The Jalopy Journal
Cold and rainy here.... moving slowly. Still getting used to it being pitch black out at 6:30 am. What hurts? My left thumb could use a clean up....
At my local body supply shop, they will only sell a box of 50. Try Restoration Specialties, they should have them.
Look at it running at night, in total darkness. You may see a bad plug wire arcing. I like to do the free and easy stuff first.
Do take pictures before you take them apart. Keep track of any washers that fall out (lower arms). I had some lower arm bushings on a '68 Impala...
Years ago there were ring sets designed to work with older engines that were fairly clapped out. Some were called "radical" ring sets made to...
I just did them in my '66 Belair. Air chisel and ear protection all the way. I was wearing vinyl gloves, managed to pinch a finger... which did...
I put the springs in mine and it was too low. I run 215/75 tires up front and they scraped the fenders quite a bit. So out they came. I cut 1...
That is the textbook definition of high-end insanity... :eek::eek::eek:
Do not remove the arm from the chassis! It will be a hot mess to get back together, plus the arm helps get the new spring in place. Those springs...
Not the same car, but with my '59, from having it so far apart with the radiator support removed and all, we had to loosen a lot and manhandle it...
I like the '59 over the '58 by far. I passed one up about 5 years back and it was complete for $8000. You can ferret out fixes for the steering...
What a survivor! If it is that complete and not rusted out, it may be a good deal.
I recall making an ashtray for mom, shaped like the US. We had to hand file the recesses for the cigarette to rest on. We used junk Corvair...
One of the customers at one place I worked at had a very bad PS Vega he ran on the street. For his own reasons, he retained the stock Vega front...
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