Sunday, July 7, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
SO I have to admit after pulling the tires off (the rears were a pain to say the least as they are 215s and the tightest fit requiring wrestling to get them free), seeing the brakes and broken parts I just feel over whelmed.
There is so much to do on this car, and my game plan took a serious blow. I wanted to do the brakes and then work up through the car, as suggested by a good friend. That's rather hard when already I have a hole in the welded shortened Ford 9" differential tubes, broken springs on the brakes (that look like Chevy springs), and a mess of a fuel line.
I will admit that being raised as a Chevy girl is rather... unhelpful when it comes to this rear end. I don't know Ford, and I don't know these brakes. My neighbor brought over a manual for a ford truck, and that is my saving grace at this point. Still with this rear end and all it's little issues, including the need to drill the drums (which I think might need replacing) to fit for the Chevy lug pattern, I am considering ditching the rear end. The fact that I have a car I was going to part out and sell, just makes it all the more tempting to just put that in the '57.
I guess I can at least move on while I think this over, and ground the gas tank and get the full rubber fuel line front to back fixed.
Part of me wants to just start ripping everything on the car off, but for now I guess I will just move on the best I can while I weigh the pros and cons of this ford 9".
There is so much to do on this car, and my game plan took a serious blow. I wanted to do the brakes and then work up through the car, as suggested by a good friend. That's rather hard when already I have a hole in the welded shortened Ford 9" differential tubes, broken springs on the brakes (that look like Chevy springs), and a mess of a fuel line.
I will admit that being raised as a Chevy girl is rather... unhelpful when it comes to this rear end. I don't know Ford, and I don't know these brakes. My neighbor brought over a manual for a ford truck, and that is my saving grace at this point. Still with this rear end and all it's little issues, including the need to drill the drums (which I think might need replacing) to fit for the Chevy lug pattern, I am considering ditching the rear end. The fact that I have a car I was going to part out and sell, just makes it all the more tempting to just put that in the '57.
I guess I can at least move on while I think this over, and ground the gas tank and get the full rubber fuel line front to back fixed.
Part of me wants to just start ripping everything on the car off, but for now I guess I will just move on the best I can while I weigh the pros and cons of this ford 9".
Friday, June 21, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
I plan for this to be my chronicle of the project my husband and I have undertaken: fixing and restoring the '57 Chevy two door 210 Sedan.
The history:
This car belongs to my stepfather in law. He picked this up over thirty years ago, and it quickly became a hodgepodge of everyone else's ideas. The differential was blown, and a friend gave him the back end out of a '75 T-bird from what I am told. Of course it couldn't fit under there stock so it had to be mortified. It has been shortened to fit. Of course this means that he never took the time to make the ebrake work. The transmission is a Muncie 4 speed from a '60 Pontiac. The wheels are off a Buick Skylark, and God only knows where the engine is from.
About ten years ago, the SFIL was out cruising around when the front driver brake line popped. The rear drums were never properly adjusted, and so he rear ended the guy in front of him. One front fender, the bumper and hood were all dented. A sad sad day.
Since then the car has sat in the SFIL's garage in Phoenix, AZ in pieces. He finally decided that due to lack of time and failing health he could no longer hope to fix the car has he had once dreamed. It was then that he asked my husband and I to take on the project.
It was packed up, trailered, and towed around 700 miles to my home in Colorado where it now sits. Today we jacked it up after a general look over. Already we found that the remaining front brake (remaining unpopped) is rubbing on the control arm and ready to go as well. The fuel line, front to back, is just rubber hose. and after noting a new puddle, the shortened diff is leaking at one of the weld. The front portion of the pan is rusted through. The good part there is little rust holes and/or dents in the body. The SFIL had purchased the fenders and other bits as well as all the rubber and weather stripping.
With that it seems the electrical issues are not so bad. It will be a fun project though, and the best part is that it will become mine someday!
The history:
This car belongs to my stepfather in law. He picked this up over thirty years ago, and it quickly became a hodgepodge of everyone else's ideas. The differential was blown, and a friend gave him the back end out of a '75 T-bird from what I am told. Of course it couldn't fit under there stock so it had to be mortified. It has been shortened to fit. Of course this means that he never took the time to make the ebrake work. The transmission is a Muncie 4 speed from a '60 Pontiac. The wheels are off a Buick Skylark, and God only knows where the engine is from.
About ten years ago, the SFIL was out cruising around when the front driver brake line popped. The rear drums were never properly adjusted, and so he rear ended the guy in front of him. One front fender, the bumper and hood were all dented. A sad sad day.
Since then the car has sat in the SFIL's garage in Phoenix, AZ in pieces. He finally decided that due to lack of time and failing health he could no longer hope to fix the car has he had once dreamed. It was then that he asked my husband and I to take on the project.
It was packed up, trailered, and towed around 700 miles to my home in Colorado where it now sits. Today we jacked it up after a general look over. Already we found that the remaining front brake (remaining unpopped) is rubbing on the control arm and ready to go as well. The fuel line, front to back, is just rubber hose. and after noting a new puddle, the shortened diff is leaking at one of the weld. The front portion of the pan is rusted through. The good part there is little rust holes and/or dents in the body. The SFIL had purchased the fenders and other bits as well as all the rubber and weather stripping.
With that it seems the electrical issues are not so bad. It will be a fun project though, and the best part is that it will become mine someday!
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