Technical What did you do with your car today? * NEW*

Finally finished getting the flex pipe out of my car lol

 

I painted my 65 Belair wagon in 2003 and it started showing some rust around the gas door. I came up with a solid plan, I was going to repair the quarter, blend into the back door and up the rear pillar. I have a different rear view mirror I’d like to use so I thought it was a good time to weld the old holes up. I’ve never been happy with the door gap between the doors, so now I thought is a pretty good time to address that, there are chips I should probably…..

 

Washed it with soap and water (a rarity) during a light rain. The last drive of the year was pretty wet and it got real dirty. All clean, dry and under cover for the winter now….until April. Drove it just over 4,000 miles this year. Giddyup.

John

 

Assembling some freshly painted parts..... hopefully on the road this spring.

 

Made some mounting plates to attach the wood base to the seat frame. 1/4" kinda overkill; but I wanted to tap them for studs to make it easier to drop in place.

 

Drove it to the voting place then discovered I have a leaky wheel cylinder

 

Old leaf springs removed ..Get a new set for Christmas...Hey , Santa knows I've been a good boy

 

Got the pieces painted



And installed



Just about a wrap on this one for the year

 

you'll have to make those hdlights look 'meaner' somehow... cool trk!

 

Thanks

 

Covered the seat back springs for our '47, hooked the to the back frames, and tried them out on the base to be sure they cleared the wood I added.

 

Bought new brake drums, pads, and hardware. Then looked out the window at it because they are calling for 45 more hours of snow.

 

Put car into winter hibernation.

 

I changed the leaky wheel cylinder on the Henry J, so that should be good to go now.