Hell Freezes Over...Paxton goes GM!!!

[Dan B.]

Guaranteed to make El Toro look HAWT!!

[PaxtonShelby]

The '66 came with a tiny single bowl master cylinder. In '67 a dual-bowl MC became standard. That's the route I want to go. Now I just need to see if the PB booster is different between '66 and '67. I'm guessing it will be a different booster. In the end, not a big deal since I would be replacing the MC and booster either way. The braking system needs to be top notch on such a big machine!

[PaxtonShelby]

Didn't get a ton done tonight, but Lilly and I went thru the filthy trunk and found a bunch of parts. Bumper brackets ( thank God! ), wipers, parking lights, a new CV boot, and lots of other goodies. Swept out a few pounds of dirt and trash, vacuumed the trunk and filled most of a 55 gallon bag with crap. Then we vacuumed the interior ( only found 2 crispy baby mice ) and gave the dash, doors, and seats a quick cleaning with some Aerospace 303. She's still a hot mess, but slow and steady progress is what we are shooting for.

[somethingclever]

You are as bad as me...project A.D.D...the amount of time chipping away at this could easily finish the 66!

[PaxtonShelby]

I can't argue with that John. I just couldn't let this one get away or it would have bugged me forever. Right now the plan is to spend as little as possible on the car - engine rebuild - braking system - exhaust - tires. Just lots and lots of elbow grease. With some luck I will be driving it to work next spring. I wonder how much the Toro could tow?? Hmmmm.

[CollinsPC]

Ron she looks great! Good luck with the resurection!

[Dan B.]

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[1320goat]

Love dem Mexican trannys

[Tom]

Why no..........

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Swith to sr manuel and give me the 425!

[Tom]

The '66 came with a tiny single bowl master cylinder. In '67 a dual-bowl MC became standard. That's the route I want to go. Now I just need to see if the PB booster is different between '66 and '67. I'm guessing it will be a different booster. In the end, not a big deal since I would be replacing the MC and booster either way. The braking system needs to be top notch on such a big machine!

This stuff is so simple you can use whatever fits. I used a dual diaphram booster (huge + over single) from a full size blazer and an s-10 master cylinder in my car. The only thing I had to do was make a way to adjust the rod coming out of the booster to work with the brake pedal. I also put grand am brake calipers/rotors/pads on it.

[Terminated]

Looking good! 303 is nice stuff, I just bought a new bottle and covered all my cars in it.

[PaxtonShelby]

I hear ya Tom. I just want to keep everything looking factory on this car. Since the '67 had the dual bowl I think that setup ( with the correct factory booster ) will take all the guesswork out of this. Also, it is proven to fit and work as designed.

[Tom]

I hear ya Tom. I just want to keep everything looking factory on this car. Since the '67 had the dual bowl I think that setup ( with the correct factory booster ) will take all the guesswork out of this. Also, it is proven to fit and work as designed.

OEM upgrades are always the cleanest looking

[Dan B.]

OEM upgrades are always the cleanest looking

OEM Fire upgrade for the win!!!

[PaxtonShelby]

Ron she looks great! Good luck with the resurection!

Thanks Randy!

Tonight Lilly cleaned up the door jambs and Hannah gave the windows their first cleaning in 5 years. I buffed the hood twice with 3M compound.

Wow - these doors close like a vault.

This is just in...I think the repaint was done at the "Hellen Keller School of Paintwork"...or possibly in the parking lot next to the local tractor pull.

Ok - back to work...baby steps...

[JeffreyCole]

OEM Fire upgrade for the win!!!

Oh noes.

[PaxtonShelby]

Made a little progress today. Talked to VaderGT (Jon) and got a bunch of great advice for my next step for the paint correction. Thanks Jon!!

So I headed out to Autoality where "T" was a great help, and agreed with much of what Jon had recommended.

Last week I had buffed the car with 3M Perfect-it II Rubbing Compound. It helped a little but I had the buffer speed set too slow so results weren't too good.

Today's work started with a medium clay bar. It was the first time I have ever used clay, and holy cow was I impressed! In a few hours the whole car was very very smooth. Lilly helped with the bottoms of the doors. Luckily I found a nice think piece of high-density foam that we could lay on since the garage floor tends to kick my butt these days. Here's a shot of Lilly working hard...

[PaxtonShelby]

Once the clay bar work was done, I started with step #2...

HD Cut Heavy Paint Defect Leveling Cream with a 6" Meguiars microfiber cutting disc. After priming the pad I set the buffer on #4 and got busy. I only got part of a fender done but this stuff sure seems to work well! Hopefully I will have time after the Steeler game tomorrow night to get some more work done.

[PaxtonShelby]

Damn this iPhone...hate the way it loads pics...

[Dan B.]

Need to check into the child labor laws to see if that is legal. Working kids in the garage may be unfair treatment of a minor.