Technical What did you do with your car today? * NEW*

Bumper looks great....very "organic". But please educate me. What is Collinite?

Lynn

 

I think it's that stuff that superman hates, Lynn

 

Thanks Lynn. Collinite is heavy duty double coat wax.

 

I think you're mistaken Lloyd......that would be Cryptocurrency.

 

finally got back to the bent pushrod project on my roadster. Been hotrodding vicariously through my brothers on the HAMB for the last month or so.
The rocker arm had wore a slot into the stud and i had to replace the stud also. Got it together and reset all the valves. Went to fire it up and realized the ignition switch was in the on position from when i tore it apart and was bumping the starter...a month and a half ago. Battery was stone dead and wouldn't take a charge. DANG!

 

No doubt out of context, but what did I ever do to Superman that he would hate me?

Lynn

 

Drove the heck out of it today, until I was almost on fumes! When I stopped to fill it I had less than a gallon in the tank!! Yikes! Not sure I've ever put that much gas in it since I got it on the road?

 

Lol, i fixed it

 

Ha Ha Couldn't resist

Lynn

 

Good job. That looks like something I could easily screw up.

 

Got after the 59 with some 40 grit on a DA. This thing is really pretty good other than the soft floors and a few pin holes in the corners of the hood and doors.

 

Ha ha thanks blowby, but it was a pretty low tech fix. A bunch of old sbc parts laying around helps too.

 

Broke two bolts in attempt to replace exhaust manifold gaskets. Decided this job can wait till the snow flies. I'll remove front clip to complete this job as its only a matter of 8 bolts and drain the rad.

 

The machine shop did not chamfer the cylinders when they bored it so I am correcting that, the one on the right is finished. And I have the cam bearings installed and the cam fits so all is well !

 

It's a great day to be alive, I finished my block work ( used a cone shaped mandrel ) taped up so I would not hit the walls. Getting all my parts in one place, I am down to my last converter ( dated 1993 ) I wonder if Turbo Action would still warranty it LOL.
I had to drill out the flex plate holes as the converter takes 7/16 bolts. This pile is about ready for some brake fluid and a motor !

 

From the BillyBob Shop log

September 7th 2021 I measured, measured, measured the nailhead crankshaft until I was confident of my numbers. Those numbers put me into indecision mode for a bit while I tried to chart my best course of action with the crankshaft.

If I come to the conclusion the numbers are too sketchy, I'll bite the bullet and start making local machine shop inquiries or look for another crankshaft. As much as I want it, completing this build without any machining may be a bridge too far.

I tend to dither a long time with dilemmas like this in Terra Incognito so, in the meantime, I pulled out the Buick's heads to clean and inspect. Unfortunately, I leaned too far forward setting down the second head and there was a pop in my lower back. Couldn't move for about thirty seconds while the waves of pain rolled through. If I'm real lucky, I will only be crippled for a few days. One thing is for certain. I won't be free lifting the heads any more.

Beer of the day was Uinta Brewing Company's Trader IPA. Background music was Bob Dylan Bringing it all Back Home.

 

Good luck with the back Laroke. I hate when that happens.

 

Drug my 32 5 Window out, got the hose and evicted all the critters from their home. Then I made a list of things that need done so that I could drive it. Step #1 would be to un-channel it and I’m not sure if that is something I want to do.



Every time this picture pops up on the banner I think maybe it could be my car when it was being built back in the day, same filled rear quarters, fenders bolted on higher up to clear the tires, and channeled to the bottom of the frame. My car has flat washers welded inside the rear quarters for mounting fenders, might have been built back East with fender laws?

Probably not, but it’s a good story.
I’m thinking somebody else needs this one and I need to focus on my 37-38 Chevy!

 

after the pushrod, rocker, rockerstud replacement, and subsequent dead battery, i bought a new battery yesterday. I put in the new battery, fired her up and went for a long awaited cruise.

 

Removed what was left of link pin. Waiting on parts . Going to replace pads also.

 

looking at this made my butt hole pucker, ...what is keeping the spring from coming out?? besides the screw driver???

 

@FRANK GRELLE I have a jack stand and a jack underneath it. It ain't going anywhere. You can't see stand in pic but it's under there.

 

Auto body class has started up again at the local college, so me and a few other worlds oldest students are back at it. I don't view auto body as all that enjoyable but it's better with others around to share the misery.

DAs that vacuum up the dust, Rage Gold.. sure beats my home crap.

 

I have been making good progress this past week, I got my heads cleaned up ( yes they are used but very few laps ) they will get one more bath in Varsol and be bolted on. Got the intake and carb out so I can finish the return spring bracket and see what I have to make a fuel line with. I try not to buy anything if at all possible.

 

Plus I got these old tires off the wheels and found the center caps I will be using on the front, I have some non-traditional tires that should be here today to go on the front. Plus I got the turn signal switch in place.

 

ok now i feel better

 

You guys are busy bees...ok. I finally got my arse motivated.. Using self etching primer.. good stuff...follow safety data sheet..

 

Today I attached my pressure regulator to my Argon bottle, and found the leak in the AC lines that I made for my Falcon.

As it turns out, o-rings are a thing, and they have to go on all of the fittings, not all but one of them.

It seems to be holding now, but I will give it 24-hours.

 

Just about got it, pays to scrub these old beasts down to metal. I've found a few places where moisture has infiltrated through the old primer under previous body work and started pitting the metal, nothing big but still needs to be eliminated and neutralized before proceeding. the old work was well dome but time has taken a toll on it and doing it over with modern materials isn't that much work compared to having it bite you in the butt later. By the way, I need bumpers and a windshield if anyone near by has parts.

 

Be sure to lubricate the o-rings as dry ones will leak everytime.