Finally all the pieces are together
The tailpan arrived at 9AM. Wow! FedEx is prompt. Now that all the parts are in place it’s time to get them on the car. Let’s see, who can assist me now?
From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
The tailpan arrived at 9AM. Wow! FedEx is prompt. Now that all the parts are in place it’s time to get them on the car. Let’s see, who can assist me now?
Boy, the shipping company are early risers. Today when I awoke, a very large box was waiting for me. Unfortunately, it did not have the one part I was looking for in it. The tail pan for some reason did…
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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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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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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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I called the body shop today to let them know I have all the parts needed to get the A-Pillar skins welded on. He told me to bring it on down, so I dropped My 55 Chevy Bel Air off at the…
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While I’m waiting for the parts from East Coast Chevy, I decided to take some more parts off the Chevy. Today it was the stainless trim on the rocker panels. When I got the trim off, the driver side rocker…
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I got tired of having the front bumper rattling around because I tried to take the bolts out and because they were rusted, only came halfway out. So, I grabbed the die grinder and proceeded to cut the bolts off.
So, While I’m waiting for the A-Pillar skins to show up, I figured I would prepare the car a little bit more for when they arrive and get ready to have them welded on.