Technical What did you do with your car today? * NEW*

drove 45miles to Manns creek store to hear some live music.

 

Decided to make the dash panel from steel..Fits like a glove and slightly curved the ends to blend in...Im thinking of bonding it adhesive...

 

Hood off , gonna move the 350 back about 6 inches… 4 speed is for sale and going 400 turbo automatic unless i change my mind.. .

 

Put a new front seal in my power steering pump. Good so far. I ran it in the garage for a few minutes and bled the air out of the system.

 

Ordered a new shifter and requested information regarding dry ice blasting and it's potential cost. Big wup...

 

I glued thick cork gaskets together and trimmed the drippers on these bbc M/Ts and ordered new stainless bolts for the extra depth needed.

 

Well they clear the rockers



Barely clear the blower intake



And the rear breather just makes contact with the throttle cable bracket, but I think the valve covers sealed before contact

 

weld a hook on the firewall to keep that shoehorn handy...

 

that's a great camera angle there. on that last pic.......that would make for a cool mural ...

 

Finished up the first carburetor. One down one to go. Then two more so I’ll have spares for long road trips.

 

Waiting on parts so I cleaned out the nasty parts washer. You can't get much more fundamental than that.

 

Got my zoomie headers on I made out of stuff just around the shop. Cured the white VHT paint and made sweet noise.

 

Today the valve train went together. Geometry looks good annd nothing is rubbing or binding. Next up is Intake being port matched and cleaned up. We will then lock in the girdles, check the lash, look to make sure everything stayed where it was supposed to, and bolt the valve covers and intake on. She will be ready to go to the dyno for break in and power tweaking.

 

Add old radiator cap and old Ca. License

 

reposting the picture hope it better

 

Not sure what happened to the pictures. I’ve re posted them and still not there. I’ll try again.

 

I collected bugs with the windshield. My Friday sales calls are smaller shops in the north metro so I end up close to home at the end of the day. It turned out to be a nice day so I swung by the house and grabbed the ‘58 . I got to drive around in the truck for the better part of the day and get paid to boot!

 

I put the engine in my '29AA Thursday. Took most of the day but it's in. Now to attach everything, wire it, plumb it, hook up the new driveline, paint it, get a top and glass in it, something to cover the seat springs. I don't think I can get all that this summer. If I can just wire it enough to run in, I'll be satisfied.
Oh, and if you know the shorter replacement to a NAPA Gold 1515 oil filter, pass it along. I'm a quarter inch from the frame with the present filter installed. I need more room to remove it without hitting the frame - and I'm not cutting the frame to accommodate the dang oil filter removal.

 

Got the majority of the sanding of my roof for epoxy primer done. Couple passes with 180 and 320 along with sanding the exposed paint then tape up and prime tomorrow. Hope to have it in color Sunday

 

WIX 51085 is a short filter for a Ford/Chrysler application. AC DELCO PF 53 is a even smaller version.

 

Or move it.

 

Thanks. I'll check it out and also consider jhansen's solution. No felines will be harmed in considering alternatives to skinning this cat.

 

Sent this stuff out for powder coating

 

Went to a local show...wife wasn't feeling too good...so I took my little sister.

 

Well skipped a few days in the upholstery saga. Top, headliner and trim done down to window sills, original seats and interior panels going back in. The celabration here is it’s off the trailer and back on the chassis. Got a little more wiring and some fenders and doors to hang and shoot, it’ll almost be done and right on the 50 year anniversary.

 

Not raining, I ran my bad girl down the road. Now I need gas again.

 

The town up the road was having their first cruise in of the year. Fire department/EMS had a fundraiser hotdog and burger night. So I sat down behind my car and ate one of each. My buddy who runs the cruise in, well my wife babysits his grandson, so we bought a little ole car for him too!

 

Used the truck to haul a K R Wilson engine stand home.

 

Been using one for years on my YBlock….gets around the PS hoses.

 

Brought 2 GM 6's home. Been in storage for over 10 years. One is destined for a 53 3100, I hope.