Step 58 - Door Mirrors

Installed both door mirrors. The original RH mirror was great condition - paint shop did a fine job on it. The original LH mirror's glass was chipped and the remote cable was toast. Replaced the whole thing with a reproduction.  Harbor Freight's $17 rivnut tool did the trick on the threaded inserts.

Parts: Original RH, reproduction LH, rivnut and bolt kit from AMK, gaskets/pads from NPD

Step 57 - Door Vents

Resurrected the original door vents.  Fortunately, the rubber flaps were in pretty good shape - but the plastic needed a light coat of paint.  To keep the paint off of the flaps, fill the bottom of the vents with two layers of BBs - works great!

Parts: original vents, stainless screws from Ace

Step 56 - Coil

Installed a new coil and coil bracket.  All of the usual places to install a coil are all gone - improvised by mounting it on the intake manifold by using a longer front left intake bolt and a 1/2 inch aluminum spacer.

Parts: coil - epoxy filled MSD Blaster (sans garish sticker), bracket - Scott Drake by way of NPD, 12pt flange bolt and spacer from McMaster-Carr

Step 55 - Transmission Cooling Lines

AOD + 351C + Aux Cooler == bend some transmission cooling lines because nobody makes a set that actually fits.  Picked up some stainless steel line from McMaster-Carr (5/16 OD). Spent some time practicing on some old steel line to get angles around the starter right.  Annealed the stainless before making a bend and at each stage of flaring.  Buffed off the heat marks (thanks Chris).  Used rubber hoses to attach the lines to the radiator and the output of the cooler.

Step 54 - Transmission Cooler

Installed a new B&M Transmission Cooler to help keep the AOD running cool.  Lines run from the transmission to the radiator then from the radiator to the top of the cooler and then back to the transmission.  I tried the next size up (1.5 inches thick vs. .75 inches) but it interfered with the horn - so it's on it's way back to Summit.

Parts:  B&M 9,800 BTU Cooler, custom bent lines (took me a bunch of tries to get them bent just so...)

Step 53 - Front Marker Lights

Installed Front Marker Lights.  Lenses are original, bezels (too pitted to salvage) and retainers (rusted to pieces) are new reproductions.  Used a little strip-caulk to reduce metal to metal contact between the bezels and the fenders.

Parts: original lenses, reproduction bezels and retainers, bolts from AMK