From previous Christmas and birthday presents,
we had the trunk Vee and emblem on hand. They were the first emblems
to be reinstalled.
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The hood emblems came next, also from previous Christmas and birthday presents.
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Christmas 2004 found a new grill under the tree, along with parking light
backing plates.
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Gene Smith taillight assemblies had been purchased at fall Carlisle in 2004.
They fit beautifully!
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The knobs are all original, but the bezels and name plates are new. Betsy
also has her original speedometer, with untouched odometer reading, back.
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A completely new wiring harness was purchsed. The old one was literally falling
apart and we didn't want to worry about a short in the electrical system
starting a fire at this point! The channel runs down the driver side
floorboard, under the door sill plates.
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Spring Carlisle 2005 netted us many of the finishing pieces, thanks to East
Coast Chevy.
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Along with the small finishing pieces, the rear bumper came home and part
of the front bumper, rechromed by Bumper Chrome Co. of CA.
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New door handles and shields were purchased as well, from Draco's Chevy.
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It's really nice to be able to open and close her doors normally now.
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Headlight rings and parking light housings were installed to finish the front
chrome.
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The trunk seal and mat were put in to finish the trunk.
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Kurt had already restored Betsy's original bumper jack. All the trunk is
missing is the Jack Instructions.
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And the correct resistor finishes out the engine compartment.
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A-arm dust shields should help to protect the engine compartment from road
dust.
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RAMMat soundproofing and insulation was installed inside the doors and the
roof. As we found out before, a dark green roof is hot in the summer.
This should also cut down on the road noise.
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Kurt had to learn how to buff the stainless to get a good shine on it. It's
not as easy as he is making it look.
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Before we could install the bumpers, we had to install the rear body
to bumper seal. Originally, these fit into a channel and the channel
was
crimped closed. We choose to simply use body sealer to hold the seal
in place. Thanks to the Chevy Talk Forum for this tip!
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One shiny CHROME front bumper from the Bumper Chrome Co. of CA.
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Kurt bought me a t-shirt that says I'm a "Chrome Junkie". Oh YEAH!
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Betsy is starting to look like I remember her with her new front bumper
installed.
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And she finally has legal plates and insurance. Grudy Insurance is a pleasure
to deal with.
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