new to this board from oregon

Hi i have been a closet lurker for a while and have recently come across a 1950 chevy four door for sale that im working on buying. that has been the main thing sticking in my mind lately as it is currently owned buy a guy in my class. i ahve some time to scrape the money togther a she is going to get married in the summer and needs the money more than the car.

a few years ago i had some money and could only afford a rusty beast that would probablly never be drivable so in stead of fooling myself in to thinking i could do it along with way to many hours at work, a wife with MS and two little kids i bought a running driving bug. it has served me well as my toy and now that i drive it daily i have some room to play with something in the garage.

the bug was a learing tool as it now sports four wheel disk brakes, front and rear sway bars strut bars, custom exhaust that i built, dual carbs and a full MSD ignition.

i was tuning it up a couple of weeks ago with my son and was teaching him about what makes the spark. i told him to watch it as i was trying to figure out which pulg was not firing. he saw the spark and then i told him about how it hurts to get "the spark". just then the spark found the apparent tiny cut in the ignition pliers and smacked me hard.

that sucked.

i have had a 1972 chevelle and a 1972 nova in the past. i am ready for the '50 to come to me so i can make it in to a cool cruiser and semi custom.

i also learned how to pinstripe a while ago and that is a good creative outlet for the devils hands....

Catbox

 

Welcome to the HAMB .....................

 

Catbox, Hello & Welcome to the HAMB from South Texas.
So you learned about 'sparky',...

Lucky667

 

Welcome from down in Albany

 

thanks for the welcome.

i'll try not to disappoint....

 

welcome from oregon south coast(coos bay)

 

Welcome from the well washed north! Sounds like you are well "grounded" in the car culture!

 

i took the shock therapy treatment three times before found the problem and i quit fooling with it. the MSD boots are hard to get on to the plugs in the car and one was not seated well causing a miss.

a little lithium grease on the inside and they all just slid into place.

now you can barely see me twitch....

 

Welcome aboard from McMinnville. Enjoy!

 

Welcome to the H.A.M.B catbox. You found the right place.

 

Whats good is a car guy without some first hand knowledge of spark? aaaaannnddDDDddd welcome

 

Welcome ,try holding a magneto while your buddy spins the drive , ( %#%$&^!^&*!!) ya only do it once!

 

Catbox, welcome from North Texas. I had the pleasure of learing where a short was in a wire one time, FUN!

 

as life would have it things got in my way for a while but now they are on the up and up.

i just bought this 1954 Bel Air four door and am looking forward to making it my own.

here it sits waiting for me to get it home.




it has a real Tijuana interior in it. the PO drove it down there and had it done. it sports a 235 six with powerglide. the manifold has been split and thats about it.

oh and it was rescued from a junk yard some time ago.

 

Welcome from the Netherlands!

 

welcome from portland. is that the one that was on craigslist that had hydraulics?

 

yeppers! they still are in it. i have talked to the guy on several occasions about his car and when he was looking to sell i happened to be able to afford it. it is a nice car and some day i will change the suspension just not for a while.

it only goes up and down front and rear, no side to side. i figured it is worth something to someone when i take it out.

 

Welcome from Australia...........enjoy

 

Looks perty bitchin!

 

Welcome from Washington Congrats looks like a real solid car. And it's a more door.

 

Welcome from Aloha. Looks like a real good car to start with - gotta get my eyes on that TeeJay interior. Let's see what you do to make it your own.

 

Welcome Catbox ... New to the HAMB myself and so far a great place to hang! again welcome!

 

cool man. look forward to seeing it at the voodoo run, if not this one, the next one?

 

if i dont get my glass tomorrow it will have to be at the next one. i may just have to show up and check out the sites anyhow.

 

cool man. yeah, even if you don't have the car you should come see what it's all about. you'll dig it. we usually have a great turn out.

if you do, come introduce yourself, my name's jake. i'll be the guy with big sideburns and tattoos driving a big blue bagged chrysler.

hope to see you then.

 

welcome from another washington resident...

 

Welcome from So Cal

 

Welcome, from Medford.

 

well the glass still has not shown up and i was tired of waiting and just put the old broken glass back in the side of it.

when i was a driving around i was going a normal speed for my other cars and went over the train tracks, hydro batterys not locked down and ripped out a switch wire. no up and down in the rear. now i need to get to the PO and have him decipher his wiring job.

i also made all of the locks work after the locksmith made me new keys for the front doors. he only charged $20 which is a pleasant price to pay for peace of mind. all of the doors now lock along with the trunk.

it was a good day. well other than being trapped at the bottom of the hydros.

 

Life sucks at the bottom, lol. Welcome from Springfield, Joe