1964 Pontiac Grand Prix

[Spottedlaurel]

Those panels are a work of art. Great to see that this one is still progressing.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thank you fellas!

 

This morning I began rummaging through my stash to try and locate a power steering pump to no avail, so I quickly threw one together.

Not very difficult and it looks like it should do the trick.

 

Just need to fill the hole in the tubing and fashion a mounting bracket and it should be good to go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

There we go.

All finished and ready for paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[oldscool]

The p/s pump looks great as does the rest of your build. Wish i could scratchbuild small parts like that.

[Deuces ll]

Yeah, me 2.... ?

[absmiami]

Yup

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thanks guys!

 

I find that I really enjoy monkeying around with some of these little detail parts.

There will come a day where the eyes and hands will no longer cooperate with this small stuff, so I just as well enjoy it now while I can.

 

Been spending my afternoon getting everything engine related done so that I can get some paint on things.

Drilling holes for hoses, wires, linkages, etc, as well as fabricating a few more details that I wanted in place before paint.

I separated the carbs, thinned the belts the best that I could without them becoming too fragile, added a dip stick tube to the block, as well as the beginnings of some carb linkage and a linkage bracket to the intake.

 

It should be a fun challenge to get all of the linkage and fuel lines run for this tri-carb set up.

But I think it will add considerable interest to the top of the engine over what is included in the kits.

 

I believe that the majority of engine parts are now ready for paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

I met my primary goal for the day and managed to get the main engine parts painted.

The color is Scale Finishes "Pontiac Engine Blue" enamel.

Turned out great!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Edited August 6, 2020 by StevenGuthmiller

[Bucky]

Gonna be a great looking engine! My only question is....how old is that piece of foam? LoL

[1972coronet]

Looks great @StevenGuthmiller !  Refresh my memory : did you find a "Slim Jim" for it ? 

[StevenGuthmiller]

2 hours ago, Bucky said:

 My only question is....how old is that piece of foam? LoL

Yeah, it's been around for a while.

Guess it's just a case of "if it still works, why throw it out".

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

10 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

Refresh my memory : did you find a "Slim Jim" for it ? 

I didn't find one, but I did my best to try and recreate one.

It's not perfect, but it's as close as I'm going to get.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[1972coronet]

45 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I didn't find one, but I did my best to try and recreate one.

It's not perfect, but it's as close as I'm going to get.

That's a beauty ! Now I remember your modifying one ---- a Johan piece , no ?

[StevenGuthmiller]

58 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

That's a beauty ! Now I remember your modifying one ---- a Johan piece , no ?

Yes.

Keith Buckner was so kind as to send me the engine from a Johan '62 Olds F-85 that I then proceeded to butcher.

 

 

 

Steve 

[Bucky]

That transmission looks great, too!

[dragcarz]

Amazing work! The 64 Grand Prix was my first model, purchased by my mother after much begging, way back in 1964, I was 7. Lol......

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thanks guys!!

 

 

Okay, am I the only one who routinely gets sidetracked with details?

I find myself doing this all of the time where I start looking at a part, and suddenly ideas begin forming in my brain about how it can be improved, even though I really had no intention of changing it.

Before I know it, I'm experimenting, followed by complete commitment to the alterations. 

 

This time it was the air cleaners.

I started contemplating how I could add some texture and detail to some rather boring looking air cleaners for this tri-power engine and settled on removing the lids from the existing air cleaners, and fashioning new bases and elements for them.

My thought is to cover the elements in a gray embossing powder to more closely replicate the exposed foam elements.

 

Let's see how it works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[OldNYJim]

 

10 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

My thought is to cover the elements in a gray embossing powder to more closely replicate the exposed foam elements.

I was just experimenting with this technique today, myself!  I used the finest grain powder I had and then airbrushed it to get the color I wanted.  Worked ok - I’m excited to see how yours turns out!

[Vietnam Vet67]

http://oldcarbrochures.org/United States/Pontiac/1964 Pontiac/1964-Pontiac-Colors--Interiors-Booklet/index.html

[StevenGuthmiller]

As I was fiddling around with the air cleaner thing, I also managed to get some detail painting done on some of the engine and engine bay parts.

I found some time ago that it's a good practice to finish as much of the detail painting as possible, and then shoot on a coat of clear when finished.

This eliminates the tendency for the detail paint to rub off due to handling during the assembly process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Funkychiken]

Absolutely beautiful build so far, loving the detail and scratch building, thanks for posting the  detail, I'm learning tonnes!

Edited August 9, 2020 by Funkychiken

[Scott8950]

Steve you do some absolutely amazing detail work. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

5 hours ago, Funkychiken said:

Absolutely beautiful build so far, loving the detail and scratch building, thanks for posting the  detail, I'm learning tonnes!

 

5 hours ago, Scott8950 said:

Steve you do some absolutely amazing detail work. 

Thanks guys!

 

I think the air cleaner assemblies are finished satisfactorily.

The embossing powder on the air cleaner elements is not a perfect solution, but it should look okay with the lids on.

The Alclad on the lids turned out great!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Spottedlaurel]

Great to see you continuing with this amazing attention to detail.

I was thinking of this project earlier today as I messed around adding column stalks to a plain bit of rod to come up with something resembling a steering column on one of my builds - not even 1% of what you'd do, but in the past I probably wouldn't have bothered at all.

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Great to see you continuing with this amazing attention to detail.

I was thinking of this project earlier today as I messed around adding column stalks to a plain bit of rod to come up with something resembling a steering column on one of my builds - not even 1% of what you'd do, but in the past I probably wouldn't have bothered at all.

Thanks Nigel.

Glad to hear that someone is thinking about me.

 

Continuing to make some pretty good progress on the engine.

 

First, I threw the lids on the air cleaners just to see how they will look.

I think they will do pretty nicely.

I'll assemble and add them permanently at final assembly time.

 

 

 

I also added a "grunge" wash to the majority of engine parts and then glued on the carbs.

Believe it or not, I'm really looking forward to running all of the linkages, fuel lines, and other lines on this intake.

Sick, I know!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve