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I'm following with interest! As you know I have a 4th gen El Camino and am currently changing the headlights from a 77 to a 74 look. I found that I also needed to purchase the headlight buckets (not sure what they're called but it's the part the headlight back sits in) I'm planning to reuse the adjuster screws but the little plastic clips they sit in went from square in 74 to rectangular in 77 for some obscure reason. I can't seem to find the square ones, so may need to modify the installation a tad. I also had to get some headlight retaining rings from Summit Racing. Hope that info helps you a bit with your full size car.

Well it sure looks the part! Kudos on a great build.

I'm probably in for the Chevelle and the Willys. And the Cougar, and the Riv. Who am I kidding?

Guys, I've used Firefox for years. Along with Adblocker Ultimate and Cookie Autodelete. I never see an advertisement. Never. It's seamless and works perfectly with this forum and any others I visit. If you're using Chrome or Explorer or Edge, you're doing it to yourself.

I know this isn't what you meant, but I bought this vintage early 90s Floquil airbrush last year. Probably made by Badger. I've never seen another one.

Bob, I always love following your builds. I like the measured, practical approach you take, and the neatness of your work and work area. Frankly, I'm a mess when I get started. I love the 53 - great to see it being built by a pro!

So, Amazon shipped a package (via USPS apparently) for my wife - in theory. This morning I was working in my driveway. I came in to get a drink and found this email waiting: Unfortunately, USPS ran into an issue when attempting your delivery. They will try again. You can contact USPS for more information. I was in my driveway all morning, No delivery was attempted. Detail left by the driver on the website: Cannot deliver. Mailbox full. *!#@%!! I called customer service and finally got a chat bot that "transferred" my text conversation to an "associate" who finally assured me my package would be delivered by the end of today. Right. I'm holding my breath. What a cluster...

A little more headway this morning before it gets too hot outside. The new buckets line up fairly well but some tweaking and shimming will be necessary. These old cars have such miserable gap tolerances. Now waiting on some 7" round retaining rings.

Transformation has begun!

Like this? :)

I am sure you are correct. I don't see signs of body work, but that doesn't mean anything really. I am aware of that trim being correct, but honestly, my eventual goal is to remove the existing trim in favor of a pinstripe of some kind. Although, in the meantime if you could let me know who might have the trim, I'd be grateful. My searches have been unsuccessful. I also really like the low profile hub caps! The originals protrude way too far for my taste. I was under the impression that the small hub caps were an option on 6 cylinder cars only, but I may be mistaken. Another item I am going to add is 10" tires in the back. Those wheel wells will swallow a lot of tire!

Thank you! As far as I can tell this is a "Classic" model. The passenger side is missing the front dog leg of the trim . The one I had was mangled. The original color was a two tone brown and tan. I'm happy that the color was changed, just wish they'd spent a bit more time and money on it, but that was years ago. At least it's shiny! Fun fact: It already has a 74 grille in it. The previous owner broke the 77 grille (plastic I think). The 74 grille is all some kind of pot metal, including the surround. The surround on the 77 is aluminum.

Yeah, nothing like the possibility of instant death or serious injury to keep the pulse pounding. The other big issue I'm having is age related. It just hurts to crawl under the car and is even less fun getting back up. So I try to make sure I have every tool I'm going to need. Never works, but I try.

Thanks, Nathan! It's a 77 so has the stacked rectangle front headlights. I'm not particularly a fan of those so I am now installing some 74 round headlight buckets.

After a long bout of procrastination I finally got the new shocks, dropped spindles, shorter springs and front sway bar installed. I should point out how much I hate installing front springs. This might be the last set I do myself. Car is dirty from the shop.