Good work on the visor hooks, I will this weekend do the same since both had broken on me. Tom Fox had said to to the same a few years ago to me. And he was spot on.
On the screw, did you use a coast thread on a Standard pitch thread ilke a 1/4-20 by 1/2" or 3/8" Length?
John Q
John, this is so much better! The hooks are not even moving a little bit as they did with the nuts.
I have no idea what screws I used. We have a cabinet with bolts, nuts, nails and screws. I just picked 2 of them that looked ok. Drilled a small hole in the head of the hook and screwed them in. After seeing this was perfect I mounted them to the trim!
I also changed the snaps on the rear seat today. The screws that came from GG were very long and the ones I put in there were short.
Thought I could use the shorter ones better in the arm rest when I have a correct boot cover (nothing from GG so far 
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Just picked up 4 tires!
We ordered 4 Diamond backs a while ago as we don’t trust those BF goodriches anymore.
They are just in time as I can mount them tomorrow and clean the car at night as I have to work till 5pm.
Sunday is our annual Mopar show so I hope to go home with a trophy 
Hopefully the first pics will be posted tomorrow!
I am sorry to hear negative things about BF Goodrich tires. They were very good tires here for decades. I have used several sets over the years. I prefer them over other major brands. I realize they were bought out by the big European Bibendum man “Michelin”.
Wow… Those are totally awesome.
Dan
I hope these serve you well for many many miles!
I can’t rember why I chose Coker over Diamondback. Seems that there was some issue of quality, or the Diamondbacks were re-treads or made in Mexico or something. On the Internet, (something I did not have when I bought those tires 15 years ago) there are good and bad reports on both manufacturers. There are only a few tire makers in the Americas, much like there are only a few makers of tv sets world-wide.
Look Great! what size did you get? They look pretty meaty…
John Q.
Finally a new update.
Not a lot done on the car but today was a big day.
There were a few dents and scratches and 2 small rust spots. After I fell over a ladder last week that landed on the right front fender it was time to have the front repainted. An appointment was made and I drove the car to the painter this morning. It should be ready tomorrow!
Ofcourse this is all wothless without pics so enjoy!
We also started to clean up the garage and fix some things.
I also bought a sand blasting cabinet. We had a lot of advertisments that we put on the wall
The “scratch” on the passenger front fender top was caused by me, in my garage. I was relaxing with a few beers, when I decided it would be a good idea to take down a cabinet I had screwed to the wall. Yup, I dropped it on the car.
The hood dents were evidently caused by some jerk who decided to sit on the hood (probably for a photo op), denting the hood with their buttcheeks in the process. Ya gotta watch your car!
The rust spots which appeared after the paint job were definitely a disappointment. While I didn’t have any of the body parts dipped, I assumed the painter would have detected any issues and treated those areas with rust preventative. After all, he sanded the entire car down to bare metal, (or so I was led to believe).
What will you use the blast cabinet for? The cvt’s headlight ‘doors’ could use a thorough blasting. I did blast them out in the yard (no cabinet), but I didn’t use the proper paint to finish. Ditto with the front air scoop and some other front end sheetmetal…I was getting lazy and cheap as I closed in on completing the car-
Thanks for the update, Matthew, I always enjoy reading your posts. You’ve got a nice place to keep your car too!
—John
It’s all fixed now!
The rust spots were minimal and there was 1, the other spot on the side of the fender near the door was actually the a small spot of bondo reacting to something.
The blast cabinet is for small parts and i’ve got a load of them. Trying to restore everything we have so if i’m in need of something I will have it in good condition.
I already did 1 of the headlight doors and i’m working on a second. They look great and i’m planning on putting a lot of restored parts back on the car.
Well, here’s a new update then!
It’s not as nice as your place but it’s something. It fits 2 59’s and a lot of parts.
Great Job on the car Matthew. You won’t regret the blast cabinet, mined served me well through two restorations, now it needs a restoration!!! Is that you painting the car. Looks like basecoat/clearcoat??
Dick
Dick, that’s not me! I wanted it done good 
I love the blasting cabinet and using it is great. Our air compressor is too weak though so we might need a stronger one.
Wow, Matthew headlight doors look great. Come over and do mine. And bring your blasting cabinet!
Dan
Second headlight door is done! They look great. Can’t wait to have the car back together.
It’s going for sanding and polishing and then I can put on all the trim.
Blasting cabinet will never fit a suitcase 
They should be very cheap over there!
$188.00 at Harbor Freight.
Dick.
Thought I would give you guys an update.
Car had to be appraised again and I was done in time.
Was trying to fix some things at work and I found out the gas tank was leaking.
On my way home the left rear brake got stuck.
It’s all fixed now!
Had a spare power steering pump that I restored but found out it was different.
Took the leaking one off and fixed that one.
Now I just need to replace some heater hoses and then the cruising can begin!
Another update for this year! It’s been so quiet but it seems the problems won’t stop!
I finally found a lot of parts I needed or wanted. They were found by Frank and I picked them up and shipped them in the junior.
The lower radiator hose I had didn’t fit and we figured it was the water pump housing. They changed the diameter of the outlet mid 60’s. Turned out I had the correct housing but wrong hoses. Napa didn’t listed the correct ones, only the 318 hoses.
Went to rockauto for the correct hoses and had no problem with them.
The power steering pump Frank got for me had a different bracket, thanks to Dick I figured that was the correct one so I changed it together with the pump that I did a rebuild on. Now I had a leak free power steering pump!
Frank also found a dual pulley air conditioning generator for me and he had it rebuild. It looks great and when I mounted it I had the wrong bracket. He had the bracket somewhere in his basement but he shipped it and the generator worked perfectly. Had to modify the adjuster bracket for it.
The top radiator hose was bad too and I had a couple new ones. Turned out they were wrong too.
So it was rockauto again who saved me on the second try. First time I had wrong hoses but when I checked 1960 it was all ok.
Finally the car started and I parked it outside to check for coolant leaks. Couldn’t see any coolant so I was happy.
That was for a minute as there were a couple drops from the power steering return hose. The hose came apart while I removed it. Couldn’t find a correct hose for it but it’s ordered now.
Had a replacement that was a bit smaller but it worked for now. Started the car again and checked, the leak is coming from the box. Luckily I have 2 others and 1 of them looks like it had a rebuild so I’m going to try to swap them.
Hope I can drive it soon but it’s just problem after problem.
I have a 2:93 rear axle waiting to go under the car to replace the 3:31 so I might be able to increase the miles per gallon.
Pics coming soon!
