gentle persuasion with much resistance as usual. I use five 1/4-20 Phillips screws for a temporary fit so the dashpad gets to learn it's new friend. After they become very well acquainted, for a while, those funky shoulder hex head bolts go in.

Now off to the steering box assembly. I got the top end painted yesterday when I hit the cluster housings, so I'm good to go.

zangx1

you just picked up another fan great job nice car I have one with black interior, all original 42k miles. I will be looking for the ragtop pictures as I would like to do mine. keep up the good work

zangx1

rich5962

42k original miles......wow. You need to take a lot of pictures.

Well, At least I got the steering assembled and adjusted. Forgot I had to build the steering wheel too, so I could do the adjustments. I use studs to hold the end cover on until I'm happy, then transfer one at a time to the original bolts.

That small scale is used to help get the lash specs right, about 1/2 lb on the worm gear bearings, and then about 1 1/2 lbs after that for the sector shaft end play adjustment.

Maybe I'll install in the car tomorrow. 'Nuf for today.

Rich

rich5962

For reference here's the draglink and how it goes together.

rich5962

Ready to go in except I'm missing a few items, now on order.