Preserving Miss Kitty, circa 1964 (1 Viewer)

[HelloKitty65]

I dont even want to know how you found that. hahaha Darn good stuff right there.

I know a guy.

I recall the swing tags on my daughter's Beanie Babies. Collectors wouldn't remove them. We thought they might contribute to her education, nope.
I'm torn between installing this or keeping it in an airtight case.

 

[Krondor]

Damn Keith. But it feels so good!

 

[thecrazygreek]

Hi Keith!!!!

 

[HelloKitty65]

It's hard to find good red seatbelts. Have an OK set with poor webbing.

Found a vibrant red set, with rusty hardware.

Enter these pups, NOS 1967 Corona, it's the exact same female part of the buckle: Thanks for the find @ToyotaMatt :

You can see where I'm going with this...

I do need to figuire out how to slide the left cover off in order to thread the red webbing on the female side. Anybody know?
Wanted to say that the lever action of these new belts is really smooth. I wouldn't of ever known that without the side by side comparison.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

It's hard to find good red seatbelts. Have an OK set with poor webbing.

Found a vibrant red set, with rusty hardware.
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Enter these pups, NOS 1967 Corolla, it's the exact same female part of the buckle: Thanks for the find @ToyotaMatt :
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You can see where I'm going with this...
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I do need to figuire out how to slide the left cover off in order to thread the red webbing on the female side. Anybody know?
Wanted to say that the lever action of these new belts is really smooth. I wouldn't of ever known that without the side by side comparison.

1967 Corona Wagon ........

i think there was a optional 3rd seat in the way way back ?

hence the assy or factory bagged belts kits ?

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[63cruiser]

That is a sweet ride. My grandparents had an old Cressida but it was not that cool

 

[HelloKitty65]

Miss Kitty is going topless, seasonally.

She is a hardtop and has hard doors, so the Real Steel door bows needed modifying to mimic her stock door bows. This involved removing the beveled trim that hits the hard doors. It's only tack welded in six spots or so. A strip of metal also needed to come off the remaining bow piece.
After modification:

These early straight doors now fit perfectly. They pre-date the inward door lean that came with later, corner windowed tops.

The doors also fit the Real Steel B pillar perfectly without modification.

 

[77HesterSue]

Great thread Keith. Love the attention to detail and pictures!

 

[HelloKitty65]

Thanks @77HesterSue. Wonder if I'll ever 'finish'.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Some soft doors are on their way.

Only missing one door handle and one plexiglass window [edit, and the window channel] Mirrors will change.

I think this truck is the same year and sport the same look as _this_ famous truck, from a book I really like.

 

[whitey45]

I have that book, and the rig!!

 

[HelloKitty65]

I have that book, and the rig!!

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Holy moly @whitey45 , is that original canvas?

 

[HelloKitty65]

I need to replace Miss Kitty's hinges, until then, here are the red soft doors on No Name.

They are missing a few bits, but I'm happy with them. Anyone have a spare plexiglass holding channel, or that rare clip that holds the window in position? Or a lead on a good fabricator?

 

[middlecalf]

I’m pretty much completely ignorant of the early soft top doors, but it looks like the top door weatherstripping is attached to the soft top doors, but is attached to the top‘s cross member for hard top doors? If so, then does that mean the top’s cross member is different for soft top vs. hard top? Maybe that’s obvious, but not to me.

 

[MexicanNewby]

Beautiful Keith. Amazing find.

 

[HelloKitty65]

I’m pretty much completely ignorant of the early soft top doors, but it looks like the top door weatherstripping is attached to the soft top doors, but is attached to the top‘s cross member for hard top doors? If so, then does that mean the top’s cross member is different for soft top vs. hard top? Maybe that’s obvious, but not to me.

For the earlier doors (before the door bow became two piece), the weatherstripping does vary. I don't know what followed, but I know the early soft and hard door types are interchangable. I put soft doors on this '68 hard top with no problem (after modifying the body side of the hinges).

Sorry you can't see all of the door.

 

[nuclearlemon]

They are missing a few bits, but I'm happy with them. Anyone have a spare plexiglass holding channel, or that rare clip that holds the window in position? Or a lead on a good fabricator?

there's folks who have reproduced both. i have two sets of repro plexi channels that i got for annie and tucson (then realized i had ordered junkyard ones from specter and had them stashed already). and years ago, i got a pair of the window lift pieces. need to find who made them, cause now i need two more.

 

[HelloKitty65]

If I do nothing else this week, I will have at least dressed up Miss Kitty with a stainless steel bar for her generator.

Thanks @ToyotaMatt

 

[HelloKitty65]

It's hard to find good red seatbelts. Have an OK set with poor webbing.

Found a vibrant red set, with rusty hardware.
View attachment 2576637
Enter these pups, NOS 1967 Corona, it's the exact same female part of the buckle: Thanks for the find @ToyotaMatt :
View attachment 2576649

View attachment 2576642
View attachment 2576651

You can see where I'm going with this...
View attachment 2576645
I do need to figuire out how to slide the left cover off in order to thread the red webbing on the female side. Anybody know?
Wanted to say that the lever action of these new belts is really smooth. I wouldn't of ever known that without the side by side comparison.

I learned that the key to buckle disassembly is removing the webbing, and that takes undoing the stop sewn in the female side.

With that out of the way, you get to this. I had to remove the inside tabs (circled) to get the 'new' webbing back in:

It was a tight fit. Until new stops are sewn back, I melted the ends.

 

[HelloKitty65]

I naively bought a mirror that came missing the outer trim ring. Still I was glad to have it.

Enter this mirror (period incorrect for No Name):

@oregon fj told me how to get it apart, focusing on just one end. When loose, slide it off the direction of the untouched end

And done!