mike343sharpstick's 69 Javelin project

[Admirall2]

Any chafing concerns with the upper radiator hose?

[mike343sharpstick]

There is more than a .25 inch gap between the hose and the brace.

[mike343sharpstick]

I moved the oil fill from the back of the diff to the side. Unfortunately now the fill cap doesn't screw into the plug, I suspect the heat from welding deformed it a bit. I found a used 1-1/4"x12 SAE tap on Ebay for $39.99.

That took longer than expected, so I hadn't gotten to the brake lines yet.

[mike343sharpstick]

Tap showed up today, ran it through the hole and all is well! What a relief.
On to brake lines.

[SuperBuickGuy]

hmmm... and update with no pictures....

[mike343sharpstick]

Nothing interesting about the rear axle yet that would be picture worthy. I did something strange however, I paid someone else to paint something for me. I did nothing but give the guy the parts, and when I picked it up I gave money. I did no prep work, or anything, crazy.

I had my grill painted by a local restoration shop, When I got the car the grill had been sprayed all black, and was a bit ugly. These things are crazy rare (e.g. expensive) these days, so I didn't want to screw around with it. He fixed a couple missing slats in the grill, and it all came out nice and the correct silver will look much better than the black!
I also had my super light bumper brackets e-coated as well. Gotta pick up some bumper bolts and get this thing all back together with my new straighter bumper!

[SuperBuickGuy]

that makes you a checkbook racer.... the shame of it all

with that said, putting slats back into grills is not an easy task at all.

[mike343sharpstick]

that makes you a checkbook racer.... the shame of it all .

But I paid cash

[74NovaMan]

Looks great Mike. I'm betting it made a huge difference that most folks wont notice cause it's right now.

[mlcraven]

It's the things done right, particularly the ones that are out of sight and only you know about, that give the greatest satisfaction and sense of accomplishment. You have to be very pleased with how this car has evolved in your care....20th-century Kenosha muscle for the 21st-century.

[mike343sharpstick]

Started reassembling the front end bits.
Notice the new Bracket which runs under the grill between the front fenders ;)

[74NovaMan]

OOOOO!! Sexy!!!

[mike343sharpstick]

Getting the front end back together, the newer bumper fits way better than the old one. The refinished brackets and new hardware was nice and easy to assemble. Now with the refinished grill, and the a few other updates a few things I've wanted to improve on the car from when I first got it on the road are done.
Having trouble uploading pictures,

[mike343sharpstick]

Now that it works, Here is a pic

[mike343sharpstick]

Did some work on the new rear axle today.
Pulled the e-brake cables our of the stock AMC axle, and thankfully I'll be able to use them with the Moser brake kit.
I put the axle housing in place, bolted on the brake kit, brake hard line, and e-brake cables to make sure there were no surprises. I need to change the brake line T-fitting angle where I have it bolted to the axle, but that's about it.

It's certainly a tight fit with the brake lines, sway bar, pan hard bar brackets, etc. but I think it's all going to work as planned.
I'll order the custom braided lines this week, test fit those, then paint the axle and brackets for final assembly.
Still saving up for the third member, that's a few bucks!