falconvan

Thanks! Got some really nice comments from most people and a little good natured ribbing about putting a Chevy engine in a Mopar but I figured that was coming.

Yep, always use two forms of support. I use jackstands with the weight of the car down on them plus my floor jack to back them up. Never had a car come down on me and don't want one to.

Great day for a carshow, sure is nice to be driving it instead of working on it.

They do look nice but are not the most comfortable. You're sitting bolt upright and the also don't hinge forward to let anyone in the back seat.

Got the car cleaned up and been cruising around for the last few days; a few little bugs to work out but really happy with it. I took it over to the original owner's house and took him for a ride; he was really happy to see it going again. That's him in the last picture. Last time he drove it was around 1980 and it was parked after that.

Decided to take a shot at making some sill plates. I used 1/8" cold rolled steel plate and got the rubber from a place called RubberCal. Not as nice as original ones but they came out decent and I think it's a good budget option.

No problem; glad to help.

The first one I did was my 51 Plymouth sedan and I posted pictures. Did the same with my 48 p15. My 49 I didn't post any pictures but I used the same brake setup and parts on all three cars.

I've done it both ways; I cut a coil off the front springs on my 51 Plymouth and had dropped spindles on my 49 Plymouth. Both worked fine and I can't say either method was noticeabley superior as far as the way the car handled.

Looking good!

Don't have my material yet but I'll post some pictures when I get them together.

Yeah, I don't want to post it if it's a dismal failure!

Yeah, I could. Let me see how good they come out first.

They are pretty proud of those rubber sill plates when I priced them. I'm going to take a stab at making some.

Looks like nothing major broke; that's always a plus.

Killer job on that headliner; really nice. Killer job on the whole car, actually.

Looks great; nice clean slate to start with. My vote would be late model injected hemi.

Thanks! No, can't sell this one. It was a gift from good friend 9 years ago with the promise that I would finish it and keep it. As far as my next one, my shop truck is an 86 Astrovan with a small block chevy; it's getting a set of Vortec heads, an aluminum intake, and I'm changing out the 700r4 for an NV3500 5 speed.

First trip down the road today!!!! Plenty of little bugs to work out but pretty satisfied; it ran good, all the gears work, and it stops. Upholstery wise all I have left is to cover the backseat and make some sill plates and a few trim pieces.

Didn't get as far as I hoped this week but it's getting close. I was having a lot of trouble getting the foam carved into the shape I wanted for the front seats so I put those aside for now and bought these buckets off of Ebay. May finish the others up later and keep these for something else. I was getting frustrated and decided to just let someone else do them but the local upholstery shops said they were 2-3 months out because everyone wants their cars done at the beginning of spring. The back is coming much better; hopefully I'll have it done this week or next. Back door panels and kick panels are done along with a mile long miscellaneous list. I spent five days doing 10-12 hour days on it and have to be at work Monday so I'm taking a couple days breather.

Bumpers on! I'm off work all this week and am planning an all out blitz to get as much as I can wrapped up and start road testing.

Thanks! Got the headliner and carpet in over the last week; will be starting on door panels shortly. Headliner came out OK; this is the second one I've done and it's looks better than the first but still a few wrinkled areas I had a hard time working out. For the price, I can live with it.

Finished up my air cleaner and the rest of my upholstery supplies came in so here goes nothing. I got the windlace on and just hung the headliner on the bows. It's been folded up in a box so from what I've read you should leave it like this for a few days and let it relax before you start attaching anything. I also have been having a major carburetor battle. I bought a factory rebuilt Street Demon 1900 carb to replace the old Holley 4160 I had on for a temporary. I fought this thing to no end trying to get it to run right, even called their tech line and had them send me some documentation on how to do all the initial set up adjustments but it kept flooding constantly and ran like crap. :mad:I finally said the heck with it and threw some rebuild parts in the the old Holley and threw it back on. Starts as soon as you hit the key and runs like a champ. Go figure.

Several things done this week; I finished insulating the floor. the guy that was sandblasting my seat springs once again put me off a couple more weeks. I finally said the heck with it, picked them up and just sprayed them with POR-15 after wire brushing off the rusty spots. I was looking at my air cleaner and was worried that even with the dual snorkels, it wouldn't get great airflow. So I saw this idea on a factory Ford high flow air cleaner. Should be much better now. All my upholstery stuff is here except for the headliner, which is another week out. As soon as it gets here we'll start putting stuff together.