Saturday Night drive to Lakeland
With not much going on show-wise in my area, I decided to take a short road trip a little east of me to Lakeland. I heard of a good show going on there so I hopped in the ’55 and…
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From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
With not much going on show-wise in my area, I decided to take a short road trip a little east of me to Lakeland. I heard of a good show going on there so I hopped in the ’55 and…
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I took My 55 Chevy Bel Air out last night. We went to the Inaugural car show at Dale 1891 put on by Ronnie Setser. Not a bad turnout for the first show, and Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of cool cars…
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It’s no secret that as the owner of a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air I love Classic Cars. I am a Chevy guy deep down but love all types of cars. Classics, Muscles, Antiques, Ford, Chevy, Mopar and even some early…
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Since the body and paint takes the longest of the whole restoration, I decided to continue with the smaller details of the car. Being mechanically minded, I like to have all the little things working as they were intended to…
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The engine was still running a bit rough so one of the guys at a car cruise I go to suggested we get together and check it out. When I got there, he hooked up his tach/dwell meter and we…
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Working with a 56 year old vehicle, your bound to find worn or missing parts. Today, I found the latter. When I opened the hood, somethign landed at my feet. I looked around and discovered it was one of the…
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Another project on My 55 Chevy Bel Air restoration I’ve been wanting to do was the Deluxe heater control switch and levers. The majority of them were there but they were broke and rusted. o I pulled the controls out…
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I started sanding the fender and doors on the passenger side of the car today. What I found was kind of surprising, sort of. While I did expect some Bondo near the bottom of the doors because of the shape they…
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The back of My ’55 Chevy Bel Air had been sagging and I’ve been wanting to restore it to the original ride height so now seemed like a good a time as any. With all the rain we’ve been having here, I haven’t…
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I cannot believed I waited so long, but I finally did it. For years I have hear about and seen the Rain-X commercials but I finally got some to try out. The wipers work fine on my ’55 Chevy Bel…
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