It's now after 10:30 pm and I have just finished looking through the projects you guys are doing, awsome! Seeing all that beautiful work makes me want to get up off my lazy but right now and go out to the shop and go to work like I have been promising my poor ole sick X that I would do for a couple of years now. As I pregress I will post some progress pics. ou:
55 Nomad Here's a pic of a 55 Chev Nomad wagon. Note the shape of the door windows. They are also of a hard top design, with no window frame.
And here is a 55 Chev 210 wagon. I had a chance to buy one of these about 30 years ago. Passed on it and bought a 71 Mach 1 instead.
Hmmm, are those washer pumps supposed to be that satin finish???? Jim, You need to take up fishing....you have too much time on your hands! :laugh:
Jim, How in heavens name did you get that pump to look that good. I have to locate one or "polish" mine. Give me some directions?? Mike
I had to "import" Jim (typically we don't allow anyone up from below the Mason-Dixon line without the proper papers p ... but I secured special clearance with the Governor.. ) so he could do the one on this car... Unfortunately, due to a lack of pickled pigs feet and hawg jowls in the area, he was unable to perform the same service on the other dozen wiper motors on various cars being done here at the shop.. ... He was not happy with the "Yankee" fare around dinnertime.. :rant: ... even though I kept telling him that us Minnesotan's aren't Yankee's.. but good Norwegians and Pennsylvania Dutch.. ... he also mentioned something about "getting cold".. although I am not sure what he meant by that, has not been below 30 degrees here yet.. :laugh: I tell ya, the worst thing to watch is him typing the correct P/N's & date codes on those stickers with his old Moon-Hopkins, that thing has to weigh 100 lbs. I was going to help him carry it in, but Union rules yaknow.. :laugh: I see he has now perfected his plastic whitening skills, although I fear the acid fumes may be taking their toll.. uzzled: :Brow: JW (tounge planted firmly in cheek)
"polishing" an NOS part is pretty easy work. ... and if that one ain't NOS you do have too much time on your hands. awesome work :TU:
Nope... both those are 35/6 year old original motors.. NOS ones are not correct.. in the strictest restoration circles. Similar to how new mag phosphated outer fender attaching bolts need to be painted body color.. but don't get me started on that tangent.. :rant: JW
OK Jim, so how do I get one of those for my car?? I lived up in the UP as I went to school at Michigan Tech, so snow and cold I can handle. Mike
The U.P?... you guys must have a foot of snow by now.. :laugh: Just havin some fun with the you guys.. I will let the good Mr Lore fill you in on the details.. as it is his thread. He's prolly carefully inspecting the inside of his eyelids by now, which tends to be required when your up early enough to wake the roosters, as is his habit. Check back tomorrow.. JW
:sleep: :sleep: :sleep: Actually, I am awake, but forward progress is halted due to dealing with some "life issues". Parts of my car are in a few different towns around here at the moment. I need to get space in a garage to get things going again. I have my frame ready to start assembly and it bugs me that I don't have the space!!! I know, I just need to be patient.... Jim, that wiper motor is a work of art! Seriously, please do a write-up on how you achieved that resto. I (and many others) am all ears! Good work! :TU:
Ken I had to use some of our dogs my best tooth brushes, nearly a years supply of Pollident Denture Cleanser and a lot of elbow grease. If you look closely you can still see some disolving the remaing stains away.
Jim- You've been busy! Are those parts zinc or silver cad plated? Or polished and cleared? Oh, and I don't have a dog and I don't wear dentures, so I guess I'll have to get a dog and have my teeth pulled in order to be able to do my wiper motor... If you care to identify what parts are in your pic and what finishes they have, I'd love to add them to my spreadsheet of factory finishes. Looking good, my friend! :TU:
Ken These parts were prepped by me for the plater so that is bare steel. It took a long time to get it looking this good as you will see from the next pic. If you were having someone else do it for you or your personal time is limited, buying Dave Kleiner's repro linkage makes more economic sense. Here is the before:
I bought a set of those protecto sockets from "Snap Off" Tool Co. just for the occasion so as to not fracture the yellow paint on those very bolts.
