Cut That Out!
Today was looking like a good start. The rusted part of the tail section was cut off and and getting ready for a whole new life ahead.
Tag Archive: body
Sanding, Sanding, Sanding
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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It’s Friday so the dash is no longer holy
I took a trip to Craig’s 56 Chevy yard today. I got the needed light socket that goes behind the instrument cluster and a dummy cigarette lighter to fill the hole that will be left in the dash when I…
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Baby steps but still moving
Today was a productive one. The new wiring harness is separated into sections. With the exception of the tail light harnesses (on order) I got the tail section of the wiring done. It feels good to be making progress on…
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Hot or not, it has to be done
Well, I was getting antsy so I finally went forth with a full days work on My 55 Chevy Bel Air. I decided I had been putting the wiring job off way too long, so today I started it. Sure…
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Before hand reminiscing
I can’t explain what happened but I woke up motivated today. So I decided to actually do some work on my 55 Chevy Bel Air. Knowing that it could be down for a bit, I wanted to take one more…
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Mr. Know-It-All (or so I think)
Something I always like to have when working on my car is a little knowledge about what I am fixing. Now I’m not claiming to be a ’55 Chevy Belair expert, but with the help of the Chevrolet Passenger Car Shop…
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Seeing ahead and behind
I went to the parts store again and got a headlight for the car. Luckily they had one in stock. I headed home to install it. When I arrived, the mirror brackets I ordered from Groovy Carts for my Wink mirror…
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One thing leads to another!
After charging the battery overnight on a trickle charger, I replaced the battery cable and tightened everything down, got in and the engine fired right up. So I procedeed to add some more tranny fluid, after the engine warmed up…
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