Isabel's West Coast Sister by relentless

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Well today I did more work on the car. I was bummed that the package of parts I thought would be here was a no-show. I decided to take another look at the trunk lock and compared the mechanism with the one on my '67 GT. I saw the GT had plenty of length on the lock lever to reach the latch slot. I considered lengthening the lever on the '69 by welding another piece of metal on the end, but then decided to try a different method of making the lever reach the latch slot. I split the spring on the lock with the lever and also removed the rubber gasket that seals the lock on the trunk. This bought me another 3/16" or so of length, which was sufficient to reach the latch slot.  

I put the end of the lock lever here where you see the screwdriver.



I used black silicone sealant between the lock and the trunk sheet metal to ensure that no moisture could enter the trunk through the lock.

I next took the ignition lock and switch out of the car and swapped out the old lock for the one in the matching set I purchased from WCCC. I had to look at a video on Youtube that showed me how to remove the key cylinder, which involved making a tool out of a piece of wire to push into the hole below the key entrance to depress a spring loaded pin. This allows you to turn the key counter clockwise past accessory, and then the lock cylinder just slides out for replacement. The Youtube video is a big help in seeing how this works.

On reassembly I couldn't get the key switch to tighten up with the threaded bezel, so does anyone know how that works? I played around with the light housing back behind the dash using it as a spacer but never figured out how to get the darn thing tightened.

8-14-2014

Yesterday was an eventful one. Here are some of the goodies that showed up.  





There is one area where they brushed the fins to remove the black paint where there is still some black paint showing. I plan on polishing the brushed area so no biggee.



Here's what lies under the rocker covers.





I picked up the Foose wheels and new Continental tires yesterday. They will be going on today and I will post some pix.

Some more progress today. More new parts.