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Looking back I should have kept that console door like you guys said and made it garage art. I’m pretty sure I removed the art work or most of it. I haven’t looked at those parts in a while.
The lid said: Have U felt like an (***, donkey pic) lately
I'm trying to get the seat frames to blaster next week but time is tight. In the meantime, I blasted the tracks, springs, side brackets and cleaned the mechanisms. After blasting everything but the mechanisms, I etch primed and then painted the tracks, springs and side brackets along with the headrest pcs a color I thought was close. I greased the tracks until they moved freely. I then gathered all my plastic seat parts to see if i could come up with the best set of skirts and backs to dye. Some stuff is original and some stuff OEM. I pressure washed everything then scrubbed with comet then pressure washed again. I will pick the best pieces then clean again and dye along with the console. I want to paint everything at the same time. I then moved on to detail paint the inside of hood air intakes and then had time to install sport mirrors. These little things eat up a lot of time but I'll just keep plugging away. These little things do have some gratification though I must admit.
Last edited by scrappie; May 15th, 2023 at 09:01 AM.
Continued on with stuff this weekend. Blaster should have my seat frames done tuesday and I'll plan on next weekend to paint those. In the meantime I'm checking off stuff on my to-do list. I finished trunk stainless trim, installed NOS door handles, installed door and trunk locks. FYI Joe P. matched a couple door locks I had to my original ignition. I had a bunch of doors with locks and just needed the best two to match my ignition. I sent them to Joe and he did a great job. I assembled rear bumper and installed although I still need to tighten and adjust exhaust now bumper is there. I installed front fender chrome trim, installed grill and assembled front bumper. The big thing right now is interior but the list is getting shorter.
Last edited by scrappie; May 21st, 2023 at 04:02 PM.
Absolutely love your progress and this car. You documenting every step is so cool. Exactly my point on high dollar junk. Can't even give one before picture. You showing every step is Oldsmobile love. Beautiful car. You have done mad love to this car. 👍🤙
Picked up my seat frames from blaster today. This will be my weekend project to at least get them painted along with a couple spring repairs.
I also have a 71-72 OAI hood that I've owned for 30+ yrs that I had him blast while he was doing frames. This will be for my other project down the road.
Are you talking about hinges on the seats? He uses a fine glass bead. I will be taking some time blowing out everything for reasons like you speak of. They have been doing whole cars/sheetmetal for years. I've had pretty good luck with the pcs they have done for me. http://classiccarblasting.com/index.html
Last edited by scrappie; May 23rd, 2023 at 04:35 PM.
Looks great Paul. If you’re not familiar with seat rebuilding, contact user Ben RAMBOW on this forum. He does seat restoration and can do your seats or has parts and instructions for redoing yourself. He knows the typical problem areas and Helped me a lot to do my seats.
They are not too hard, just tedious, with a lot of muscle in certain areas, like the tucks, etc. I had never done seats before but with Rambow's help and kit, it wasn't difficult and turned out great.
Got the seat frames all painted, now I just have to find the time to cover them.
I had a lot of interior pieces to dye so I tackled that this weekend also. After dying everything I decided to put the console together and install it so I don't trip over it or something. I re-flocked the interior of console and buffed out the trim and touched up the paint detail. I also installed a hinge repair kit from H&H. Buffed some stainless pieces on arm rest bases and then I ran out of time.
Last edited by scrappie; May 30th, 2023 at 02:47 AM.
Fantastic build thread. Everything looks great. Did you use any adhesive on the chrome shifter boot bezel/ornament?
Thx Rick
I did not but after I was running it through 1st and reverse I noticed it became a bit dislodged so while the console is only in with four screws I think I will remove and put some adhesive around the inside area. I was thinking of 3M super trim adhesive, any recommendations?
Last edited by scrappie; June 8th, 2023 at 02:59 AM.
Hey Rick FYI. I removed console and was able to crimp the 6 tabs that hold the bezel onto boot. I added a couple dabs of 3M trim adhesive on inside just in case. It seems pretty solid now.
Last edited by scrappie; June 8th, 2023 at 03:00 AM.
Hey Rick FYI. I removed console and was able to crimp the 6 tabs that hold the bezel onto boot. I added a couple dabs of 3M trim adhesive just in case. It seems pretty solid now.
Paul, thanks for the heads up. The last time I tried to crimp those tabs, they started snapping off. Can you offer any advice to keep that from happening?
That sucks.
I wish I could give you some advice but I dont have any. Did you crimp the bezel while it was on the boot with the rubber in between the tabs? I would think the rubber would stop the tab from bending too much causing it to snap. I would have stopped if mine snapped but they didnt so I continued. Is it possible yours is a different material?
Been wrestling with the interior seat covers the last couple weeks. A lot of pushing and pulling and my hands are feeling it but they are done. I bought the interior stuff from legendary before the pandemic so I've had them a while. They really are a nice product IMO. I still have the interior panels to do.
On another note: I went to install rear package tray that I also bought years ago and found the holes for rear speaker are on the wrong side. I'll see what happens with that when I call Legendary?
Last edited by scrappie; June 12th, 2023 at 04:57 AM.
Called Legendary on monday in regard to the package tray. They had me send pics and told me today that a new one is in the process of being assembled and apologized. I should have a new one in two weeks. I ordered this in 1/2021
**** happens but cant ask for better than that. Great product and great customer service.
I ordered a package tray with speakers on both sides so I'm OK. I unpacked it, the carpet and headliner and they all looked good to me. Probably won't get installed until next spring so I hope there are no issues. They all did look very nice!
Called Legendary on monday in regard to the package tray. They had me send pics and told me today that a new one is in the process of being assembled and apologized. I should have a new one in two weeks. I ordered this in 1/2021
**** happens but cant ask for better than that. Great product and great customer service.
You ordered this last time we spoke, right? Glad to hear they are making you a new one with the correct single speaker location on the correct side.
May 11th, 2023, 04:06 AM
