[Chevelle-list] Hood Alignment
Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies to my question about hood alignment. There is a terrific article about it here: http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?p=413681It also covers fenders, deck lids, doors, etc. While I cannot attest to the rest, the hood part really works. Raising or lowering the rear is very easy and takes about two minutes. Thanks, Denis McGillis 1965 Malibu SS-350
Re: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment
Hi Devin, A good idea. I sure wish the alignment procedure was in the Chevrolet manuals. Thanks, Dennis - Original Message - From: Devin To: 'Dennis McGillis' ; 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:37 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment Dennis- My 64 had similar problems as well. I adjusted the hood as far as it would go within the factory holes on the fender side of the hinges, but it just wasn’t enough. I assume that’s because it wasn’t anything special to anyone until I got it in 1990. I know it’s been wrecked a couple of times, and has front fenders and hood all off of different cars. I ended up opening up the lower holes just a touch to make everything line up properly. Devin -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis McGillis Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:14 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment Hi Guys, When trying to adjust my hood so the back edge aligns with the cowl, I grabbed my GM Body Service Manual and GM Assembly Manual to check out how the factory tells us to do it. At present the hood is about 1/4" higher. But... they do not address the issue at all. Am I missing a chapter? Is there a simple procedure? Thanks, Dennis McGillis 1965 Malibu SS-350 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/731 - Release Date: 3/23/2007 3:27 PM
Re: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment
Hi Mike, it still mystifies me that the procedure is not in the manuals. Thanks, Dennis - Original Message - From: Mike Holleman To: Dennis McGillis ; The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment Dennis, There is nothing simple in hood adjustment. Are the hinges in good shape? Without major wear? Once you know you are not fighting loose hinges it is a matter of up and down adjustment of the hinge mounting bolts. The rear bolts have a small amount of movement, the front have more. Problem is the effect of a slight change can be big. Mark your hinge bolt postion before you start so you can see where you started. Make little adjustments. Good luck. Mike - Original Message - From: Dennis McGillis To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment Hi Guys, When trying to adjust my hood so the back edge aligns with the cowl, I grabbed my GM Body Service Manual and GM Assembly Manual to check out how the factory tells us to do it. At present the hood is about 1/4" higher. But... they do not address the issue at all. Am I missing a chapter? Is there a simple procedure? Thanks, Dennis McGillis 1965 Malibu SS-350
Re: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment
Dennis- My 64 had similar problems as well. I adjusted the hood as far as it would go within the factory holes on the fender side of the hinges, but it just wasn’t enough. I assume that’s because it wasn’t anything special to anyone until I got it in 1990. I know it’s been wrecked a couple of times, and has front fenders and hood all off of different cars. I ended up opening up the lower holes just a touch to make everything line up properly. Devin _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis McGillis Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:14 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment Hi Guys, When trying to adjust my hood so the back edge aligns with the cowl, I grabbed my GM Body Service Manual and GM Assembly Manual to check out how the factory tells us to do it. At present the hood is about 1/4" higher. But... they do not address the issue at all. Am I missing a chapter? Is there a simple procedure? Thanks, Dennis McGillis 1965 Malibu SS-350 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/731 - Release Date: 3/23/2007 3:27 PM
[Chevelle-list] Marketing Scandal Exposed OT
Has anybody seen this? ==-- "Spank My Monkey" Marketing Scandal Exposed by Hotrodders.com --== The "Spank My Monkey" scandal began when the forums of the Hotrodders Bulletin Board were spammed with a lewd guerrilla marketing promotion. The promotional material included a photograph of men leaning on a hot rod wearing thongs imprinted with the slogan "Spank My Monkey", and a video featuring close-ups of urinating in the street, drinking and driving, and a scene in which a shop owner declared that he was "The Anti-Christ of the Hot Rod World". We discovered that the "Spank My Monkey" marketing promotion was tied to several prominent names in the hotrodding industry. The promotional video encouraged people to attend a car giveaway at the upcoming SEMA Show, the huge annual industry show put on by SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association. In addition, the material had been posted by a marketer working in connection with Overhaulin', a popular hot rod-themed television show on The Learning Channel. To handle the situation, SEMA's recent Chairman of the Board, Corky Coker, registered a username on the Hotrodders Bulletin Board. The promotional video had mentioned Coker's company, Coker Tire, and had featured his brother and his wheel company, Newstalgia Wheel. After Coker failed to convince the forum members of his innocence, he got caught in a scheme to use a fake username to make veiled threats to the forum administrator. Following Coker's public relations fiasco, the SEMA car giveaway which had been promoted in the video ended up never occurring, and the episodes of Overhaulin' on The Learning Channel which were scheduled to feature the Spank My Monkey participants were quietly pulled from the air. Lacking a genuine apology from Coker, SEMA, or The Learning Channel, we documented and parodied the failed Spank My Monkey marketing campaign on a new website, SpankMyMarketer.com. SpankMyMarketer.com aims to "reverse" the Spank My Monkey promotion by teaching people what goes on behind the scenes in guerrilla marketing campaigns, and enabling them to make their own "anti-advertisements" of the original Spank My Monkey promotional material. http://SpankMyMarketer.com When Discovery Communications (the parent company of The Learning Channel, Discovery Channel, and many other television channels) found out about SpankMyMarketer.com, they tried to silence our criticism. A lawyer for Discovery attempted to use baseless legal claims to demand the takedown of an embarrassing photograph of Discovery's executives on SpankMyMarketer.com. We refused to comply, citing our right to free speech in exposing and parodying the Spank My Monkey promotion. When Discovery wouldn't back down, the net's leading free speech organization, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (the "EFF") came to our assistance with free legal representation. It's fascinating to witness the financial goals of certain elements of the hotrodding industry intersect with the cultural values of online hotrodding communities. Men in thongs, "spank my monkey" slogans, hot rod Anti-Christs, secret threats from top industry executives, and shows pulled from television. Our members know that we exist to freely share hotrodding knowledge and culture. We're not fodder for the industry's guerrilla marketing campaigns, and we certainly don't back down when multi-billion dollar corporations try to threaten our right to speak freely. For the full details on the Spank My Monkey marketing scandal, visit SpankMyMarketer.com: http://SpankMyMarketer.com Or, follow the story in the press: Discovery Upset About Parody Spanking http://www.securitypronews.com/2007/0216.html EFF Backs SpankMaker http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11350 Discovery Communications Tries to Chill Speech with Baseless Legal Claims http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_02.php#005126
Re: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment
Dennis, There is nothing simple in hood adjustment. Are the hinges in good shape? Without major wear? Once you know you are not fighting loose hinges it is a matter of up and down adjustment of the hinge mounting bolts. The rear bolts have a small amount of movement, the front have more. Problem is the effect of a slight change can be big. Mark your hinge bolt postion before you start so you can see where you started. Make little adjustments. Good luck. Mike - Original Message - From: Dennis McGillis To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] 1965 Hood Alignment Hi Guys, When trying to adjust my hood so the back edge aligns with the cowl, I grabbed my GM Body Service Manual and GM Assembly Manual to check out how the factory tells us to do it. At present the hood is about 1/4" higher. But... they do not address the issue at all. Am I missing a chapter? Is there a simple procedure? Thanks, Dennis McGillis 1965 Malibu SS-350 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM
