Any progress is good progress. Thanks
1958 Chevrolet Delray
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I found it much more easier to double flare, not one redo. If you have to make some bends in it, easy enough to do by hand.
I have some aluminum tubing and the conifer is still easier to work with.
What is comfier?
Got around to starting the fuel line upgrade from 5/16" to 3/8".
The original location of the 5/16" would take it straight along side the passenger side exhaust. single one piece line.
on a 58 Chev they relocated the line to run along side the body pinch line, I was not comfortable running it there so I took a page out of the 59-64 cars and moved the line in to the driveshaft tunnel. these used a 3 piece line to accomplish this.
First had to drill a couple of holes and add grommets.
Got the rear section done.
Hope to get some time in on the weekend to finish up the front line, lots of bending and test fitting.
The original location of the 5/16" would take it straight along side the passenger side exhaust. single one piece line.
on a 58 Chev they relocated the line to run along side the body pinch line, I was not comfortable running it there so I took a page out of the 59-64 cars and moved the line in to the driveshaft tunnel. these used a 3 piece line to accomplish this.
First had to drill a couple of holes and add grommets.
Got the rear section done.
Hope to get some time in on the weekend to finish up the front line, lots of bending and test fitting.
Looks good
Well that is a bit of a milestone. I
Damn Apple and the apostrophe, finish without the apostrophe below
I will bet that you are glad to get the body down.
There that should work.
I will bet that you are glad to get the body down.
There that should work.
I am more than glad the body is back on the chassis.
all by my lonesome
Once the front was down, had to partially disassemble the hoist to move it to the back side.All in all about 2 hours to drop the body down.
all by my lonesome
Seen on a sign outside a lounge in Calgary:
"Solitude is not loneliness."
The 4x4 s are the same thing I used..scary stuff..ha
It sure doesgreat milestone indeed! gotta feel good
I did have a 2x6 lagged to the top of the front 4x4 and tied into my workbench. So I knew it was not going forward at any time.
But after some time the front 4x4 started to develop a twist. Was a bit scary and glad they are outta there.
Spent the better part of the weekend getting the body mounts all in and tightened. Had two that I needed to cut out from above as those both snapped when removing them.
Got a Shafer's Classic Exhaust system and finally mounted the mufflers, hope to get the rear pipes in next week.
And here's something you don't see these days...
This tag is on the antenna cable that I pulled out of the 58.
Got a Shafer's Classic Exhaust system and finally mounted the mufflers, hope to get the rear pipes in next week.
And here's something you don't see these days...
This tag is on the antenna cable that I pulled out of the 58.
Nor surprised that you found that in a Chevy. When I was way younger I worked at the GM foundry and we made parts for ford, Chrysler and even some motorhome manufacturers...some of the assemblies that were shipped back from other GM plants for remelting were from other manufacturers. These were parts that were destined to go into GM products but either were obsolete stock or were defective..We once had a full basket with about 80 hypo big block Chevy heads that were to be melted down. Some were complete heads others just cores..somehow only about 30 made it to the smelters..