Projects 1957 2 door 150 handyman

Crankcase ventilation engaged Cheap ass chrome valve covers, sanded with 80 grit on the DA , a coat of bulldog adhesion promoter, and a couple coats of cast blast.

 

Hey Lloyd, you have a big ass hole in your firewall....just making sure you saw it.....

 

Big mistake Lloyd ! Don't you know chrome valve covers automatically add 10-20 extra horsepower

 

Man my whole life has been a big asshole That's the cat door, he likes laying in the car to piss me off

 

Well shit, I'll have to clean the paint off them sumbitches!!

 

Well, at least the chrome air cleaner should be good for an additional 5 HP

 

Sweet! This wagon should go at least 500mph!

 

Well you was right again Checked out rock auto like you told me to. I ended up getting ac delco ball joints, all 4 of them, plus moog tie rod ends for $137 shipped

 

Arts and crafts at the bodyshop....

 

Ha ha ha ha! Oh well, hopefully they're good quality Chinese

 

Make sure you rinse all the covids off before you install them. Can’t be too careful.

 

Didn't realize the money shot was blurry until i came in the house, but the drivers side is done other than the tie rod end. Dive into the right side Wednesday

 

Interesting on the Delco parts being, Made in China. Some years back, I bought a complete, Tri-Five, front end rebuild kit (ball joints, tie rod ends, etc) from one of the Tri-Five vendors; advertised as Made in U.S.A. When it arrived, ALL the parts had Made in China, on all the boxes. I still have the rebuild kit; figured anything else I might have bought would have also been Made in China. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

I've got a buddy that works at wholesale auto, it's an old parts store, been there for years. I was talking to him about the whole made in China thing, and he said that sadly it's just about all made in China. I guess they have poor quality and better quality over there too lol

 

Same goes for AC Delco oil filters. Made in China for years by small children.

 

Spin on Oil Filters. #1 cause of bearing wear and failure. Simple answer for me. I never wonder what it's doing or if it's doing. Just open and take a look, clean it and put it back on.

 

Thanks @scotty t, much much better. But i won't be able to steer with handcuffs on now

 

New ball joints, outer tie rod ends, and a new steering limiter i didn't even realize i had! Does it ever end? guess i gotta do some figuring on the idler arm clearance.

 

Hey, Where’s your 14” Bear pro tour plus super stopper disc brakes?


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Well ain't that a real kick in the nutz! W.T.F!!!

 

Looks like"It's hammer time".. a big ass hammer

 

I opted for the cheap way out lmao

 

Yeah right?? I paid close attention to the clearance on the pitman arm when i made the left side, guess i dropped the ball when i did the right lol. I'll pull the pipe out and pie cut it for some angle.... or plan my trips so i don't have to turn sharply to the right!

 

I thought about it, even went to the tool box and grabbed hammers, but i don't think i can beat it enough to clear!

 

Yeah, that was probably a bad ides. You're doing a nice build on the car...probably not the time to start with the "trailer park" engineering

 

It takes alot more skill to plan a trip making only left turns... Jus Sayin'...