Manny, Moe and Jack on Speed
Today was the Grand opening of the Pep Boys Speed Shop in Brandon. Since I have My ’55 Chevy Bel Air back and cleaned up, I decided to take it for a cruise to the car show. It was pretty…
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From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
Today was the Grand opening of the Pep Boys Speed Shop in Brandon. Since I have My ’55 Chevy Bel Air back and cleaned up, I decided to take it for a cruise to the car show. It was pretty…
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OK, so it took me a few days to get to the sand part of the cleanup. So, I turned on the compressor and proceeded to try and rid the dash and anything else harboring sand inside the car of…
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The car certainly was a sight to see when it arrived home from the body shop. And I’m not talking about just the body work that was done. It was dirty and dusty all over the outside, in the engine…
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I called the body shop and I was told, YES I can go get my car. I called a friend Randy and he offered me a ride to pick the car up. When we got there, I was so excited to…
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So I called the body shop at noon and he told me to call back in a couple hours. Three hours later, I called and he said they were finishing up vacuuming out the sand from when they sand blasted…
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Called the body shop again to see if it was ready. The guy there told me they had just a little more smoothing of the metal to do near where the stainless trim would go. Also, since the windshield drain…
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I was told windshield is back in My ’55 Chevy Bel Air and all that was needed was to finish smoothing out the last rough spots, vacuum out the sand and I should be able to pick the car up tomorrow. So…
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Glass guys did not make it out today as I was informed they would. I was told by the body shop guy they (glass shop) should have the windshield in Monday and I should be able to pick the car up by then….
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When I stopped by today, both sides had the fabricated A-Pillar pieces welded on and the holes in the cowl were patched up too. they also had a been coated front and back with epoxy primer, I was told, and…
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When I stopped by today, the fabricated A-Pillar pieces were on the car, well, one side anyway. It looked really good on there, just like it was meant for the car. I tell you, the man that hand fabricated these…
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