Some times it’s all about the small victories. I’ spent the last two weekends trying to finish tearing down the suspension and steering components. This includes the upper control arms, lower control arms and steering link (tie rods and center link). Last weekend was extremely discouraging. I spent close to six hours working on the […]
Read More →Update: I’m no longer going green. I changed my mind a couple of years ago and have decided to paint the car GM Fawn Beige with a white top. I am also changing out the side trim for ’54 mercury trim and ditching the lower spears on the “speed hump”. Here’s the paint color on a […]
Read More →Well, after a long winter work has begun again on the Vicky. Last year after the fiasco with the gas tank I put a brand new tank in. Thinking that would solve the problems I was having, I filled it up and took her out for a spin. A very, very smoky spin. After fiddling […]
Read More →Since the car is running now I figured I would drag it out and knock the crust off of it from having it shipped over 600 miles on an open bed.
Read More →I haven’t posted in a while, but I have been busy working on the car. I decided in April I was going to switch the car over from the original 6 volt positive ground electrical system to a modern 12 volt negative ground system. This involved changing out the generator for an alternator, new 12v […]
Read More →Almost from the time I graduated college I have been looking for a classic car. That is close to 7 years worth of searching. During that time I came across lots of candidates, but my financial situation didn’t prove conducive to adding another vehicle. I made a pact with myself a couple years ago that by […]
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