Monday, December 19, 2022

Pivot shafts, Lower A-Arms, transmission clean-up, etc.

Valve covers: crackle black or aluminum?
Decisions decisions.  ; )

Installing the A-Arm bumpers


Installing the lower pivot shafts


Mounted the lower A-arms/pivot shafts to the front crossmember




Upper A-arm issue-excess powder coating on the threads. Ugh...needed to do some clean up.

Upper inner & outer pivot shaft ends installed

Onto the Transmission clean-up prior to rebuild. It's rough.


Documenting the linkage prior to disassembly






Got the 3-speed trans about 30% cleaned up.
Coming along!

Trip to Chris' shop...

  Loaded up the sand blasted/refinished seat frames ...and the '57 seats Compared them to what you get from Al Knoch reproductions Chris...