BarnFind57 - 2012-03-22 7:17 AM

Got most of the inner rocker in... cut away all of the remaining wreck damage in the rear corner floor by the wheel well. Straightened the wheel well itself.... I had to stop so I could get a refill on my gas bottle... picked that up at lunch time....

Also, the NOS fairy dropped me off a little package in the mailbox... an oil filter adapter plate so I can change over to a spin-on. Go ahead... Just call me lazy.... I will be smiling every time I don't look down and see a drip coming from the canister.

ttotired - 2012-03-23 11:45 PM

That 59 looks awesome

Must be hard to drive without arms (cost of chrome) lol

How did you do the black anteneas?

safetymike77 - 2012-03-24 3:10 PM

Pretty sure they made them for that in Stainless and in chrome....

Windsor Wendy - 2012-03-25 5:23 AM

Will, your car looks great with the new paint! Like the stylish bullits in the reverse lights, did you just drill the lenses?

57plymouth - 2012-03-25 1:05 PM

Drove to church. Had a puddle under the front when we came out. Looks like the top tank is leaking on the radiator again.

Do I fix it or push on for the last week of the Snowbird Challenge?

wizard - 2012-03-24 8:52 PM

Hmm, seems like the brake shoes drag a little - lift up the car and check that the drums turns next to freely. If there is some drag, it will be ok after some more miles.

wizard - 2012-03-26 7:31 PM

Hi Dieter, the bearing shall be properly greased, applying grease with the fingers, while rotating the bearing. lets say that the amount of grease shall be the same level as the height of the rollers in the bearing. Thereafter, the grease cap shall be filled, lets say to a third with grease. Thats the way I do it. There are bearing lubrication tools available today for low cost also, but I prefer to do the work like in the old days.

wizard - 2012-03-25 10:39 AM

Actually, in the old days, we were teached to fill all the free space with grease - look at the pictures below, all the gray shadowed areas should be filled with grease. It should be a spare resovair as well as to take up some heat, that's what I recall our old teacher saying back then.

Note, the "Bakhjulslager" is the rear axle bearing.

d500neil - 2012-03-23 6:38 PM

Aren't the eyebrows stainless steel?

Dieter, after all that you've done for your car, and what you know about maintaining it, you'll probably be very suspicious about the mechanical condition of any other car that is advertised for sale as being 'restored'.

Your tires, there, look massive!

Rebels-59 Coronet - 2011-05-16 3:23 PM

From NEIL D500

..............

Just spent 10 hours, this past weekend installing a new
driver's side door latch, and refinishing the door edge
area, in OEM red/white colors.

The driver's door, suddenly, had not wanted to close,
fully, at times.

Bought a used door latch and cleaned/lubed it, and waited
for a proper weekend to do the project.

Upon its removal, discovered that one the door latch's internal
tumbler-teeth had completely broken off from its tumbler body,
and that the remainder of the internal tumbler teeth were in very
poor condition, compared to the 'normal' appearing condition of
the latch's visible external tumbler teeth.

Also discovered that the door handle's lifting-lever's welded-
on mounting nut had pretty much been stripped out, so that I had
to remove the handle and have a sympathetic body shop Mig-on
a new mounting nut onto the handle's lifting arm's failed nut.

Adjusting a door handle to work the door, smoothly, in company
with the door lock's operation, is always a hassle.

Anyway, with the door jam's painting, the project came out just fine,
eventually.

As a word of caution, however, as you can see, your door latch's
exterior tumblers may look OK, but its non-visible internal tumbler
teeth may be in very poor condition.

It may not be a bad idea to buy a replacement driver's side door
latch, to have on hand, as a future spare part.