Harry, welcome back sir, we missed you and glad to see your work again. I have been thinking of adding these kindigit door handles and now you are showing me the way to properly install them. Very informative video and I will be putting it on my to do list. I did work out of town all week and home on the weekends which really reduced my garage time. But now I am working locally and just need to get back to work on my projects. Keep the videos coming we all need your guidance. Thanks Joe in Kansas , 68 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds (442)
Hi Joe. Thank you for reaching out and leaving a comment. I just needed to take a break from the GTO. Just trying to regroup. I keep changing my mind. Now I am doing flush mounted glass. Hopefully it won't kill my time frame too much. I want to get it in epoxy primer this year. I'm waiting for the Vintage Air Gen 5 to come out for the gto. I need to weld the bracket to the firewall. So I do not know how long I have to wait for that. Thanks for commenting. Stay healthy, All the best
Morning Harry, I totally get your feelings of being overwhelmed with your GTO project. I too often feel exactly the same, taking care of house, lawn and the wife’s honey-do list I can go weeks without touching my car but don’t lose focus of what we really love to do and you are really great at it. If you decide to do the flush mount windows please do a video on this, I’m considering this even more than the flush door handles. If I still lived in Kendall Park I’d swing by so we could experiment on my Chevelle. Keep your chin up pal, “one step at a time” HAVE A GREAT DAY !!!
David, thanks for the kind words. Is Kendall Park South Jersey by New Brunswick? I will definitely do a video on the flush mount glass. But it will probably be 2 hours long LOL. I have to learn to edit my videos more. My buddy Rodger who is very mechanically inclined will help me do the flush glass. He helped me do the custom tail light protectors. I don't know if you caught that video. I'm in New Brunswick New Jersey often maybe we could get together? All the best
@@classicrewind2715 yes, Kendall Park is in South Brunswick but I am now living 20 minutes north of Daytona Beach, FL. Would be tough, lol. I don’t know about some but I certainly don’t care about how long a video game is when it’s something I’m interested in. Good luck with that project and if you’re ever planning on attending the Turkey Rod Run car show at Daytona Speedway or any other event here let me know I’d like to meet you !
@davidrosenthal735 Yes, now I remember you're down in Florida. You used to live in South Brunswick. Hopefully, one day are paths will cross. I will definitely make a video on the flush front and rear window. Keep in touch my friend period all the best
Great video Harry, your explanations of the issues you ran into along the way are invaluable. Let’s face it, how often do us diy’ers do this. I’ve been thinking of installing the same door handles on my 64 Chevelle, guaranteed I would have overlooked these things as you did. BTW, your car is coming along great ! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for commenting. I really appreciate the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with your 64 Chevelle I hope it comes out great. On my GTO, I'm thinking of making flush mounted windows. I don't think I'm ever going to get this GTO done. LOL. All the best
Thank you Anthony. I hope you enjoyed the video. I am thinking of making flush mount glass. Just trying to figure out the channel I will need to make it work. The car should have been done 8 months ago. I keep changing my mind and adding different things. All the best, keep in touch.
@AnthonyHumes-pr8vc Awesome. Keep on it my friend. It's unbelievable how much time these cars take. Especially if you keep changing your mind. Just had my friend Rodger over. We were debating on how to make flush mounted glass on the GTO. Came up with a bunch of good ideas. Now we have to put them in motion. which would probably take me a good month and a half to do. Keep in touch. All the best
Nice! Those door handles are bad ass! I put them on my GTO last year! Great product but not for a beginner to install!! Very finicky, and I’m a high end finish carpenter so super picky with all the reveals. I did grind the mount plate before, but it still sat in a tiny bit, but when I did the final skim coat, I also did the handle as well. I pulled the handle and put tape around it 3/4 times so I created the reveal, it’s a lot of handle off and on, but at the end of it, it was absolutely perfect. Fold sand paper and slowly sliding it in and around made it perfect. Good to watch the progress. I should be dropping a video on 69 GTO with all the new carbon fiber fenders in a couple weeks!
Thank you.. You are absolutely right, The door handles are super finicky. I am a Finnish Carpenter myself, I do interior railings. Everything I do, I try to make perfect. It takes so much time. Great idea about wrapping the handle in tape. What is your TH-cam channel ? I would like to check out your videos. Thanks for commenting. I hope you enjoyed the video. All the best.
@@classicrewind2715 www.youtube.com/@DIYfatbodyGTO Part 2 shows the handles installed, and shows the take around the handle sticking out, but it was back when I didn’t talk, just video and music! Good to see a fellow finish carpenter ripping into cars!
it seems if they would have put a slight step (thickness of the door skin) in the handle housing all the way around (in place of the bevel you mention) and then make your opening bigger to allow the step to come through, it would have been alot easier to install. it would also allow you to weld at the step instead of at the edge of the housing therefore keeping a nice machined gap instead of having to clean up the machined edge. It would also allow it to stick out a little further where you could file the exact contour you need., Hope that was understandable. LOL you did a great job though. Maybe a revision on that Kindig design. Let me know what you think
I hope you enjoyed the video. Yes, I agree with adding a step so you do not have to mess with the machine edge of the housing. That is a great idea!! Keep in touch. All the best.
Yes , I’ve been enjoying all your videos. I’m about to pull the body off my 70 gto . Lots of work ahead. The enduro bumper is going to be a challenge to repair . Keep the vids coming!!! Great job
After i fit my front bumper. I realized I should have done it with a steel bumper instead. I am going to paint the bumper to match the car. The metal bumper is easier to work with. I could have gotten it from a LeMans and not dealt with all the Endura bumper problems. Like cracking. Just something to think about. All the best
Harry,
welcome back sir, we missed you and glad to see your work again. I have been thinking of adding these kindigit door handles and now you are showing me the way to properly install them. Very informative video and I will be putting it on my to do list. I did work out of town all week and home on the weekends which really reduced my garage time. But now I am working locally and just need to get back to work on my projects. Keep the videos coming we all need your guidance. Thanks Joe in Kansas ,
68 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds (442)
Hi Joe.
