Doc,
Just rember the end result. When you are finally DONE with this ^&%#%$ hornet You will be struttin it arround like a Peacock who just discovered it's tail.
The way things are going I don't know if I will get time to work on my 72 primered gremlin this winter. She badly needs a new left rear quarter before paint. That is ALOT of work and a job I have never tackled before. The wife is already gettin on me about it being my turn to watch Aran and I just hope she lets me work on the car in November.
Don't get me wrong I love playin with and takin care of my son
He says Da DA plain as day now and he is walkin by himself with a push cart. Won't be long he'll be wantin to come out to the garage and play with Daddy
Davis
--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
>
> In my 40+ years of messing with cars and I mean all brands not just
> AMC's from 50's and 60's classics to all out race cars I have never
has
> so much trouble with one car as I have had in the last 2 years with
this
> orange Hornet. No matter what I do it it's a fight, nothing ever
fits
> right, up dated conversion kit's, repo or original factory parts. I
know
> I am a pain for fit and finish but this has gotten to be
ridiculous. If
> some one had offered me 5,000$ cash yesterday for it I would have
taken
> it and the loss of the other 5,000$ I have in it and my 2 years
worth of
> work. After almost 8 months on this interior job I figured I was
closing
> in on the finish of the job except for the !@#$%^ bucket seats being
> upholstered. 3 weeks ago I started on the last item to be
installed.
> The dash. Granted it is made up of parts from many different cars
(5)
> but almost nothing fit's without a hassle. The latest is while
fighting
> the inst. panel in I knocked the speedo lens loose after fighting
the
> inst. panel in. I was able to pull it out with masking tape and
super
> glue it in without removing it another time. The super glue fogged
up
> the edge of my nicely polished lens a little. While screwing on my
new
> brake "T" handle after moving the wiper delay box I screwed it in
to far
> and it ruined the lettering on the handle. That's no biggie i'll
just
> buy another for 3.75$. Now I wire in the elect kill switch and test
> everything and it is OK. With a good charge of the battery the car
> starts up 1-2-3. I hooked up the speedo cable as my friend was to
busy
> as his helper did not show up for work and he was swamped with work.
> What a trip that was twisting my fat crippled old A$$ in position
to do
> that, I was lucky that my back didn't go out. Now I figure I am in
for
> some smooth sailing as I now just need to install the package tray.
I
> figured i'd just go for a test fit of the brackets and see if the
holes
> in the kick panels and all lined up with out the factory gauge pod
> installed. I used kick panels out of a non package tray Gremlin a
friend
> gave me. I used the original broken Hornet ones as a template to
drill
> the mounting holes for the package tray and when I installed them
the
> holes lines up with the holes in the door pillar fine. I install
the 2
> "L" brackets and they do not have the right angle to let the package
> tray go in far enough to allow the screws on the kick panel to line
up.
> There is little or no adjustment on them. I had been up since 2am
and it
> was 4pm and actually found myself about to doze off under the dash.
It
> was time to call it a day. I just don't understand it, it's not
like I
> am an amateur and have never done this before. This winter I will be
> happy to do some easy work on some AMC models for a change. I will
be
> heading out in a while to my friend shop to give that car hell
again. I
> have 3 cars, my Chevy is down with a brake problem non one can
find, the
> orange Hornet is not driveable yet. Thank god for old reliable my
yellow
> Hornet of almost 32 years.
> "Doc"
>
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