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I won't be going to his shop to do any photos. He has the best facility around and can do restorations from the frame up. He and I crawled under...
A couple days ago Nick's Auto Restoration came by and picked up the 56. He is in Conroe Texas and has been in business about 30 years. He took the...
the mobile mechanic dropped the ball. I had to hire a restoration shop to come pick up the pieces and take the car to his shop to finish the work...
Well the Cragars are going to get new BF Goodrich Radial TA's when the reassembly is finished. Sorry.
Well my mobile mechanic bailed on me. Said he was not qualified to reassemble my front end. So I called a restoration shop. They will come pick it...
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I am going to leave it stock, I was just playing with that computer program.
The new crossmember after treatment. [ATTACH]
Right now the car just had the rusted out crossmember removcd and replaced with one from a good condition 56. I took a wire wheel to it and...
Notice that it has Dolphin Guages in it.
Just horsing around, this is a computer mockup of what some flames would look like on it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This comment is normal and not offensive.And correct, if on assembly it is not correct, it can be fixed.
I should have just kept it to myself. I don't get critical of others. I figure when you are our age you know what you are doing and maybe just...
I am Mark. I live in the Houston area. I am restoring a 56 Club Sedan. [ATTACH]
He is right but that doesn't make me wrong. and he is wrong to tell me to get in the ass of my welder. The welder did what I had him do. He does...
It may look a bit cobby and that I could care less about. I do know that he used 1/4" steel plate on all 4 sides of the members and the welds are...
we don't all live in a perfect world
sounds to me you don't really HATE to sound harsh. Sounds to me like you sort of revel in it. Maybe my mobile welder that showed up to my house to...
Now I can start putting all the new front end and front disc brakes on.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] OK, here is the new crossmember installed.
Getting ready for the welder to come out and replace the crossmember. Some pix of the old getting ready for the new. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Thanks. This is just the kind of input I need.
Welder and mechanic will evaluate the job soon.
I have searched the internet for a video or some info on how to remove the fenders from a 56 Fairlane. In case I need them removed in order to...
Ospho works better than anything I know of. It changes iron oxide into iron phosphate.
Tracking says delivery will be this Saturday. Comes from Colorado. Nice and dry there but sometimes they use salt on the roads. Pix show some...
Floor panels look good. I won't be swapping the motor as this one has good compression and the valve train looks refurbished.
Any suggestions on best way to remove the old one?
Thanks, I found one on Ebay shipped for a grand.
As some of you know, I acquired a 56 Fairlane and have hired a mechanic to work on various parts of the car to restore it to good condition. I...
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