hemigeno's Daytona restoration - a few more tweaks... again!

[maxwellwedge]

Danny - You and Geno need to drop by my place as well.....I'll let "Olga" know your coming ahead of time....

Oh,,,, I see how you are................. got somethin' 'gainst Texans-who-formerly-were-native-Floridians?   

Hey AB - Come on up anytime! Just watch out for Moose! (and Olga at the border)   

[hemi68charger]

Danny - You and Geno need to drop by my place as well.....I'll let "Olga" know your coming ahead of time....

Oh,,,, I see how you are................. got somethin' 'gainst Texans-who-formerly-were-native-Floridians?   

Hey AB - Come on up anytime! Just watch out for Moose! (and Olga at the border)   

OK, now I'm curious about this Olga... Should she be on the West Coast near Russia?

[69_500]

Well Gene to be honest weekends are booking up pretty fast now that Dakota has found yet another sport to go head long into. I thought I was good and free of sports until baseball season once football was over, but he decided to give his hand at wrestling this year. If you let me know a few weeks in advance I'll make sure to not register him for a tournament that weekend. This coming weekend he has 2 already scheduled.

[hemigeno]

It's been a good while since I updated this thread, but there hasn't been just a whole lot of progress made on the car.  They've tweaked a few things here and there, but a lot of things are waiting on the glass polishing to wrap up and for a few interior component issues to be decided.  Most of these issues will be ironed out soon, although one item on my to-do list might not be available until early June.

Davtona and I drove to Vance's this past Saturday, as it was finally time for me to bring the R/T back home.  While I was there, we pushed the Daytona out to snap a couple of pictures.  The weather didn't exactly cooperate, although the mist turned into quite a shower no sooner than we got the car pushed back in the garage.

Vance is expecting a C.A.R.E. package from Paul Jacobs this week, which will allow him to get the engine compartment mostly buttoned up.  Paul's been detailing some hoses for me, and I can't wait to see his handiwork.  Vance will just be glad when he doesn't have to push the car around anymore  

[nascarxx29]

Turned out very nice

[hemi68charger]

Sweet Geno !!!!   

[moparstuart]

 

[tan top]

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[hemigeno]

Thanks, guys!

Another thread on the main board got me to looking at the rear view mirror post (see below).  I understood the first style to be correct for a '69 model year car and the second style to be correct for a '70 model year, but after looking at a few cars I'm not so sure that they didn't use both styles during the '69 model year (maybe an early/late thing??). 

Anyway, I'd like to know what style of rear view mirror mast other Daytona or late '69 model year cars have.

[nascarxx29]

Would the type of mirror be specified on the buildsheet?
The mirror mast part number look up may have certain type time line of useage   
Im looking at my original pictures.Nothing yet with clear detail of the mirror mast

[hemigeno]

My travel buddy recently has been Jonathan, who is almost 13.  Sad to say, he was only 8 when this restoration started.  Anyway, I loaned him my camera to take a few pictures of whatever he wanted.  Besides the usual accidental pictures of the floor, a couple of a Pontiac taillight, and of Vance's dogs who occasionally peeked through the pass-through, he took the following pics.  These were important to him, so I'm posting 'em up.

[hemigeno]

Would the type of mirror be specified on the buildsheet?
The mirror mast part number look up may have certain type time line of useage  
Im looking at my original pictures.Nothing yet with clear detail of the mirror mast

The mirror bracket isn't shown on the broadcast sheet.  I haven't had a chance yet to go through some of the other paperwork here at the office (won't have time until tomorrow).  It might tell me the part number if there is a difference, but it won't show which one is which, I suspect.

I did find this picture snapped from JB's 414619/DocTona, which shows what I thought was the later style, but what may in actuality be the early style if the source information (taken from this thread) got it backwards...

[randr]

Wanted to thank you for this thread! I have always used it for reference on my build! thank you!

[tan top]

Would the type of mirror be specified on the buildsheet?
The mirror mast part number look up may have certain type time line of useage  
Im looking at my original pictures.Nothing yet with clear detail of the mirror mast

The mirror bracket isn't shown on the broadcast sheet.  I haven't had a chance yet to go through some of the other paperwork here at the office (won't have time until tomorrow).  It might tell me the part number if there is a difference, but it won't show which one is which, I suspect.

I did find this picture snapped from JB's 414619/DocTona, which shows what I thought was the later style, but what may in actuality be the early style if the source information (taken from this thread) got it backwards...

haha , just watched the video   check out 4.54 minutes shows mirror

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpnVbXa5Qr4

[hemigeno]

Wanted to thank you for this thread! I have always used it for reference on my build! thank you!

Glad to help out. 



At least now I can tell my therapist that Mopar OCD is of some redeeming value to one other person.

[hemigeno]

haha , just watched the video   check out 4.54 minutes shows mirror

Yep, same mirror - literally!

[nascarxx29]

I believe my daytona had the mirror mast as 414619s

[moparstuart]

Would the type of mirror be specified on the buildsheet?
The mirror mast part number look up may have certain type time line of useage  
Im looking at my original pictures.Nothing yet with clear detail of the mirror mast

The mirror bracket isn't shown on the broadcast sheet.  I haven't had a chance yet to go through some of the other paperwork here at the office (won't have time until tomorrow).  It might tell me the part number if there is a difference, but it won't show which one is which, I suspect.

I did find this picture snapped from JB's 414619/DocTona, which shows what I thought was the later style, but what may in actuality be the early style if the source information (taken from this thread) got it backwards...

haha , just watched the video   check out 4.54 minutes shows mirror

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpnVbXa5Qr4

cool car  cool video i love those original owner story's  

[hemigeno]

I believe my daytona had the mirror mast with the Allen head.

Here's a saved picture from your old car.  I think it's possible to tell the difference by the taper of the shaft too, since one style is skinnier at the bottom than the top (whereas the other is the opposite).

Dave, do you still have the higher definition/larger file of that photo?

[nascarxx29]

The early seems to has a recessed allen head attachment .The other allen head sticks out

[Brock Samson]

For what it's worth my July build '69 R/T and the '70 500 and '69 SE parts cars i used - all had the same type as shown in the second Pic.

[nascarxx29]

 Painted and chromed noted in parts book

[randr]

Wanted to thank you for this thread! I have always used it for reference on my build! thank you!

Glad to help out. 



At least now I can tell my therapist that Mopar OCD is of some redeeming value to one other person.

I'm not at the point of aligning my poop largest to smallest before flushing like you, but close!

[Daytona R/T SE]

Wanted to thank you for this thread! I have always used it for reference on my build! thank you!

X2  I'm always refering to this thread when I'm trying to figure things out on my project...

Oh, and Geno....

Your car !

[hemigeno]

I'm not at the point of aligning my poop largest to smallest before flushing like you, but close!

Hey, I thought that kind of surveillance was illegal!   



Thanks again, guys - and for the info posted thus far on rear view mirror stems too.  Seems like more cars (especially late '69s) had the second style of the two pictures I initially posted.  I'll go through some more pictures and paperwork later today.