Sunday, May 22, 2022

Speedo, Tach, wiper motor, clock & more...

 

All freshly rebuilt & restored!  Speedo, Tach, Fuel, Temp, Battery, Oil & Clock


Wiper motor

We kept the original mileage on the Odometer

And the original Revolutions on the Tach












Rear Leaf Springs...

 

While we're waiting on the chassis, we figured we'd re-assemble the leaf springs...

New bands, new rubber & new insulators











Original leafs - if you zoom in, you'll see the part # stamped on top (3711550)










Saturday, March 26, 2022

Chassis welding & Paint stripping...

 

Tab the welder, looking over the chassis.


Even these small pinholes, will need reinforcing


Tab was showing how these small holes grow quickly


This was the most significant rust hole

Over to Chris' paint shop to check on the body

He had it stripped to bare fiberglass (note the seam)



Front right fender repair...held up nicely!  Very minor.

Right rear bumper area




Trunk lock area (note small cirular "bump" area surrounding the lock mechanism).  It often gets sanded down smooth by body shops, but we'll retain the original look.

Funny that there's some orange paint around the front driver headlight area??

Rear cross-member was originally attached to the chassis with rivets

Key lock mechanism is a #8965

We had an NCRS member (Gary B.) produce a 'test key' and we confirmed it worked.













Monday, March 14, 2022

Sandblasting complete

 

The sandblasted chassis

Issue on the driver side/rear shock mount vicinity (approx. 3"x2")

small holes showed up on passenger/top

Close-up of previous photo

Battery tray (w/ prev. fiberglass repairs)

We received the new battery tray replacement (to be welded on)

Rearmost portions of Chassis (should have 4 holes)

Appears there may have been some prev. fiberglass repair. The two forward holes on both driver/passenger rails need repaired.

Front crossmember looks solid



All the other parts have been sandblasted.

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...