I decided to temporarily make the car a roller while awaiting arrival of the tilt steering column because I prefer to install the new tilt column while the fuel tank is out of the way.

Therefore, the front suspension was temporarily installed.

Then installed the torque arms, shocks and springs along with the homemade contraptions that will allow the car to be a roller without the powertrain.

As most understand, it is difficult to compress the rear coil springs without having the weight of the powertrain supplying the downward force.

Therefore, I modified a set of Macpherson strut compressors that allowed compression of the coil springs so that they could be easily dropped into place.

By cutting off 3 inches from the compressor rods, they allow for compression and then easy removal from the springs after being dropped into place.

Installed the new wheels and tires and rolled the car away from the lift posts to allow the doors to be fully opened.















Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

OOhh, nice!

-Tom


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Installed new door handles, door locks, door strikers, lock knobs and door bumpers:









Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

It is really coming along nicely.

David Clamp


1965 Corsa convertible - 140 4spd/3.55/AM-FM

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"Victory is mine!" - SG

Yukon, OK

Cut the hole in the trunk for the wire passthrough, installed the grommet followed by Craig Nicol's vairy nice fuse box:





Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

AAH! You moved it from the black hole GGG

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Nice work, Dean! I like the power distribution center in the trunk, Vairy nice work!

1964 Monza Coupe
1965 Corsa 140
1967 Monza Coupe

Maryville, TN
U.S. 129 The"Tail Of The Dragon"

Installed the wiper arm linkage, the new wiper motor, washer fluid reservoir, squirters and most of the hoses, then tested the wiper motor to verify that it was working properly.

Installed the front cowl/intake grill and spent a lot of time carefully tweaking the trunk lid to ensure proper clearance from the cowl/intake grill and shimmed the hinges to ensure the lid was as level as possible.

Although there was no photo documentation, I had to drill and extract a broken door hinge bolt on the passenger side, then decided to remove the other door hinge bolts a few at a time to blast and powder coat them satin black so that they all matched.





Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Cleaned up the PG shifter and powder-coated the special base that was hand-made by Ken Arnold when he was drag racing the car.

My plan is to mount this is the center console after finding a more suitable knob...







Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Check out Gem stone shift knobs and see what they have.

[corvaircenter.com]

Doug
65 Monza
Cincy, OH

Very interesting shift knobs!

Thank you Doug.

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

More suitable knob?
Wouldn't keeping that one be like a tribute nod to Ken, and help this back to the original car?

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WA. state, 1 mile south of the Canadian border, I am not at the end of the world, but you can see it from here.

More suitable knob?
Wouldn't keeping that one be like a tribute nod to Ken, and help this back to the original car?

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WA. state, 1 mile south of the Canadian border, I am not at the end of the world, but you can see it from here.

When it comes time to install the shifter, that will certainly be a consideration, Mel.

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Cleaned and painted the kick panels and vent covers using Satin Black spray paint.

Installed the replacement windshield trim clip studs on the rear air intake, then dabbed some paint on them to prevent rust.









Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Each piece looks great when ready to install it. Very nice and dedicated workmanship

best wishes, Steve
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1967 monza 110/4---1968 monza 110/4
1971 amante gt 110/4
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Speakers instead of fresh air vents?

Doug
65 Monza
Cincy, OH

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Speakers instead of fresh air vents?

Yes, sir... Pioneer speakers inside the fresh air vents because the car will have a Restomod Air Heat & Air Conditioning system.

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Replaced the quarter window chrome trim pieces with new ones.

Followed the written instructions:

->Soaked the trim edges in PB Blaster penetrant for several days

->Used a rubber mallet & wooden block to knock the trim loose and remove the old rubber

->Cleaned up the glass using 0000 steel wool and Acetone

->Cut a length of the new rubber and taped it to both sides of the glass using painters tape.

->Sprayed all sides of the rubber with window cleaner then tapped the new trim pieces onto the glass using the rubber mallet.

->Placed the windows outside in the sunshine to evaporate the glass cleaner.

->Used a fresh razor blade to cut the excess rubber by angling the blade towards the inside edge of the trim.
(Note: it does not take much pressure to cut the rubber...just be certain to use a fresh blade)















Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Great work, Dean! Keep it up!

1964 Monza Coupe
1965 Corsa 140
1967 Monza Coupe

Maryville, TN
U.S. 129 The"Tail Of The Dragon"