Projects 1962 Biscayne Jr Stocker for the Street Build

Glad to help… spend your money!

 

Really enjoying your thread and all the steps you are taking to follow the rules…hope to see a video of the Biscayne running down the strip when it is all said and done.

 

Look for chemical milling. Used mostly for aircraft parts.

 

Cool, thanks for the info. Yea, cost will be the deciding factor.

 

Thanks for following along. Next spring/summer is the goal.

 

That would be great and I've done plenty of Ford engines but yea, the logistics would be a bit of an issue.

 

I just went back through the whole thread, you've did a heck of a lot of work on this car.
On my current 57 pickup project I'm getting ready to start cleaning the front half of the frame and under the cab. Just curious if you wanted to come do it for me. Lol



And everything covered in dirt. Lol

 

I hate it when I do that!

 

If I would have known then what I know now, I would have started with a better car. I'm in it for the long haul now.

I can feel and smell every one of those pictures, lol (see my avatar). If you were closer, I'd come help you (glutton for punishment).

I'm still finding areas in my shop that need cleaned.

 

I decided to strip down the firewall and cut it in before the engine goes in. I figure painting it now will make things easier down the road.



In my travels I found the dash harness is burned up and the turn signal switch is missing. I got another harness with the car so someone new what was going on, lol. The turn signal switch is no big deal but I wish they would have left the attachment screw.







The good news is I've now been through every inch of this car and I'm thinking this is the last surprise.

 

I probably have a screw for that if you need one.
Will you be at Tristate this coming weekend?

 

I will not.

 

I’ve mentioned it on other X frame threads, but my experience with a new (aftermarket) turn signal switch was that the internal flat thin spring contacts were not quite formed properly and were a bit short in length which caused the new switch to work poorly and inconsistently. I ended up transferring the old spring contacts into the new switch and it worked great. Maybe I just had a crappy new switch, but the more you know, the more you know.

For the record, I only changed my original switch because one of the canceling tabs was broken.

 

I prefer good used OE or NOS stuff over new Chinese crap. That's a lesson I've learned on more than one occasion. Thanks for the heads up!

 

Got the firewall sanded and removed the dried out/loose seam sealer. Got most of the rust cleaned up and used some Rust Mort in the seams and tight spots.



When I did the seams in the trunk, I found the seam sealer too thick to get the brush marks like factory. I took a stiff brush, cut it short and with a ragged edge. I cut a bondo spreader and put grooves in it with a cut off wheel.

 

Sealed the firewall seams. The brush worked so good, I never tried the bondo spreader. The spreader did work great for next day touch-up.