tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87228120335841565932023-11-16T08:51:21.136+01:001958 Pontiac Star Chiefdaimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-14019583433028328432012-06-03T22:49:00.001+02:002012-06-03T22:49:50.454+02:00Placing valve heads, carburetor etc.. on motor block<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-58146663773726089942012-05-29T22:17:00.001+02:002012-05-29T22:17:18.017+02:00assembling valve heads to be attached to engine block<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have bought pistons for a 70's 400 ci Pontiac Firebird to be fitted in the cylinders. My dad has been doing the task of fitting them on to the piston rods. This did not go easy. Getting the old 370 pistons off of the rods was hard work as the crank pin was not coming out untill a load of pressure was used. For assembling the new pistons to rods was easier but still needed to be cautious. If the crank pin is not sitting well or there is a bit of dirt in the way, it can break the piston or the rod. But my dad has put a lot of effort and care into it and succeeded!</div>
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The engine block is completely done. The cylinders have been bored out from 370ci (6.1L) to </div>
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<br />daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-85966917636284905962011-10-08T22:54:00.000+02:002011-10-08T22:54:19.717+02:00To paint or not to paint?<div style="text-align: center;">I decided to have a specialist to come and remove the dents in the body work.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This person is going to "push" them out without damaging the paint work and so </div><div style="text-align: center;">there will be no sanding to be done and any filler to be used.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to do this, because i want to postpone the spraying for another time</div><div style="text-align: center;">and first drive it at least for one season. As you can see on the pictures, the paint job</div><div style="text-align: center;">on the car at the moment is not that bad although it has a few mistakes in it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The paint on the roof is very rough and will need some attention. But overall</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is doable and when it will be reassembled with all the trim work and chrome, it will look</div><div style="text-align: center;">totally different and fine. This way i can save a lot of money for now and i can</div><div style="text-align: center;">spent it on the interior which i find more important at the moment. Would the paint have</div><div style="text-align: center;">been awful or a colour that was hideous i would be thinking different. The more i see the</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pontiac in these colours and the further i clean it up and polish, the more i started to like it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lM9d6E7GTm8rW3QaV8MWGmupsbuMO5WeyNM6_bRHzoRXWH6l0dcRBKugZn0XCSRWEWKe870ApESZqC3YG9f1cwlnmHQUd1FR86GPcq8R2ZfUf6QN8Z1suWJ0iP4kxIw8yw1PYdYsy2w/s1600/08102011351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lM9d6E7GTm8rW3QaV8MWGmupsbuMO5WeyNM6_bRHzoRXWH6l0dcRBKugZn0XCSRWEWKe870ApESZqC3YG9f1cwlnmHQUd1FR86GPcq8R2ZfUf6QN8Z1suWJ0iP4kxIw8yw1PYdYsy2w/s320/08102011351.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div>daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-10115459300425518582011-07-08T16:06:00.000+02:002011-07-08T16:06:07.368+02:00Considering colour options !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4-aFLrQRWRzwvl3xadaLlcvUr5CQqFg3fULBcmTRP_8VjJOA1KRcGEtbEpZmGp8JTo_zGdPaCZo1CcVUbCCUn0G8JIYqHr3nAe3iAuolePnnBOT9bMhzaSO3efGNHtM6x14ceSzTLPg/s1600/img098a_108294127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4-aFLrQRWRzwvl3xadaLlcvUr5CQqFg3fULBcmTRP_8VjJOA1KRcGEtbEpZmGp8JTo_zGdPaCZo1CcVUbCCUn0G8JIYqHr3nAe3iAuolePnnBOT9bMhzaSO3efGNHtM6x14ceSzTLPg/s320/img098a_108294127.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-2316121402413419392011-05-15T21:29:00.000+02:002011-05-15T21:29:36.281+02:00Fitting new floor plates in !<div style="text-align: center;">My friend in Canada had warn me that the new floor plates would not fit,</div><div style="text-align: center;">cause they are made to fit in Canadian Pontiacs only. So, we had to make them fit by cutting</div><div style="text-align: center;">them into shape as good as it goes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9d0kLl-hFYl0LDm07zJUlkLsNMiKahTwfyt8TVE-59pgdB1jhyphenhyphen-DkOGKwpSI8R9WseQgfKeLCpOgYYEV5zaLqddcXNt6D1Pl76_bVgELWZ0_2S7WriZbns2Y-6vPI2zxCcdTe4ddXRYQ/s1600/03052011155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9d0kLl-hFYl0LDm07zJUlkLsNMiKahTwfyt8TVE-59pgdB1jhyphenhyphen-DkOGKwpSI8R9WseQgfKeLCpOgYYEV5zaLqddcXNt6D1Pl76_bVgELWZ0_2S7WriZbns2Y-6vPI2zxCcdTe4ddXRYQ/s320/03052011155.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know it will never look perfect, but i think because the welding is going to take place mostly on the edge, you wont see to much of the welding seam under the car. Which is not going to happen much anyway. Will see how it will turn out soon.</div>daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-80078976301424285092011-05-02T12:00:00.001+02:002011-05-02T12:02:38.260+02:00Cleaning the floor inside the car to see the demage...<div style="text-align: center;">Good job i got the floor plates from my friend in Canada.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will be needing them as you can see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVYiNTNINh7hhqreRKRnv_SVfPArECEVVhEwrzhotugZw0KBBKtqg2o44cVGXlWdM24-aSMkGAbxDtHEtshUhb_coNKgIkMcAWOWp7qVirUcYyAzuj8gXTMDzYoiK49XqhQQOlTQ60QI/s1600/22April2011+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVYiNTNINh7hhqreRKRnv_SVfPArECEVVhEwrzhotugZw0KBBKtqg2o44cVGXlWdM24-aSMkGAbxDtHEtshUhb_coNKgIkMcAWOWp7qVirUcYyAzuj8gXTMDzYoiK49XqhQQOlTQ60QI/s320/22April2011+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-54365855379883888912011-05-02T11:37:00.000+02:002011-05-02T11:37:34.331+02:00rebuilding the cylinder heads<div style="text-align: center;">Here my dad is working on the cylinder heads</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the valves. After this he has brought the two </div><div style="text-align: center;">cylinder heads to a workshop for resurfacing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ofcourse i will update as soon as it is done, to show</div><div style="text-align: center;">the result.