Projects Mid Life Crisis 62 Vette

I'm off today to socal to see about getting the engine and gearbox....another adventure!

Meanwhile, I've been working on the brake lines. They all got cut, so I'm making new ones.



and fiddling with the sort of shiny parts as well.

 

Even had the wrong brand of motor! Just sayin watch your self Jim

 

No hard top huh? At least no hold downs. This car reminds of my old 60, had been painted but sat for years with parts in boxes. It’s like a cool puzzle.

 

When does the pinstriper show up to do the panel pinstriping?

 

Not scheduled yet

 

Was you needing a steering wheel Jim? Seen one in the classifieds today. Can't remember if that was you looking though lol

 

I have a nice steering wheel that's missing the hub. So is that one. Thanks for the tip.

 

All the venders have the hubs and bells and the fake rivet/screws to hold it all together

 

You think Jim is going to buy new?

 

A mid-life crisis will make a man do odd things!

 

Pfttt! He'd make them himself, just for spite, before he bought new! LOL!

 

Lol. I was watching Merlin’s old school garage yesterday. He needed brass slotted pan head screws to use on a Model A. Today’s stores as we know don’t carry that type stuff much these day’s. So Merlin brazed dab’s of brazing onto the heads of phillips head screws then cut a slot with a hacksaw.

 

Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but working on the instrument panel/cluster is a barrel of fun. You may want to get it all together before seat installation, and you'll still feel like a Mercury astronaut working under there. Subscribed.

 

^^^^^^FACT

 

If you install a new dash pad be very careful where you trim it! Think it thru and measure 15 times. I only measured 10 times and had to throw away a new one

 

Colin set me up with a great old steering wheel, that has the hub. As well as the bellhousing, transmission and some other goodies. Thanks so much!

Heading to the machine shop in the morning to see about the 327.

His Vette is really neat... Getting some good ideas from it.

 

If I had that vette I could see all kinds of mission creep setting in on me.

 

That's why they make duct tape

 

Jim just drill the wheel to hub rivets out and use countersunk allen screws/bolts to reinstall. The fake rivet/screws they sell can be hard to get tight and next to impossible to remove

 

I thought about a little patch job but it would be right in front of me when i was driving, i knew it would drive me insane

 

Did he let you drive it? Is it drag week worthy?

 

No time to go for a drive. Yet.

Got the engine also. Valley Head Service did the machine work

 

Oh man, the traffic to get back home from there on this holiday weekend.

 

With VHS machine work you should be good to go based on their storied reputation.

 

I have major plastic fantastic envy. Scratchy, green, resiny, jealousy. I have yearned for a C1 my entire life (post puberty), but such is life's great chaos that I like pizza/beer even more. Hence, I cannot fit in one, I am therefore forced (chose) to live through you @squirrel. So far, I am pleased. Entertain me!

 

Jim first two is how I got mine , yellow is how it turned out unfortunately I sold it when I moved back to NY. I drove it 1 mile showing it to the girl that bought it.

Pat

 

I'm either cursed or blessed that I can't drive those. I even have a rough time with 2nd gen (just for you Mark) unless their coupes. 3rd? In there like swimwear! And I can't afford my midlife crisis, so that's that.

Fuck, sometimes I wish this place stopped at 1971...

 

Me too, but I'm glad it doesn't.

 

‘68 would work for me