Good luck with your Fleetline....mine was 5 1/2 years and about 30,000.00 with me doing all the work except interior and engine machine work...otherwise...it was all me with the exception of 3 days of help putting the sheetmetal on and my Mexican friend helping me install the back seat. Would NEVER touch another Fleetline for NO amount of $$$$$. And remember, if you buy anything other than orig chevy made...plan on it not fitting, not working, or working for a day or two.
For a while....just enjoy driving it and learning its quirky ways...tackle one very small thing at a time and that will give you confidence to tackle the next item. I went back and re read your 1st post...guess you have already worked on that first item... LOL...with that, I will say you are doing a great job...keep it up. I also painted the car, measured, ordered, and installed the headliner, built the engine, designed and put in all the wiring, installed every part that is showing. The car has a built 283 that runs awful nice if I could keep the spark plug wires in the distributor, 700R overdrive trans without a lockup which is really sweet, at 40 mph I am doing about 1,000 rpm, 60 is 2000 rpm, have a 4wd s-10 3.42 rear that gets it off the line quickly with that low 1st gear 700R. 283, Z-28 hi comp heads, bored 60 over with flat top pistons, quadrajet custom built by me and my 87 yr old mech, edelbrock polished intake and 327-300 cam....car pulls 160 lb on every cyl. Car has: 1 pc windshield (now a 3 pc, terrible thailand product) Old air air conditioner tilt, pw, pb, p ant real 59 chevy impala steering wheel MII front end, a discarded no longer in CE rear spring kit, now 78 Granada rear springs ( much nicer) All new rubber seals on windows Front and rear calif 1 pc bumpers The list goes on and on
Sweet looking '50 fleetline, keep posting pictures for us !! I'm working on a '50 chevy 5 p***. coupe, I'll get there some day. Ray...
Show a pic of the stud out of the cowl, or is that whats missing? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Not to be rude, but are you sure its the correct arm? Or maybe soneone changed the transmission? I think i have a book with a break down photo of the transmission ***y. Ill try to remember to look after work. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Oh yeah looks like its missing the outer spline...ill check the book now. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Might have to scour swap meets, the net or yards for the wiper transmission, i dont see that part available or even the whole ***y. Lots of custom guys dont run wipers so im sure youll be able to find it eventually. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
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