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recieved some of my parts today for the 455 upgrade .the valley pan i ordered through advance auto (fel-pro)looked like it had been stepped on.bought a engine hoist from tractor supply to make the removal and install a little easier.hopefully get started this weekend
Sprayed a couple coats of epoxy primer on the clutch/brake pedal bracket. I had to replace the two top bolts with longer ones to accommodate the hydraulic clutch bracket so I media blasted it Saturday and epoxied it today.
The Picts are out of order...but I took the front end apart, decreased it, added some tubular control arms and Viking DA coil overs and replaced every thing else with Moog parts.
Had to drop the headers to remove the bolts for the control arms. (Huge PITA!)
Cleaned and painted everything I could get to.
-pete
Finished installing new trunk, door and windshield pillar weatherstrips received from Steel Rubber Products. Still have to install front bow weatherstrip and cowl seals. Car sure got quiet, what a change.
Wayne
It's not so much what I'm doing to the car today as what I'm doing for it. I'm going to apply for a building permit this afternoon so I can put up a carport and bring my '64 Dynamic 88 home. I've only been waiting 39 years to get this car.
It's show season so I put the top down installed the boot cover washed and cleaned it good for the first time in months.Did a good detail on the interior vinyl, washed and cleaned the tires and wide whites then washed the car's outside, then started to polish the chrome (that alone should take 1/2 day).Tomorrow I'll finish the chrome and go for a ride to Oroville to see a car friend.I'm looking forward to the later part of tomorrow not so much the polishing of the chrome part... Tired Tedd
Some fun, no brainer stuff the last couple of days.
Installed restored side trim. New whitewalls from Calli Tire showed up so got them mounted and balanced and put on the trim rings and baby moons. So far I'm really liking the 50's look and 15 inch dished wheels. Put the refurbished stainless rock guards on rear fenders but didn't take photo of those.
Got serious about installing the wipers...not fun. Should have been done before so much stuff went under the dash. Now a royal pain and slow going but wiper towers had to be off for the paint job.
Jerry
Jerry let me know how those Calli white walls hold up, mine have been great but a friend has been fighting the white walls turning brown. It looks like the sealer was forgotten or didn't hold out the black rubber oils, it's been a hassle from the beginning..... Tedd
Splaying out two, possibly three 455s this spring.
First is my sons pro street '70 455 block which is currently at the machine getting work done. This one we are working with Rocket Racing out of Waterford Wi. Hoping to be in the 600HP range. (Bottom picture)
At the same time I'm freshening up my '70 S 455 with rings, bearings, cam, carb, intake as well as porting another set of heads. (Top Picture)
On deck after that is a '75 455 for another project I would like to have ready for. That will have a 4 speed attached to it. (No Picture)
(I need a course in laying out these posts with pictures in this itsy bitsy window)
cleaned the plugs and set the timing and dwell on the 72 .detailed the 76 going to take it a couple hundred miles today to see how it does after the engine upgrades
It's not so much what I'm doing to the car today as what I'm doing for it. I'm going to apply for a building permit this afternoon so I can put up a carport and bring my '64 Dynamic 88 home. I've only been waiting 39 years to get this car.
So I went to the city planning department and my application was rejected out of hand because they didn't like the format of my site plan. They provided no guidance on their web site and the woman I'd spoken to on the phone earlier in the week wasn't exactly helpful, so how the hell do they expect anybody to get this right the first try. I've now paced off my lot to get reasonably accurate dimensions and am now trying to sketch it out by hand. All this trouble for a stupid prefab metal carport...
I changed my plugs on my 70 Cutlass convertible from Iridium to NGK and changed from a 6 blade fan to a 7 blade. On my 02 Bravada, I changed the fuel filter because I smell fuel vapors so I looked underneath and the filter has a hairline crack and it was rotting from the inside out.
Yesterday I fitted the Cutlass with 15's I've had for 30 years. This rubber should be fine for high speed pursuits, no. Definitely going for the 15's. I'll get new rubber then have them painted.
Today I brought the 442 home. See more in new guy section under 71 Cameo White back from the abyss.
So I went to the city planning department and my application was rejected out of hand because they didn't like the format of my site plan. They provided no guidance on their web site and the woman I'd spoken to on the phone earlier in the week wasn't exactly helpful, so how the hell do they expect anybody to get this right the first try. I've now paced off my lot to get reasonably accurate dimensions and am now trying to sketch it out by hand. All this trouble for a stupid prefab metal carport...
Well, I'm now one step closer to a carport. The city has accepted, albeit not yet approved, my application for a building permit. They said approval will take between 5 and 7 working days, so I'll have the permit in hand sometime next week.
Human , I've been reading your post . The hoops you have to jump through to get something done is a pita. I had to wait 8 weeks getting approval from dec to build my pole barn on about ten feet of wetland "buffer zone" ugh!!!
Got my 58 98 running today. It has sat for about 20 years.
Rebuilt the motor, lots of brake work and other stuff.
Drove it around the block, still lots to do on it. Still within my budget, but just barely.
I cleaned up the bottom of the body . Car came from New Mexico and was never undercoated .
I washed the dirt off first and it seemed like the rear wheelwells and the trans tunnel had been undercoated ?
I examined the "undercoat" and discovered it contained sand and even fine gravel .
I had undercoated cars at a dealership years ago and didn't remember any sand in the asphalt - like undercoating.
Then it dawned on me . The car had been driven on an "oiled road" .
Years ago paving processes were much different than today . The pure asphalt was delivered as a heated liquid in an insulted tank truck . The truck would spread the asphalt , using a wide pipe with many holes . Other trucks would dump sand and fine gravel on it . A mixer , which looked something like a giant roto-tiller , would mix the sand and asphalt . Finally , a steam roller would come and roll it flat and smooth .
Today , of course the asphalt pavement is pre-mixed at a "plant" and delivered in trucks to a paving machine .
Years ago , if you saw a yellow sign that said "Oiled Road " you were best to turn around and find another way home if possible .
Anyways , it took a pressure washer , twelve cans of "Gunk" , and the best part of two days to get that stuff off so I can sand blast the bottom of the body .
Last edited by Charlie Jones; May 7, 2017 at 09:14 PM.
Finally completed exterior assembly with install of hood and stainless trim along belt line, around back and also put on the rubber sill covers on the 47 Convetible. Now to run down those Electric Gremlins draining the battery every three days or so.
.bought a engine hoist from tractor supply to make the removal and install a little easier.hopefully get started this weekend
