1970 Roadster Resto in San Diego

[motorman7]

Looking really nice. You may want to check the orientation of the float chamber lids...

Yes, good catch. I actually have two new floats to install. Will do that in the next week or two. Currently, under the flipped lids, one is plastic and one is brass. You never know what you will get when you buy an old roadster.

[motorman7]

Art.

A pleasure to look at.

Did you do the CAD plating yourself? I have heard of people doing it out of their homes.

Yes, I do my own zinc plating. I think I do a better job than the vendors and it is very convenient....just a lot of labor. You can actually see the plating buckets in the background of the car pick.

[pebbles]

Yes, they are still red...from the Earl Sheib paint job that was put on it. I put them in place just so I would not lose them. Will most likely paint white. I have a couple other items to paint white still so may will add those to the mix....eventually

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO painting them will only make it look scheibish again!

[Roman]

I just went through every page of your restoration. Man, what beautiful work. I know we all ooh and aah over the custom work and the exotic motors and hand built headers, etc. But I gotta tell you a well done stock 1600 restoration the way you are doing it is a work of art!

Well done.

Yes, they are still red...from the Earl Sheib paint job that was put on it. I put them in place just so I would not lose them. Will most likely paint white. I have a couple other items to paint white still so may will add those to the mix....eventually

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO painting them will only make it look scheibish again!

Yeah I agree. The plugs are stainless just like the side trim. Strip 'em and polish them up and they will look great.


BTW, are those Z seats in there right now?

[motorman7]

Yeah I agree. The plugs are stainless just like the side trim. Strip 'em and polish them up and they will look great.


BTW, are those Z seats in there right now?

AAhhh, didn't realize the plugs were stainless. Will definitely strip those and polish the stainless. My first roadster had fog lights in those slots so I was unfamiliar with them. Thanks for cluing me in.

And yes, those are Z seats, good eye. They are for my next resto project which is sitting right next to the roadster. I am just running out of storage space so it was a good place to keep them. I have the roadster seat frames and headrest all powdercoated and will get those re-upholstered eventually. I will get the kit from Les and have my friend, who owns an upholstery shop, do the work.

[motorman7]

OK, here is the present status of the engine bay. As you can see, its getting pretty close. I did flip the float bowl covers. Will cut gasket for them soon and make permanent.

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I did have one question on the battery side.

The battery ground goes to the motor. Is there a cable that should go from the motor to the frame or body? Seems like battery to motor, which is isolated with rubber mounts, does not provide for ground to frame or body.

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Also, I saw a hood support that was yellow zinc on ebay. Is that the correct finish?

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I polished the two plugs....Thanks!

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Anybody know where I can get these items. They got wet in a leaky tub and now are in bad shape. Actually, I have no idea what these are other than the one looks like a buzzer.

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[mraitch]

Grounds
I have a negative with two leads
Big one to chassis, small one to regulator.(body)
Another from chassis to engine
Another from regulator to chassis
Also ground from bell housing near starter to chassis.
Alternator has chassis ground as well.

As to the little electrical canisters
One is the flasher, one is the buzzer (distinct for the 70 - mostly disconnected (operated by plunge switch on driver door frame (check the wiring diagram) - the other may be the turn signal

There is a wiki about fixing the canisters - though they are hidden - so who really cares (But)!!

Hood hold up thingie should be body color, though often plated.

[pebbles]

Under the battery, on the frame there should be 2 SAE platenuts, 10/32 maybe? (just a hole, the platenut is inside the frame)There are also 2 on the drivers (opposite) side.
Can be used as grounding points.
If you search here, there are a few threads on double and triple pigtail ground cables.
battery to block
block to frame
Block to body
optional body to frame.

[motorman7]

Thanks for the grounding help. I will make sure to add those. That may be why the the car did not turn over with the key. There was very minor voltage going to solenoid tab when I turned the key, but very low. If grounds don't do the trick, I will check the contacts.

[motorman7]

So, made great progress this weekend. After grounding frame and exercising the ignition tumbler, I got the motor to turn over with the key. Got new plugs and oil filter, added oil and hooked up most of fuel lines....but no gas. I sprayed some starter fluid down the intake and turned the key and got some pops! She wants to run. Will finish out the fuel tubing during the week and see about running it for a bit next weekend. Totally thrilled here. This car has not run for 26 years. Just amazing.

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[S Allen]

First off-sorry you found it so difficult to get registered. The anti-bot answer is on the main web site page. Also a simple email to me and I would have responded immediately with the answer. I used to get spam botted to death with tons of bogus accounts. That is no longer the case. I did not implement the anti-bot to keep real people away just the spammers.

You have worked some serious magic on your roadster. It looks fantastic. Very nice attention to detail. Did you register it in the registry yet? If not-please do so. Looking forward to the finished project.

Steve

[Mattk]

Great job on the resto!! I am just starting on a 70 myself. Thanks for the great thread!

Matthew

[motorman7]

First off-sorry you found it so difficult to get registered. The anti-bot answer is on the main web site page.

You have worked some serious magic on your roadster. It looks fantastic. Very nice attention to detail. Did you register it in the registry yet? If not-please do so. Looking forward to the finished project.

Steve

Hi Steve,
No problem with the Anti-bot thing....that's what I get for speed reading through things.

Got more engine bay stuff done. Put in clutch and brake master cylinders, also put in clutch slave cylinder. Found the choke cable after searching for an hour and got that installed.

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Got the all of the fuel vent lines in as well.

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Gathered all my chrome to drop off at the chrome shop this week.

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[jcd0402]

Very nice and impressive work you have acomplished!

If I were to repair my dashboard what sanding paper grit would you recommend me to use? Thank you.

[motorman7]

I used 320 for the final sand....80 on the bumper compound till it was close, then went to finer paper, 320 to finish.

Got the rims from Olympic powdercoat today. Silver with clearcoat...they look sweet. Pics to follow.