Customs Chased it for 20 + years

Find anymore kittens or really good treasure?

 

Never expected to see good metal under all that crap. Looking better all the time.

 

did find one of the ash trays, no rat or cat stuff in the car but the trunk is where they were residing, bottom of spare tire well rusted due to rats.. not bad easy fix.. very lucky on the rust

 

Nice save!


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800 wet dry sand paper, then polishing compound

 

Buddy, you struck GOLD!!! That's a damn nice find right there! Oil those cylinders with M.M.O. & let 'er soak for a spell... then let's see if it'll start...

 

did get it to start, no smoke and smooth, small tick from lifter otherwise for the short time i ran it , was real good. water leaks eveywhere. the trans cooler is 2 water lines from the water pump to the trans, pretty weird. carb, water pump and hose next

 

almost all graffiti gone unfortunately appears this rear quarter panel has been repainted and it’s coming off with the graffiti


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Nice save I love your approach to the discovery. You know the paint color yet code and name. Keep us updated. Thanks

 

floor came out nice, still have rear seat well and trunk

 

Excellent!

 

What are you using on your floors?

 

For you '54 Buick guys...

 

floor coating is eastwood rust encapsulator, dig that roadmaster. today i changed the oil and filter, put a new water pump on, new belt and hoses... a little here and there getting closer.. waiting for carb and radiator to get back from shops. the other project has hit a problem my 53 flxable bus had a detriot diesel with a gear drivin air brake compressor i need one for my big block chevy with a pulley. any ideas? cant find a compressor with a pulley.

 

Belt Pulley driven air compressors were used on 50's and 60's gas burning big trucks like F700's and G60's. Any old truck junk yards around? May be something from a school bus? A good truck parts dealer should be able to find something you could use, they weren't that uncommon.

 

yes that is what i need a good old junk yard

 

You might want to reconsider the Detroit,that bus might go from about 7 miles to the gallon with the Detroit to about 7 gallons to the mile with the 454. Been watching the Bus Grease Monkey and those old Detroits look to be a simple engine and sound good.

 

orig motor was a buick straight eight with a 4 speed stick

 

I took my driver's license test in a 58 Buick four door Special. I raced my first street race later the same day in the same car and won.

 

I just did some wiring on a 1991 65oo Kodiak with a 366 big block and air brakes. Belt driven compressor. https://www.fleet-products.ca/227407x-tf-400-pulley-drive-compressor/

 

Nice score! I'd take cats over rats or snakes any day.

I worked at a junk yard in Ft lauderdale in the 90's we used to have iguanas and other lizards living in cars, one guy there got bit by one he was trying to catch it was pretty funny to the rest of us.

 

If you have not finished building your BBC , you might want to install a high volume oil pump. Most belt driven air compressors oil from the engines oil pump. If I remember correctly there were some trucks with the belt driven air compressors on the 427 and 366 big block Chevies.




Bones

 

A local junkyard has a school bus with a 366 and can look the next time I am there.

 

got it sorted out, thanks. for the help, now back to the 54 new carpet, waiting on gas tank, sending unit and seats.

 

That's amazing. A car around here with no glass for a couple years would be a flinstone-mobile...

 

Great find! Questions:
1) Does the car have both original black California plates?
2) Did you get the pink slip?
3) Is there an old registration slip with the car?

The reason I'm asking is that if you have the pink slip or registration slip tying the original black plate to the VIN, you can use those original plates without paying an extra yearly YOM plate fee.

 

i have one frt plate, no pink or regis ... prob go with historical plate as on both my 57s

 

i cant believe a garage came down on it and the body did not get hurt. so lucky