Landman

Any photos Gary?

Hi Gary, it has a "serial number". On American cars it is on a plate mounted on the passenger side sill, near the front of the seat. On Canadian cars, it is on the firewall plate. As far as I know it didn't match the engine number. However I have seen engine numbers being used to register a car whose plates had disappeared. That has been discussed at length on the Chevy club forum. Here is the link. You should find more info there. VCCA Chat - Forums powered by UBB.threads™ . Are you doing a '34 Master as well? If so, what body style is it?

Thanks, for the comments and suggestions. Turns out there aren't any in a '34 Chevy, just the little coil spring inside the shaft. Finished one door. There is no way I could have pushed those handles in with those springs behind them. This upholstery work is hard work. I feel like I did 2 cords of firewood.

Do those springs go between the regulator board and the panel or between the panel and the escutcheon?

Thanks for the kind words Tinus. Received my NORS door lock. Removed the parts not needed for the 1934 application and cleaned, primed and gave it a coat of cadmium paint. Began installing the door upholstery. Assembled my grandson new ATV. He's coming tomorrow, so he'll ride around while I work.

Bruce, I can smell that freshly cut wood from here. Wish I was there to see that up close. Good looking work.

Today, put the covers on the armrests. Nailed the carpet strip along the bottom of the doors. Made the two little blocks required to mount the rear window blind. Mounted the hardware on the sunvisors. Re-registered the Mustang with its new YOM plates.

For some reason the file selector in the Attachment Management thing doesn't "see" my folder anymore. So I shut down and restarted the confuser to see whether it fixed it. It didn't. So I moved the folder into another library and it "sees" it there. Go figure.:confused:

Found that 1 layer of foam was not thick enough for the armrest covers. So I cut more from the foam that was in my church pew kneelers. It cuts well on the bandsaw. Went through the entire stash of panels and identified where they go except two little ones which aren't so obvious. Sent a help request to the supplier. Fitted the carpet edges to the bottom of the door. Have to decide whether to nail or glue them.

Glad to see you are using epoxy. I made the mistake of using body filler on mine. That doesn't flex and the cracks wil reappear. Nice work. It's tedious, but you are getting nice results.

I do have a squirt. I think it has to do with timing or too rich a mixture.

Thanks Tinus. We did have a nice Easter. Lots of food and family. Restarted the car after about 7 months, this time with its own gas tank as supply. Did the initial cranking with the 12V to bring the gas forward and get things all primed up. It runs smoothly, however it still bogs down upon application of the throttle. You have to feed it gradually and once it gets beyond a certain spot it revs freely. What is nice is about 10 psi of oil pressure at idle, a slight charge also at idle and an indication of gas in the tank. The temp gauge started going up as well. Didn't run it long enough to see how high it goes. Started unwrapping the upholstery kit. Made another attempt at painting the black lines on the hubcaps. I wassuccessful this time. Other good news, both sets of plates cleared with the MOT (Ministry of Transportation) for YOM use. One 1967 for the Mustang and 1934 for the Chevy.:cool:

Well it's appraisal time again. So I uncovered the Mustang and moved all the junk from around it so he could do his job. He asked me to fire it up. That was cruel, listening to that rumble and not being able to go for a ride. I had added a shutoff switch on the battery. It is too high for the floorboard so I made it a nice indent. Since I'll likely want in there more often, I installed a nice finger pull and left the screws along the edge out. The panel fits in there snugly with the felt border.

That's what the problem was. The horn button wire was on the power side. I inverted them and found that the ground wire from the harness didn't do anything, so I put a jumper from the ground terminal to the ground wire on the horn and lo and behold, the horn worked. So I rewired it like that.

I wonder what would happen if you deep cleaned it first and then gave it a shot of clear? Also, it probably hasn't been polished in a long time and you are just removing the oxidation. After a few,you should be down to hard paint again.

Thanks F&J, This isn't the Chevy setup. It ia a set of trumpet horns that I purchased. I wired it according to the diagram supplied. I'll scan and post them.

Turns out the problem with the right hand headlight was nothing but a burnt bulb. Plenty of light now. Rear ones work too. Hooked up the dome light. As for the brake lights, I discovered they only work when the switch is on. I feel soi dumb sometimes. Hooked up the wires for the horns according to the diagram provided. Mounted the relay to the firewall. All I get is a click in the relay. Test light shows juice everywhere. ????? Installed the "new" steering wheel.

That's right. Each side of the dimmer switch should energize elther the high or low beam on BOTH headlights at the same time. Not likely my problem then. Thanks Roger, it is in a difficult to reach location. You likely spared me several swears.

Yesterday, had some repairs to do on the snowblower. I have used it everyday for the past three weeks. Last year the snow was gone at this time. Now we have 6 feet everywhere. So I thought I'd help it along and cleared the deck so we'd have a place to sit in case it does warm up. LOL. Today, did some electrical debugging. Finally got the left rear tailight to work by adding a ground wire to the socket. Found that the extra wire marked "X" which wasn't mentioned in the harness installation instructions is the power source for the flashers. And flash they do. Maybe I'll change my 81's in the parking light socket for some 63's. We'll see. I think the dimmer switch is faulty as the right headlight operated only occasionally. And the brake lights, well they don't work at all. Have to get under the car with the test light and see if it's the brake light switch.

Congatulations Don. I had been drooling (virtually of course) all over that cat when Matt had it advertised. I'm glad you have it. I think keeping it fresh while driving it may be a bit of a challenge.

Actually, the fact thar the rear wheels are on a dolly may accentuate that visual effect. It still does slope forward though.

Jeff, go to posting #80 on page 4. You'll see that a lot of it comes from a parts car that wasn't as rough. p.s. Actually, the driver's side rear fender has been replaced by the car's actual fender, which was the only one salvageable, with some surgery mind you.

Finished installing the trim on the sidemount face plates and assembled the covers over the spare tires. Installed on the car.

I only have half of the brackets for my trumpet horns. A quick survey of the market showed that they are next to impossible to get. A lead led to a pair that I can't afford, at least I am not prepared to pay the asking price. So with photos supplied by a VCCA mamber, I set out to make some patterns. Refilled the radiator with coolant. Attacked the loose plate in post #709. Had to buy a 90 degree attachment for my drill to fit between the wheel well and the frame. Even had to cut the bit. Drilled a hole through the frame and the plate and secured the plate with a heavy pop rivet. Removed the capscrews and installed the sidemount pedestal. Let out the rods at the cowl giving about 1/8 clearance to the rear of the hood. After opening and closing both sides a few times it seems to have found an acceptable set. Started installing the trim on the sidemount face plates.

Thanks Jim. Perfect fit couldn't be expected from something that was as warped as this was and with the amount of patching required and my possibly less than accurate wooden framework. The real ordeal is still ahead though; sorting it out, trouble shooting all the little gremlins, electrical, mechanical and others. I simply detest that part. I hate stuff that doesn't work and I hate looking for the cause even more.