Rusty Heaps

I have had good results from this product sold in the duct work department of Lowe’s. It’s used for insulating duct work so resists heat and cold.I have used it successfully on the roof and floors of a couple of vehicles and it sticks. You should secure the carpet, otherwise it will slide around. It’s also not expensive.

Good luck Pete, I have asked for a driver quality upper grill bar here more than once and have had no luck. Perhaps I should just make a gasser out of the car!

I know from experience that the vacuum shift transmissions from the ‘40s don’t interchange with anything including pickup. They’re different lengths. I have a ‘’46 Chevrolet coupe and wanted a floor shift setup to make my vision of an early poor boy hotrod/ shine runner. Unfortunately the only thing I could do was use the vacuum elimination setup that was on the car when I bought it. The gears are the same in the transmissions of the ‘40s and earlier ‘50s, so you could use most pieces from them as spare parts.

I have a NOS driver side fender that I believe is 1954 Pontiac. Some surface rust. $300 , local pick up. Knoxville, Tennessee

If you have no luck elsewhere, I may be able to grab one from a local junkyard next time I visit. I know there are two 4dr and one 2dr ‘55 Specials.

That should be a fairly easy pulley to find, GM wide belt. I have had the local shop convert generators from 6 V to 12 V for a reasonable price.

And I could use a “ drivers quality “ one

And make sure that you tighten the lid well , otherwise you will have the Exxon Valdiz on your hands! Ask me how I know.

I would assume that any oil pan from a 235 from ‘54 to ‘62 would fit and the bolt holes align.

Thankfully the rooflines indicate that they are not from the ‘50s !

Hopefully we can now get obsolete tail lights.

Perhaps a little more ambitious than the ‘46 Chevrolet that was a field car.

It’s a 120. I hope to start sorting through the boxes of miscellaneous parts and figure out what I don’t have this week. Due to the fact that I live in a city that is not very antique car restoration friendly I had to stash it elsewhere. I already have 5 projects here and don’t want to attract more attention! I fell in love with a ‘40 Packard decades ago ( I was a teenager)when an elderly relative couple had one in their basement garage. Unfortunately they passed away and I never knew what happened to the car. Fast forward to the present and this car fell in my lap. I couldn’t resist!

I just acquired this project. I’m in for a long haul to bring this one back up. The previous owners dissected it. I’m hoping all the parts are there, some of the small parts may be tucked away and shuffled around with A model Ford parts. It also comes with an extra front clip. Fortunately they’re friends and live close by. Now for some pics

You should be able to find one of these filters for a $20 or a little more. It won’t look this nice for that money, but will clean up easily.

And here’s one to cry about!

Again, thanks for posting this educational info. Nice to see your progress, especially with pics.

A friend turned me on to a great solution for taking on the underside of a car that isn’t going to be a show car, clean it well, patch the holes in the floor and then get some black oil based paint and a small paint roller ( the cigar sized) , thin the paint, and roll everything you can. Afterwards you may need to rattle can some areas for better coverage. Plan on getting messy. Also, if you want to go a step farther, you can apply the rusty metal primer first, just roll on as you would the oil paint.

Thanks for the tutorial! I did not want to disassemble any more than I have to when the time comes to pull the pan.

Riviera, not Riviera , both Special

Poor old car! Maybe a third of that. Maybe!

Congratulations on your acquisition! Our “ torpedo backs” share the same year. I agree with the assessment that you will be better off with repairs on the original equipment rather than a chassis swap. Enjoy!

That car is very doable. No one buy a bass boat and fishing tackle, golf clubs and golf cart, or anything else for their hobby with the intent to make money when they sell them. Why do so many people think that the antique car hobby should be any different? Build it, enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done and a wonderful car. Help save some of our history. Once they are gone they are gone. There are enough parts cars out there for most vehicles. Let’s use them and try to rescue what we can. Ex junkyard car!

Unfortunately the ‘52 Special project has stalled out for the time being, but I did a fast and furious 150 footer rattle can paint job on the ‘53 to hopefully appease the neighbors and keep codes officials at bay! See earlier photos of same car. No bad for about $60.

See photo 1. I will put down new sound deadening material. Or was this said tongue in cheek?