So im a little late at adding pictures and starting a forum or blog regarding the build progress. I have done a hand full of changes to this car since ownership and i guess i will try to chronicle changes for the future and catch up with some old pictures.. 1953 dodge meadowbrook..i think. maybe some coronet. 1974 nova sub frames, 350 chevy, 700r4 trans. Air ride. 4 link, posi traction, 600cfm holley carb.
more stuff.. cut out and recessed license plate... repaired half of the rust to the trunk area..learning as i go btw.
i used a york 207 "mini" ac compressor and tapped the exhaust and hard lined it back to the tank. You have to kinda fab your own bracket.. nothing commercially available.
Currently working on shaving the door handles, updating the latches to bear claw latches.. so i dont have to slam the doors repeatedly to get it to stick. so far...the passenger side. I have yet to finish filling in the hole where the pin is now. Also some shots of the door panels i made with a grinder and a cheapo bead roller.
yes.. if you take the top of the compressor off, somewhere.. cant really remember at the moment, you plug a oil return hole 1/8 in i think. I have a oil/water trap just before the tank.. and you have to drain it once in a while.. looks like snot. Just keep it oiled once in a while and it works like a charm. IMO.. a quieter than electric pumps and is faster. ( i still have an electric one for back up and i have a shut off valve to the engine one)..just is case
ok one more post for today.. the updated hood. for a while i had a hood that had major rust in a sort of compound curve area..beyond my scope of knowledge on how to repair. First i just did fiberglass and bondo-- i know, some are shaking their heads now im sure. But i finally found a hood, filled some of the factory holes, pounded out some dents. At least it was ALL metal and NO rust. I still have the old one, pictured, and may try to practice repairing it the right way...perhaps louver it? The new one i put a spide web design in the factory hole in front.
nice, the chevy version of this year seems to be more popular with some. But this car has grown on me.
This is the domino effect of changing the drum brakes up front to discs. Had to re-do the shock mounts due to the calipers hitting the previous location of bottom mount. I ended up making my own bottom mount and placing the shock in front of the control arm.
So i fixed the flex a lite mohave heater today..finally. Seems to be a common problem with the fan or fans coming off the shaft and making a horrible grinding noise. Looks like they were just pressed on. Turns out one was slipping and i just glued it back on.. good luck getting this lil B back together once apart if you have to do it too. At least i managed to fix it without having to undo the water lines. sorry for the one crappy photo, i guess i moved. The trick to getting one of these split open is to remove all the clips with a screw driver, then unscrew the two screws holding it together and the two screws that are by the water intake/out.
..the latest engine shot and junk in the trunk. And the finished passenger door latch minus the manual emergency latch.
It must be an EMS thing.. I have a 54 Dodge Royal.. And also I am a paramedic.. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
NICE!.. it must be. I like the bare metal look. Do you or anyone else know what the original mirrors looked like.. im thinking only one side mirror on the driver side like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SINGLE-...dge|Model:Coronet&hash=item1c3addc7b4&vxp=mtr but im not sure..
I like the metal look too. Here is my 53 coronet I'm working on Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
So I had to driver side door panel off while doing the shaved door/new latches, and I didn't see any evidence of a driver side mirror on the door.. no filled holes, bondo, weld marks.. nothing. The trim holes have been filled on the lower half.
More work on the shaved door handles/door solenoids. had to redrill the holes for the latch to make the door close further. The pin side is as far back as i could put it. And with some more hammering and opening/closing of the door 500 times, everything is lined up.
Done with the driver side door for now. now on to the mirrors. I purchased some swan neck mirrors to bolt on.
Love it ...I had a 52 but it was a more door and really rough but I drove it every day for a year without any real problems Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Anyone have any thoughts or ideas on a third brake light. I was thinking something 50's-60's. .. something that seems like it would have been original if no one knew any better. I know it wouldn't be original, but I like to be safe as well.
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