One door at a time
Now that I’ve got the trim taken off one side, I spent some more time stripping the car down. Today was the rest of the rear door. Small steps towards the final paint job.
From One Chevy Tri-Five Enthusiast To Another!
Now that I’ve got the trim taken off one side, I spent some more time stripping the car down. Today was the rest of the rear door. Small steps towards the final paint job.
Well, with the big Chevy show in the rear view mirror, I started to get the stainless and chrome off yesterday to hopefully get one step close to the ultimate paint job. Small steps towards a big goal.
Did some wheelin and dealin with another fellow cruiser and now I’m rollin on some Classic Keystone wheels! They were in pretty rough shape when I got them, but with a scrub brush and some good old elbow grease (mixed…
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Today was the Second Annual All Chevy Car & Truck show held at Stingray Chevrolet in Plant City, FL. Over 300 Chevys showed up for a great show. As usual, it was a scorcher but seeing all those classics was…
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Well, after sanding on the hood all day, I’m starting to see flaws that were covered up that couldn’t be seen with paint over them. Man, these people do great jobs at making things smooth and shiny, but the flaws…
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I figured it was time to take some steps towards a new paint job. So I started to strip the paint from the hood. Before I started the hood though, there was a spot on the front bumper that I…
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Haven’t driven the car in two days and out of the blue a leak appeared from under the car. Think it must be the lower radiator hose.
Went to a car show this afternoon. Show was great, sun was greater. Got a sunburn but saw some really sweet cars!
I happened to be walking through the parts store one night and noticed they had a clearance table set up, so I went over to browse. The usual stuff there, air fresheners, additives, etc. After digging down a layer, I…
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Finally after almost a year of taking it out, I decided to put the fan shroud back in. Not that I was having cooling issues, but it should help to cool the engine even more now. So many people looked…
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