Back to work…sorta
It’s still too hot for me to get out in the garage and do anything big on the ’55. I did manage to get the sun visors and rear arm rests painted and recovered. I cranked up a fan and proceeded…
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From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
It’s still too hot for me to get out in the garage and do anything big on the ’55. I did manage to get the sun visors and rear arm rests painted and recovered. I cranked up a fan and proceeded…
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Finally home and tired from the long and exciting road trip. Now comes the fun part, unpacking, cleaning and putting things away. Of course I’m looking forward to the fun I’m gonna have working on My ’55 Chevy Bel Air! I…
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Just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico was another cool Route 66 attraction. The Route 66 Casino. I had to check this one out. From what they told me, the casino had just opened not too long ago. It was so…
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One more trip to get another pair of arm rests to replace the ones I got last week that were broken. When I got there, I told the owner what happened and he swapped out the broken ones for another…
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Today I installed the door latches on the inside. After polishing them up, it looks so much nicer inside. More original. I took apart and cleaned the arm rests too. These ones were so much dirtier than the last ones….
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Another trip to Craig’s for some more parts. I’m finally going to get two more armrests for the rear doors. While I was there, I picked up the original door latches for the inside. And while walking through the yard,…
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Finally! Today I got tired of looking at the small hole the previous owners had put in the lower left part of the dash, near the door. To be more specific, the push button they used for the horn. I never could…
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Sometimes it takes me a while to get things done, but when I start, they really get done. Today it was the removal of the old gas pedal and linkage. As you can see from some of the pictures I…
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Always keeping safety in mind, I got some new seat belts. I went with a retractable one because as you can see, the knot method for taking up slack didn’t go over well with me. While removing the old belt and…
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While waiting to figure out what I am going to do about the engine, I decided to redo the nasty looking package in back window. I had originally asked an upholstery shop what it would cost to redo this and they…
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