Landman
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thanks Roger & Bill..
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Now that the stripes are on, I suppose we can declare the project done. There are a few things I'd like to add eventually like trim rings ,the fancy bird rad cap but they aren't really restoration. So here we are, 13 years later with a good looking, not quite sorted out old Chevy. Naturally, I would like to preserve this thread somehow. I looked at printing, that is feasible without the photos although it would be quite a ream of paper. With the pictures it is something like 20 pages of paper for each thread page. Is it possible/allowed to download the thread on a memory stick? If so how big is it and I imagine it would only work if the forum is still online, is that correct? Anyway I'm open to suggestions.
I would like to thank and salute all the followers of the thread for their comments, support and help. To conclude, I'm posting a photo of my granddaughter (who appears in the thread a few times) in the car, on what would have been the 100th birthday of my father . 1914-2014.
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Doug, was that your Whippet in Gravenhurst the other day?
Oops! Yours is green.
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Martin, good idea on the chain links!
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I agree. Why didn't I think of that?
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Here.... there's a few whoopsy-daisies here and there but it'll do.
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What should have been a straightforward job today ended up being a nightmare. Well at least a PITA.What are the odds that the pinstriping stencils be the same color as the car? Enough to make you cross-eyed trying to figure out whether they are straight.
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Drove the Mustang 400 miles to attend. There was an area set aside for Mustangs to highlight the 50 years of Mustang. My son in law was a co-driver. Needless to say, he had the seat all the way back.
There was eye candy for 7th son, Avantey & R1Lark.
One for Mr.TexRiv,
And one for dei. It might even be his car.
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Attended the annual Gravenhurst Car Show. There was a lot there to make Mr.Keiser happy.
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Thanks Keiser. I thought about that but I'd be afraid to crack the finish.
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Here's another one. What our American friends call a Plodge. A 1956 Dodge Regent.
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Where is that "Give it ago attitude" Pat? Try some practice runs like Keiser suggested. I have seen stripers use glass to paint on. Can clean it off easy enough and re stripe over and over. Can hurt.
Followed Martin's advice and tried a short strip on a piece of glass to get the feel of the tape and to practice cutting a point. Works pretty well, this with a modeler's brush and cheap model paint. Next, I'll try it with the real stuff.
Question. This is the only spot where the molding doesn't line up. Should I go straight through with the tape and hope the stripe visually offsets the misalignment or should I follow the molding in case the hood finds its place some day?
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Last fall, we did a photo shoot for my daughter's hairstyling salon. The photographer was the same one who had done the trick photo in post#40. Tat day she took another angle of the car and put my dad in it with the finished car.
My invoice for that photo was to go to her church and allow the kids in her session to ask me questions about the car, its provenance and its restoration. I think the theme had to do with overcoming obstacles, perseverance and stuff like that. After the question period, they all had their picture taken with the car.
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Looking good. If I were to own a car of the fifties (which I haven't yet) it would have to be a shade of light blue. So, naturally I approve of your choice. I can already see what it will look like.
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Finally replaced the generator cutout with the solid state one I had purchased last year. The old one's cover had come loose again and shorted the armature. Enough this time to desolder a connection and render the unit junk.
The modified one mounts the other way with different spacing so I had to make a mounting plate to be able to use the existing holes in the generator.
Voilà. This is at fast idle with the choke pulled out.
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I do not understand the must have seat belts in old cars thinking these days,we all grew up in cars without them and survived so why now. I hate wearing them and my old cars are my escape from all the modern government forced so called safety items,I am probably in the minority with this thought but I will never add them to any of my old cars but have no problems with those that do.
Jeff, in my case it is just to pacify my daughters so they'll allow me to take myt grandchildren for rides.
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How is the body itself mounted to the frame? I have heard or read in a few places, possibly even in the AACA, that a wood framed body can separate from the frame in a collision. So if you are anchored to the frame and the body separates in a collision, what are the risks?
It would almost be better without belts.
The 51 Cadillac I once owned, the PO had belts installed but but I found they were only attached to the floor sheet metal with large wood screws. They were worthless to say the least.
I assume that would only happen if the wood is rotten and the bolt heads pull through. In any case, I realigned my holes to catch the frame.
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And here I thought that seat belts even anchored to a wooden crosspiece would be better than none at all. I'm going to verify the law. I know if your car didn't have belts when it was made it doesn't need them now to be licensed. But I thought in Ontario at least, you couldn't carry anyone under 12 years old if there aren't any belts. Perhaps Brewster or Mike Lynch would know. My daughters won't let my grandchildren ride with me if there aren't any belts. And besides, like Ply33 says, in a major crash, I doubt they'd make any difference in an old car like that. The other alternative is to cut slots in the floor pan and mount them to the frame and risk them chafing on the sheet metal .
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I started on the seat belts. Decided to attach them to the cross piece behind the tool tray. It is 1 1/2 inches thick and mortised into the sills. And the floorpans are screwed to it as well as the sides. Should be rigid enough.
Marked the opening of the seat frame and removed it. Drilled the outside pilot holes. They came out so close to the frame it'll be achallenge to get the nut on the bolt. I also had to reduce the minimum spacing from 15" to 13" so the centre holes will clear the X-member of the frame.
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Lovely. That'll make it run better.
Should that lip on the valve cover be over the edge of the gasket? As it is, I wonder if it would tend to push up the cover at its end and cause an oil leak?What is that round black fitting on the first picture?
Is this better?
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82 years old and this condition!!!! Wow! Too bad Holland is so far away.
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Martin, what are you going to use to replicate those markings? I often wonder what they used. Grease pencils?
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John, weren't those Caribous built in Toronto?
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It must be a real mover.
Reconstruction of a '34 Chevy Master Coupe
in Our Cars & Restoration Projects
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I'm currently turning my shop back to woodworking and will start making models of my two cars. That will be a bit challenging too as there isn't one made of either of 'em.