GJS
Senior Member
I'm usually better with pictures but last night was kind of a spur of the moment deal and by the time I got done messing about, it was too dark and too late to take any suitable shots. I figure the story is miraculous enough for the time being.
It's been slow to no go with Bev as of late. The house, the job, the dogs, the "other projects" and the better half have been getting the majority of my attention. Anyway, the devil got in me around 10 PM last night and I went out to visit Bev in the garage. I didn't want to start her as it was late and she'd only be able to run for a short time so I just started looking at stuff.
A while back when I was still on Facebook, I nabbed some needed parts off a 67 in the woods, I think it was in PA. For 30 bucks I grabbed the stainless trim for the lip of the hood (a little bent but in better shape than mine) and both tail light buckets with lenses. The tail lights were a gamble but for 25 for the pair, screw it. I figured if they were absolute toast, I'd wire em up for wall art. When I got them they we're caked in mud and algae. The chrome was pretty bad, they we're missing the inner trim ring and one of the mounting studs was ripped out of the housing. Honestly, I didn't really give them a second thought and just sort of shelved them.
Last night, I grabbed a screw driver and took them apart, soaked them in some simple green, scrubbed the crap off of them and MAN they cleaned up! Very little checking and only one straight up crack which resides way to the outside left of the drivers lens right near the edge.
My originals, by contrast, the passenger side has had a massive hole patched smack in the middle of the lens. The drivers side had someone rest a burning cigarette in it. Both have extensive heat and stress fracturing. What they do have are intact inner chrome rings .. which are pretty close to coming off as it is. So for 25 bucks and some elbow grease, I should have a presentable set of tail lights which is a miracle in and of itself.
This weekend I'm off to get her front bumper. I'll have to graft my bumperettes on to that and see if I can't straighten a minor, shallow dent but again, leaps and bounds better than whats on there. Anyway, still a lot of other stuff to do until Bev hits the road for the year.. Hoping to have her registered before the beginning of August.
I'll put some photos up soon!
It's been slow to no go with Bev as of late. The house, the job, the dogs, the "other projects" and the better half have been getting the majority of my attention. Anyway, the devil got in me around 10 PM last night and I went out to visit Bev in the garage. I didn't want to start her as it was late and she'd only be able to run for a short time so I just started looking at stuff.
A while back when I was still on Facebook, I nabbed some needed parts off a 67 in the woods, I think it was in PA. For 30 bucks I grabbed the stainless trim for the lip of the hood (a little bent but in better shape than mine) and both tail light buckets with lenses. The tail lights were a gamble but for 25 for the pair, screw it. I figured if they were absolute toast, I'd wire em up for wall art. When I got them they we're caked in mud and algae. The chrome was pretty bad, they we're missing the inner trim ring and one of the mounting studs was ripped out of the housing. Honestly, I didn't really give them a second thought and just sort of shelved them.
Last night, I grabbed a screw driver and took them apart, soaked them in some simple green, scrubbed the crap off of them and MAN they cleaned up! Very little checking and only one straight up crack which resides way to the outside left of the drivers lens right near the edge.
My originals, by contrast, the passenger side has had a massive hole patched smack in the middle of the lens. The drivers side had someone rest a burning cigarette in it. Both have extensive heat and stress fracturing. What they do have are intact inner chrome rings .. which are pretty close to coming off as it is. So for 25 bucks and some elbow grease, I should have a presentable set of tail lights which is a miracle in and of itself.
This weekend I'm off to get her front bumper. I'll have to graft my bumperettes on to that and see if I can't straighten a minor, shallow dent but again, leaps and bounds better than whats on there. Anyway, still a lot of other stuff to do until Bev hits the road for the year.. Hoping to have her registered before the beginning of August.
I'll put some photos up soon!
