You're putting standard 1970 upholstery on 71-73 seats?new seat covers...
Yer killin' me, Smalls. roflPlasma cutter!Thanks Don (and Scott, too)!Eric,
The screws are stainless
If you try and weld a nut to them you will melt the bumper
The easiest way is to take a torch and QUICKLY blow off the steel J nuts on the back side
Put a wet rag on the bumper and bolt face
The steel J nut will melt faster than the stainless - as soon as it melts hit the screw out before it can heat up the urathane - used the rag or water to cool that area
Then move onto the next one
I wasn't aware they were stainless. I'll need to check the bumper bolt kit I purchased and ensure I got the correct kit (the one with the J nuts).
I was talking with my pal Jim yesterday, and I think I'm going to try an air chisel on the J nut first. If I get no joy, I'll give the torch a try (I know I don't trust myself not to melt the urethane, so I'll save it as a last resort).
Huh :huh:Yer killin' me, Smalls. roflPlasma cutter!Thanks Don (and Scott, too)!
I wasn't aware they were stainless. I'll need to check the bumper bolt kit I purchased and ensure I got the correct kit (the one with the J nuts).
I was talking with my pal Jim yesterday, and I think I'm going to try an air chisel on the J nut first. If I get no joy, I'll give the torch a try (I know I don't trust myself not to melt the urethane, so I'll save it as a last resort).
"Yer killin' me, Smalls." Quote from one of my favorite movies...The Sand Lot. It's about a group of preteen boys growing up in the 70s playing baseball at the sand lot. It's the ultimate feel good movie and something every boy can relate to and is safe for kids to watch. Definately need to watch with the grandkids.Huh :huh:Yer killin' me, Smalls. roflPlasma cutter!
Now I gotta say :huh:Guess that's on the Quick Queue (is that French spelling?) LOL
Always trying to find Gran Torino type movies.....
Nice paint Ken!
I went to the Motorstate Challenge...
I did the same thing I do everyday: walk past it in the garage on my way out and smile to myself a little knowing that anyone could have bought a used one of these cars in decent shape for as little as $500-$1000 when they were just "used" cars and didn't. They didn't think they were "worth anything".
I paid $5500 for mine brand new, and I used to get angry just a few years later when people would say "your'e still driving that old gas-guzzler? Dump that thing for the first $800 you can and get a better car. You know, something like a Pinto or a Vega. They get much better gas mileage."
My parents told me to get rid of that car a million times. My first wife constantly pleaded with me to sell it, saying it was embarrasing to be seen riding an old, teenagers car. ( I eventually got rid of her instead).
My current wife didn't quite get the strange and goofy attachement I have for this car when we first were dating, but she has come around. She gets it now.
All 6 of my kids came home from the hospital in that car.
That car is one of the only things in my life that has never let me down, never left me stranded, never even had a flat!
I, however did let ITdown a few times though ( eight BAD wrecks over the years).
How could I turn my back and get rid of old friend like that?
So yeah, I did the same thing today I do everyday: walked past it, smiled a little knowing we're a team.
Just my luck, mine snapped 4 blocks from home, I got lucky and idled, up hill to the house nexted door before the car stalled. So with my trusty screw driver I raised the idle up and lugged it home and into the garage, phew.Catastrophy stuck and my accelerator cable let go.
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