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLT7c0oU17TD3BH6M7VclWG-lKReL80aKEbKiSVzCIInBboPnFRfB1U4zVdfnA0OT9gBdx4p8d5YA7UxWIlhGQ2Eje4pRYW70vTflhzmdaSulexk6nS2h23AYlA8bKjTbxIdBmxkbE_Vg/s1600/23April2011+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLT7c0oU17TD3BH6M7VclWG-lKReL80aKEbKiSVzCIInBboPnFRfB1U4zVdfnA0OT9gBdx4p8d5YA7UxWIlhGQ2Eje4pRYW70vTflhzmdaSulexk6nS2h23AYlA8bKjTbxIdBmxkbE_Vg/s320/23April2011+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-34673356573190133832011-03-04T21:23:00.000+01:002011-03-04T21:23:44.777+01:00Package from Canada !A couple weeks ago the package that my friend Dan has assembled for me with the new floor plates and spare parts from the donor car, had arrived. Also, a service manual from 1958 for the old Pontiac !<br />
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</div>daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-42084619565874640452011-01-12T19:45:00.002+01:002011-03-04T21:15:25.893+01:00Engine cleaningLast week i brought the engine to a friend of mine who volunteered to rebuild the engine. Today i went there to pick up the valve heads, intake, exhaust manifolds, etc...<br />
The parts are going in a chemical machine that can clean them completely. The next problem is the motor block. It seems that the engine has been stuck for a long while. Unfortunately, through the years of standing still, moist has been sitting on the cylinders, but that is just a matter of getting it cleaned off. The bad thing is, that <br />
when we tried to start up the engine before, the cylinders came looser, but also left bad scratches on the inside of the cylinder walls. Now my friend and i are debating on what could<br />
be a good solution. We could hone the cylinder walls and hope the cylinders will run smoothly or bore out to a next size up. So, from the original 370ci to 400ci. If the honing method<br />
would do the job, we would need other cylinders and they are realy hard to find for an original 370ci and cant just be ordered out of a catalogue. Cylinders for a 400ci are easy to order. Anyway, we are going to search on line to see if someone else has had the same problem and going to contact some people for ideas.<br />
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</div>daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-9987465888881012142010-11-20T19:19:00.000+01:002010-11-20T19:19:02.882+01:00Engine removalThe time had come to take out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_V8_engine#Pontiac">370ci V8</a> engine. My dad had made all preparations, like undoing all lines and electrical cables etc... and we had an overall look to see if everything was clear to pull the engine and the transmission out. We hooked up the engine to the hoist and started lifting step by step. It was weighing more than i already was expecting. Half way we had to angle it as much as possible to get over the steering bar. After that, the engine was free and out.<br />
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Will see...<br />
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</a></div> After installing the carburettor, hooking up to a good battery and new fuel, it turn around very good but would not want to start. The fuel pomp would not get enough fuel up. So a friend of mine loaned his electric fuel pump and it started and ran for a few seconds. We could not start it again, as the starter motor had suffered to much after starting so often. But my dad still has some other starters from Chevy and so, where we can use the inside mechanism from. Now that the engine started, we sort of know what we all need to do to it and want to take it out soon and install it onto an open home made frame where we can work on it and let it run.daimler280sechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906254444691553445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722812033584156593.post-22675873528842422112010-11-10T20:22:00.000+01:002010-11-10T20:22:11.733+01:00Dad's revalidation therapy...3 weeks before i had to collect the Pontiac, at the end of June (2010), my dad had a stroke and was rushed to hospital. He was really looking forward to come along and help out to pick up the car in Germany, but he had to stay in the revalidation centre until the end of August as he had trouble walking and using he's left arm.<br />
After that he was aloud home again and is seeing a physiotherapist at the moment. At this moment i did not have much time to start working on the Pontiac, but ever since my dad is home he is made a good start on the car and started dismantling. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL23TMA1NktTK97crlvuXTuqQ23RnZS3-JuwouERRfYh3cp-OqV2FqMmV5vg7Qn_MjoMa-j8lPrPJ0ykz2Ey7Isz4otik5n64m7aSwXMsvnKIPS4Nqn3JAdb6bKTlgt9Ci1UgslRZRijU/s1600/08+Augustus+2010+%252818%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL23TMA1NktTK97crlvuXTuqQ23RnZS3-JuwouERRfYh3cp-OqV2FqMmV5vg7Qn_MjoMa-j8lPrPJ0ykz2Ey7Isz4otik5n64m7aSwXMsvnKIPS4Nqn3JAdb6bKTlgt9Ci1UgslRZRijU/s320/08+Augustus+2010+%252818%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a> Good solid doors, no major rust issues anywhere except two rust holes at passenger and driver seat position. Someone who owned it before has covered that with fibreglass and needs to be repaired. My friend "Dan" has a parts car that he stores with him in Canada and it came with new original floor plates that now will come in handy.<br />
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That would have been a lot closer to home. But those are the things you do when the budget is low and the money you have, you want to put in the car!<br />
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