StevenGuthmiller

I’ve been known to not get everything completely accurate, but I’m okay with it. In all seriousness, a lot of the little details and modifications that I do are not necessarily to achieve absolute accuracy, but just to see if I can do it. ? Steve

That’s what a “good” paint should do. That’s why I use lacquer. ? Steve

I had noticed that way back when I first started the pulley mods, but opted to just use the configuration that was supplied in the Revell ‘66 GTO kit. I just decided that it wasn’t worth the time to correct it. Although it probably wouldn’t have been terribly difficult, I just decided to leave it alone. Steve

Or at least "Mediocre Chad". Steve

The firewall I’m using won’t be completely accurate anyway. Using a ‘62 firewall, which is a little different from the ‘64 and I’m not particularly excited about making the necessary changes to make it correct. I’ll probably just live with it. Steve

Thanks, but that’s the easy stuff. The details I’m looking for are carburetor linkage arrangement, hoses and vacuum line locations, etc. You know. The little stuff that’s not immediately obvious from most overall photos. Steve

Just the kind of stuff I’m looking for! Very helpful! Thank you! I’ve seen the third pic, but the others are new. I can surely use them. Steve

That's the problem. What I really need are clear pictures of a complete engine from various angles with the air cleaner removed. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of photos that you find anywhere online are photos with the air cleaners in place. Virtually useless when you are looking for top of engine details. Steve

A little bit of a back step, but I decided to separate the engine, bell housing and transmission, just to make everything a little easier to paint. I'm no fan of masking engine parts! Then I began making a few scratch made detail parts, in this case a coil and a fuel filter. Steve

Appears to be red. A basic enough red where I wouldn't obsess too much about the shade. Steve

Thanks Bill. I'll check it out. Steve

Foose is probably the worst in my opinion He just creeps me out! Got that creepy Lutheran minister, child predator vibe going. I can only watch the count for a few minutes, (and I haven't watched him in years) His MO is always the same. Come out into the shop, act like whatever he's looking at is the coolest thing he's ever seen, tell everyone how it WILL be the coolest thing we'll ever see, and then I guess he just goes back into his office and crawls into his casket for a nap. I can honestly say that I have never seen the guy pick up a screw driver. Steve

ICK!!! Steve

It's television. And basically a "reality show" to boot.....as they all are. It needs to be entertaining as well as informative. Granted, "entertainment" is in the eye of the beholder, but show me another show about customizing or restoring cars that doesn't contain about 50% or more idiotic banter among the participants. Is there anybody more annoying than Richard Rawlings, or dopier than Mike Hall and his simpleton side kick, Avery? I can't stand Dave Kindig and his bunch, but as I said.....in the eye of the beholder. Steve

Thanks Bill. I look for, and find, material myself online as well. I'm not trying to get everybody else to do my leg work for me, but just asking that if anybody has anything that they can offer, to please do so. There's no such thing as "too much" information. When I was building my 1968 Coronet Hemi, a gentleman who is a member of this board, (Bill Allphin) actually went out to his garage and took specific and detailed photographs of particular parts of the engine in his '67 Plymouth. They were absolutely invaluable to me! Often times, photographs that you find online only give you a partial picture, and if that's all that's available, it has to do, but I've been pleasantly surprised that in the past, sometimes if you ask for some extra feedback, you may receive some extraordinary information. Steve

Okay guys. I'm getting ready to start putting together a game plan for the engine details for my '64 Bonneville, and I'm again, asking for all of your expertise. On my last '68 Coronet Hemi project, I was lucky enough to get a lot of information from members of this forum that was instrumental in helping me do the best that I could with the details on that build. Now I'm asking again for any detailed reference materials, (photographs, schematic drawings, etc) for the most part, for the top of the engine for a '64, V-8, 4 bbl, 4-speed Pontiac. Any detailed photographs, or anything else that you might have, that will help me facilitate the layout of the carburetor linkages, vacuum lines, fuel lines, etc, will be greatly appreciated. There are a great bunch of guys here that are always willing to jump in and help out, and my guess is that there's probably a couple of you who might own, or have access to a 1:1 '64 Pontiac. Anything that you have to offer would be hugely helpful. That said, anything found online, or anywhere else, is absolutely welcome. Thank you gentlemen, and my Bonneville thanks you as well!! Steve

I agree. If you're a Mopar fan, you're not going to find a better show, with more historical information than this one. He may act goofy, but you'll learn a heck of a lot more on this show than you ever will from one of the hack, would be "artists" on the majority of the other "customization" shows. Most of them act just as dumb, (or dumber) and their sole purpose seems to be just to show you "how good THEY are". Mark's mission is to return these cars to their former glory as accurately as possible, and along the way, you'll learn a whole lot of stuff that you probably never knew. Steve

Subway car? Steve

Uuuh, I got nothin’. Steve

I stopped buying Rustoleum paint some time ago. For me, it was generally too thick to spray from the can, and after one use, the nozzles plugged up on me virtually every time. There are far too many good paint brands available to waste my time on lawn furniture paint. Steve

Thanks guys!! Thought I'd try a little transmission linkage. Not too hard to do, but it helps add a little more interest to the tranny. Steve

One of the jobs that I really wasn't looking forward to was figuring out the best solution for mounting and aligning the engine accessories so that they were solidly in place, and aligned properly for the belts later on. Some bracket scratch building, drilling and pinning were required, but in the end, it appears that all went well. I took a bit of artistic liberty with some of the brackets, but even though they might not be entirely accurate, they look the part. The worst part was figuring out positioning far the alternator, which sits high above the intake manifold on this engine. It's for that reason that I improvised on the brackets. Once I was satisfied with that layout, the power steering pump was simple in comparison. Just a little more fiddling, and I can move on to other things. Steve

If I were to decide to do one of these again, I would seriously consider cheating a little and do it in a '52 Chevy color called "Bittersweet". Steve

I just had to drag out this old relic when I saw this thread. I'll bet I started this thing more than 30 or 35 years ago, and since then, it's been sitting in a box. I guess I lost interest in it and just put it away, not unlike probably half of the kits in my stash. If I remember correctly, (as was the case with nearly every model I painted back then) it was painted with plain old Testors blue, and light blue enamel. Ah, memories. Steve

Personally, I would use one of the many "chrome" paints in a spray can........that don't look like chrome anyway. Steve