Thank you for reaching out and leaving a comment. I just needed to take a break from the GTO. Just trying to regroup. I keep changing my mind. Now I am doing flush mounted glass. Hopefully it won't kill my time frame too much. I want to get it in epoxy primer this year. I'm waiting for the Vintage Air Gen 5 to come out for the gto. I need to weld the bracket to the firewall. So I do not know how long I have to wait for that. Thanks for commenting. Stay healthy, All the best
Morning Harry, I totally get your feelings of being overwhelmed with your GTO project. I too often feel exactly the same, taking care of house, lawn and the wife’s honey-do list I can go weeks without touching my car but don’t lose focus of what we really love to do and you are really great at it.
If you decide to do the flush mount windows please do a video on this, I’m considering this even more than the flush door handles. If I still lived in Kendall Park I’d swing by so we could experiment on my Chevelle.
Keep your chin up pal, “one step at a time” HAVE A GREAT DAY !!!
David, thanks for the kind words. Is Kendall Park South Jersey by New Brunswick?
I will definitely do a video on the flush mount glass. But it will probably be 2 hours long LOL. I have to learn to edit my videos more. My buddy Rodger who is very mechanically inclined will help me do the flush glass. He helped me do the custom tail light protectors. I don't know if you caught that video. I'm in New Brunswick New Jersey often maybe we could get together?
All the best
@@classicrewind2715 yes, Kendall Park is in South Brunswick but I am now living 20 minutes north of Daytona Beach, FL. Would be tough, lol.
I don’t know about some but I certainly don’t care about how long a video game is when it’s something I’m interested in. Good luck with that project and if you’re ever planning on attending the Turkey Rod Run car show at Daytona Speedway or any other event here let me know I’d like to meet you !
@davidrosenthal735
Yes, now I remember you're down in Florida. You used to live in South Brunswick. Hopefully, one day are paths will cross. I will definitely make a video on the flush front and rear window. Keep in touch my friend period all the best
Great video Harry, your explanations of the issues you ran into along the way are invaluable. Let’s face it, how often do us diy’ers do this.
I’ve been thinking of installing the same door handles on my 64 Chevelle, guaranteed I would have overlooked these things as you did.
BTW, your car is coming along great ! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for commenting. I really appreciate the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with your 64 Chevelle I hope it comes out great. On my GTO, I'm thinking of making flush mounted windows. I don't think I'm ever going to get this GTO done. LOL. All the best
Looks good Harry the car has come a long way from the beginning.
Thank you Anthony. I hope you enjoyed the video.
I am thinking of making flush mount glass. Just trying to figure out the channel I will need to make it work. The car should have been done 8 months ago. I keep changing my mind and adding different things. All the best, keep in touch.
@@classicrewind2715 I know what you mean my GTO should have been done last year this time. I'm going pretty hard on it now.
@AnthonyHumes-pr8vc
Awesome. Keep on it my friend. It's unbelievable how much time these cars take. Especially if you keep changing your mind. Just had my friend Rodger over. We were debating on how to make flush mounted glass on the GTO. Came up with a bunch of good ideas. Now we have to put them in motion. which would probably take me a good month and a half to do. Keep in touch. All the best
Nice! Those door handles are bad ass! I put them on my GTO last year! Great product but not for a beginner to install!! Very finicky, and I’m a high end finish carpenter so super picky with all the reveals. I did grind the mount plate before, but it still sat in a tiny bit, but when I did the final skim coat, I also did the handle as well. I pulled the handle and put tape around it 3/4 times so I created the reveal, it’s a lot of handle off and on, but at the end of it, it was absolutely perfect. Fold sand paper and slowly sliding it in and around made it perfect. Good to watch the progress. I should be dropping a video on 69 GTO with all the new carbon fiber fenders in a couple weeks!
Thank you.. You are absolutely right, The door handles are super finicky. I am a Finnish Carpenter myself, I do interior railings. Everything I do, I try to make perfect. It takes so much time. Great idea about wrapping the handle in tape. What is your TH-cam channel ? I would like to check out your videos. Thanks for commenting. I hope you enjoyed the video. All the best.
@@classicrewind2715 www.youtube.com/@DIYfatbodyGTO
Part 2 shows the handles installed, and shows the take around the handle sticking out, but it was back when I didn’t talk, just video and music! Good to see a fellow finish carpenter ripping into cars!
Thanks again. I will definitely check out your Channel.
it seems if they would have put a slight step (thickness of the door skin) in the handle housing all the way around (in place of the bevel you mention) and then make your opening bigger to allow the step to come through, it would have been alot easier to install. it would also allow you to weld at the step instead of at the edge of the housing therefore keeping a nice machined gap instead of having to clean up the machined edge. It would also allow it to stick out a little further where you could file the exact contour you need., Hope that was understandable. LOL you did a great job though. Maybe a revision on that Kindig design. Let me know what you think
I hope you enjoyed the video. Yes, I agree with adding a step so you do not have to mess with the machine edge of the housing. That is a great idea!! Keep in touch. All the best.
Yes , I’ve been enjoying all your videos. I’m about to pull the body off my 70 gto . Lots of work ahead. The enduro bumper is going to be a challenge to repair . Keep the vids coming!!! Great job
After i fit my front bumper. I realized I should have done it with a steel bumper instead. I am going to paint the bumper to match the car. The metal bumper is easier to work with. I could have gotten it from a LeMans and not dealt with all the Endura bumper problems. Like cracking. Just something to think about. All the best