My 66 happens to be on the hoist right now, so I checked it out against the original and this one looks the same (other than it's much pretty vs. my crusty looking 56 year old tank that's in the car!)
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Slap a coat of Por15 on it. Let sit for a couple of days and wear gloves stuffing it back in place.
Oh no no no, no POR15 on there!!! It's gotta look original. Clean it up real good with alcohol cleaner and a coat of clear on it to preserve it, then some new tar paper under the straps and bolt it in.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Just to get back to the original reason I started this thread, I used partsavatar.ca once again this week and am very impressed. Monday night I ordered a block heater for our son's 2010 Silverado and this morning it arrived via Canada Post, free shipping. Price was cheaper than I could find anywhere, I wanted a Temro heater specifically because I sold them for decades and had very good success with them. Anyway, for me Partsavatar is becoming a good alternative to Rock Auto, and it's as quick or quicker.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Good to know Carl, working on a large order for my 1998 Silverado.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
My radiator came damaged, Spectra Premium, and a Mevotech Control arm with ball joint had a cracked grease cap and 3 rivets and 1 bolt. Have asked for a replacement for both, will let you know how that goes.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
My radiator came damaged, Spectra Premium, and a Mevotech Control arm with ball joint had a cracked grease cap and 3 rivets and 1 bolt. Have asked for a replacement for both, will let you know how that goes.
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Friday 2nd of December 2022 02:00:33 PM
I have seen the bolt in place of the rivet. On some models there is a bracket on the brake flex line that bolts to the control arm using that bolt.
Didn't know that. The pictures of the part showed 4 bolts, no rivets, as did the other Mevotech part and my originals.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
So far not impressed, emails Nov 29, 30, 30, Dec 2 had a Chat online with pics sent, emailed again Dec 7, zip, nada, in reply, sent another email just now. I don't see a number I can call either.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
So far not impressed, emails Nov 29, 30, 30, Dec 2 had a Chat online with pics sent, emailed again Dec 7, zip, nada, in reply, sent another email just now. I don't see a number I can call either.
And that sounds too much like some of the reviews I read online. Sad. My one and only experience with them was so good.
I did the online chat with them just now asking for a phone number and they replied due to a staff shortage they don't have a phone option.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
The more I look at the picture it looks like a plastic cover over the boot to protect it during shipping.
I checked, you are correct, thats why you get paid the big bucks!! Ive only ever installed a ball joint, never ordered one of these with bushings and ball joint installed. I wonder if the people I deal with know it is just for shipping?
I had a good experience with Tdot previously but never had to return anything. They were very slow in shipping so I suspected they were not stocking the part I ordered. Then more recently, I was asking questions about the part and delivery, it was something out of stock everywhere else I looked, never ever got a reply, i could have placed an order, theyd take my money and Id be on back order
Just need to get the rad sorted.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
5 emails, 1 Chat, since November 29, no answer. Did another Chat this morning, told them Id be taking other action if I didnt hear from them, they promised a reply within 24 hours. Well see.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
I got a prepaid courier tag yesterday to send via Purolator, shipped it today. Supposed to be there the 22nd, the rad will get reviewed in the warehouse, then take 8-10 days to issue a refund.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
They were extremely slow responding to any emails most times, I did get a refund early January. I did order amd receive a new radiator and it arrived fine, havent installed it yet though.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic