Now Complete Restoration / Pulling my 1969 'Bee down for strip and paint

[birdsandbees]

15 year old Nephew absolutely thrilled to death I asked him to help!

Front hangers in place.

Jack under pumpkin to get springs up to shackle distance.

Great helper he is. Taking auto shop at school and ecstatic he's getting to help on a "real" car!

[birdsandbees]

Not f'n happy and I can't blame it on offshore steel.. as they're supposably ACDelco "made in the USA". And it snapped before I'd even snugged it. Had tightened the other 3 first and harder than this one.

Rear end is in.. other than I have to replace the broken shackle.

Doesn't look happy at all, when I said "you want to help put the heart back in as well?"

Down she comes. Trans bracket slid right over the crossmember and minimal wiggling to get the K frame bolts to line up

[birdsandbees]

Lovin it!

No flash for some true colour.

Front view.

Had to set the air cleaner in place!

[dual fours]

B&Bs your car looks really sharp. Is that a Fram oil filter I see?

[birdsandbees]

B&Bs your car looks really sharp. Is that a Fram oil filter I see?

Thanks.. and YEP, all I've ever run on it is a FRAM, can't be a bad thing IMHO considering how clean the engine internals are after 29 years since the engine was overhauled. Besides.. it's the correct colour!!  

Video of the car coming down onto the engine assembly.

https://youtu.be/Jqis0bmBeX4

[hemi-hampton]

Passenger side shackle bushings went in easy.

Drivers side some worker in Taiwan forgot to bore the sleeve to size and I had to sand down the OD of the bushings to get them in.

Easy way to get the inner bushing in.

Some counter weight before the rear end gets hung.

Spreading a thin layer of oil on bushing with finger can sometimes help it slide in easier. LEON.

P.S. Car looks nice. Congrats 

[birdsandbees]

Yah I put some super grease on them Leon. The drivers side bore was a good 3/32 smaller in ID than the passenger side.

Someone forgot step #3 on the assembly line in Taiwan!

Pointing it out so others might want to check their repro steel with bushings BEFORE they weld them up into the car! 

[Charger_Fan]

Gotta love it when the big pieces start going back in! That's great that your nephew is enjoying helping you on the car. Does he want one of his own now?

BTW, I thought the same as Dual Fours when I saw the Fram filter. Of course it's your own choice, but man, there's no way I'd run a Fram on anything I cared for. I used to be in the auto parts biz & I've cut many filters apart, the filter media and other pieces used in standard (non-HP) Fram was among the worst.
It's been around 15 years since I've cut any apart, but back then, Wix & Hastings were the best. Motorcraft filters rank right up there too, but that would be sacrelige on your car.

[birdsandbees]

Thanks CF !.. and on the Fram, like I said all I've ever run and the engine is clean, full compression and blows no smoke after 39 years since overhaul. Considering the majority of the aircraft engines I work on don't even run a filter and just a simple coarse screen on sump input and fine screen before the oil hits the cam I don't get to excited about meticulous filtering. Put in good oil.. don't leave shit in your funnel to find it's way into the engine and drive it.

As for the kid... this is what he's got that he's getting ready for his 16th Birthday. Some abomination that his father got him onto, but I'll fix him of that stupidity!!! 

[alfaitalia]

Oh dear.......nothing more to be said really....and that from a guy who used to run a 600 brake Mitsubishi GTO turbo. At least it looked stock....and the doors opened correctly!

[birdsandbees]

Lazy day today while watching Ottawa take Boston out..

Manual choke hooked up to carb.

Reverse light switch hook up. Plastic connector goes to switch on trans for back up lights and jumper in my hand feeds the warning light on the dash.

Shows where the reverse light "pigtail" wire goes, bottom drivers side on the block.

Upper ball joint connected and shock going into place.

[moparnation74]

Great Work as always!  Valve cover look SWEET!

[birdsandbees]

Is this an original mopar clip or something that was just jammed in to retain the brake line over time. Was mid span along the rocker where it's too tight for the regular push in clips.

New fuel line and rear brake line. Now to unbend from the box pack.

Glad I kept the originals to use as a template, to fix the box squash.

Fuel line before straightening.

[birdsandbees]

Close but no cigar. This bent section being 3" short of original screws up where the 2nd fuel line frame clip can hold it correctly.

Both fuel and brake lines bent pretty close to correct and ready to install.

This stuff better work David @ ECS!! Fuel and brake line clips coated in RPM.

Fuel line going into place.

[birdsandbees]

Rear brake line hooked up and clipped.

Rear end U bolts torqued, etc.

Yep, just needed another shot of the belly!  

[timmycharger]

Looks fantastic! Great job documenting and taking the pics, great reference for all

[birdsandbees]

THANKS! 

[69bfan]

The brake line clip with the jagged teeth is available as a reproduction piece. 

[birdsandbees]

The brake line clip with the jagged teeth is available as a reproduction piece. 

Was it originally used on the mid span is what I'm interested in??? THANKS! Wasn't sure if it was just something thrown in over time to hold a sagging line up. Still in good shape, just needs a dunking in Evaporust..

[69bfan]

Most of the jagged clips that I recall were basically pretty much in line below the area where the door meets the quarter so mid-ways is pretty close.

[birdsandbees]

Still stuck on the line.. so thanks, know where it goes and just found this kit with it in it. Suspect the same was used on the fuel line as well?? These guys have the (semi)correct bolts as well, although I can clean up my originals..

[69bfan]

They are selling the Inline Tube product line.

[moparnation74]

The brake and fuel line had that push in clip.  They typically in several inches in front of the front shackle area for the springs.  Bend the grabber tabs out a bit on the repro clips so it can grab better.

[birdsandbees]

Held my old line up and the existing clip is about a foot forward of the door to quarter seam. I ordered a few of the "J" clip only from MotorCityMuscleCar. Postage 5 times the price of the clips..  Just carrying on with other things and I'll go back and slip them in when I get them in the mail.

[birdsandbees]

Body plug in and fuel line clipped along passenger side.

Rear brake line bracket bolted on, hard line hooked up and retainer clip in place.

Brake line clamp clip at drivers frame rail, waiting for correct bolt.

Fuel line clamp clip in place on shock bulkhead. Mine was originally bolted to the hole closest to the passenger side. A second hole is hidden under the tube.