Technical What are you working on?

P.S. Also working on two 1960 Chrysler 300F engine rebuilds (one is done, dyno'd, installed & runs great + finishing up a factory A/C restoration on it, the machining on the other should be done in a week or so... ), 1956 Imperial chassis and mechanical restoration (with engine, trans and most of the suspension already almost done), fabricating some reproduction smog equipment components for early 1970s V12 Ferrari engines and a 1937 Supercharged Cord 812 was brought in yesterday for variety of problems needing to be sorted, including clutch, cracked cylinder head, radiator, etc, etc, ...

... with three, possibly four*, early 1970s V12 Ferrari fastbacks on the waiting list for variety of services.

All the above is OEM restoration work, not hot rod jobs, per se.

* Will find out tomorrow, over lunch.

 

Had too add,2funny>

 

Picked up these Mickey Thompson valve covers

they fit a lot better than the cal custom ones plus no holes.
Should clean up nicely

 

Replacing and upgrading lower coilover bolts after one sheared off.

John

 

dues it need dbl shear?

 

Anthony is the engine going in the Chevy on the left?
Dan

 

No.
51 merc

 

Definitely gunna be cool old school
Dan

 

Nice find. I have a set of those but one of mine has a small piece of the gasket lip broke off. Some day I'll repair it. Pretty hard to find and they usually bring good money.

 

Are you sure shocks not bottoming out before rear end hits stops?

 

Not grade 8, I take it?

 

I've been working on the steps on the 57

 

Did you step on wet paint?

 

Painted and ready for door panels

 

I stepped in something lol

 

Fix one thing,somethingcomes up next ! Water leak is gone n good now.
Made about a 40 mile run to a show`` sat.< Turned out that had been can'ed=but no one posted that it was off ! Bizz that hosted went belly up late week,I found out! . So with another rod that came too,we went for pizza at our anytime hang out !. On way home brake pedal dropped lower then normal,an that also made brake light stay on all the time. Lucky it still stopped with extra pump.
Got home OK!
Checked a number of things,brake wise=that I had not checked as much as i should.
Brake adjustment had gotten off,so redid that. Opened master Cly an looked in{ front only 1/2 full n turned brown=bad n has water n rust. Rear was full,but also brown n rust;;; I'll be pulling the master off n cleaqn up or replace,plus bleed all n check wheel clys next [ I use 1948 drum brakes in my 28A, I rebuilt them a few times over the years,but its been too long now ; my own falt for being lazy,from last time.
Some more fun fix it time

 

Yea Dana, funny you mentioned this kinda. I just changed the brake fluid on the coupe over the weekend, I do it every 2 years weather it needs it or not. Glad you got home ok and can fix the problem.

 

New patient in the shop. 63 power glide. I see future time at the parts washer.

 

@saltflats Is that a shifter mount on tail shaft housing?

 

This one does use a tailhousing mounted shifter. It's out of a 63 Impala SS.

 

Wished i had one of those for my nova. I have a 4 speed boot for a bench seat 63 Impala. It has a Powerglide in it.

 

I only have the transmission, just a rebuild for a friend.

 

Think I like these old cal customs better

 

Well sir you have a conundrum both are cool.
Dan

 

All good ideas/questions.

Double shear would be better.

The bolts were grade 8 from the hardware store, but the grip wasn’t long enough and it broke in a threaded section. I replaced with longer Grade 8 bolts from a better source.

Gulp…. No suspension travel stops!

Thanks folks.

John

 

Got most of the parts cleaned up, now waiting on a kit to put it back together.

 

I like working on standard transmissions. They are kinda like a puzzle!



Bones

 

I finished the vents in the hood and mounted the fenders to shape the lower edge of the sides. Then I widened the rear fenders and mocked up the original running boards. I will probably make new ones since the taper and extension would require a lot of welding on rusty and pitted pieces.


I didn't like the look from the rear so I tried the original bumper. That seemed to help the look, but it is just a 2 x 3/16" strip of steel so no strength and not long enough. Maybe a gasser tube bumper is in the works.

 

Let’s see, vehicle, check, build plan, check, rear axle, check, front suspension, check, engine, pending, transmission, pending, exhaust, pending, mufflers?, you don’t need no stinking mufflers. Carry on.

 

Engine, check, 1962 Buick 215. Transmission, check, T5, exhaust, check, glass packs although I will have to check on the direction I installed them. Yesterday I dug out an old Toyota alternator that is no longer available that I was able to hang on one of the accessories mounting bosses on the 300 heads. It is a smaller diameter and not as deep as any of the later units and with an internal fan. A single groove pulley is on the way.