51 Chevy Sedan Delivery - progress is being made

Those are from Haneline. I just installed as is for now. The little fillers for this are outrageously expensive for what you get and I decided to do without for now.

 

I messed around with the windshield and the back gl*** for several days before giving in to the better half. I am glad I did. Although it is 11:00 and I still have not heard from the gl*** folks....

 

No sooner posted that than the gl*** folks called

 

Gl*** is in! I need to check around I am not sure of what goes on the center divider. I am not sure if I have all the pieces....

 

Been taking it out for test drives. Got about 10 miles on the odometer.
power steering leaks like a sieve and I have a small water leak. Definitely can light them in first and got a nice bark going into second. Haven't got too carried away but I had to give it one blast just to see if it will haul
Need to get the wide band O2 controller talking and tweak the EFI.
Lookin forward to driving the beast.

Jon

 

Well, apparently I need a pressure reducer kit if I am running a GM gen II p/s pump.
I was told otherwise when I bought the pump but it seems the vendor did not
know what they were talking about! Kit is on its way from Borgeson. We will see if the rack is shot....

 

What are you going to run for gauges? I want to upgrade my stock ones.

 

This thread is coincidently relevant to me, I just bought a 1951 sedan delivery ! Importing it from US to Australia. I will be following this thread for sure

 

motoandy, I am running Haneline gauges. They fit in the stock holes but do not match the curve of the dash. I have several threads on the Haneline stuff. The end result was that they made good on gauges I had for years but took a long time to get on the road.
thewaxhead,
post some pics when it gets there, I will be interested in seeing your progress.

 

Got the pressure reducer installed in the Power steering pump, steering is good, not as twitchy, but unfortunately the rack still leaks. Got to feeling froggy and put some gas in the old girl and she rewarded me with a leak at the filler neck. Well I wanted to move the fuel door anyway so I drained the tank and dropped it. Will cut out the fuel door and jack it up as far as I can and redo the filler hose etc....
This is the biggest puzzle I ever ***embled.

 

Just like any Old Girl, they require attention.