casper50 Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Posted May 26, 2018 part 11. Almost have the chassis in roller condition. Waiting on rubber for the sway bar and deciding if we do front discs now or later. Quote
casper50 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Posted May 29, 2018 I've spent the last 2 days chipping undercoating off the bottom. Not glamorous but needs to be done. 1 Quote
RobertKB Posted May 29, 2018 Report Posted May 29, 2018 Dirty but necessary work! It's always nice when this kind of work is done and painted. It give a real feeling of accomplishement. Always enjoy the videos! Probably going to repair the floors before painting is my guess. Quote
casper50 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Posted May 29, 2018 Sandblast the whole body is next, repair the floors, get it in epoxy primer, body work and then paint. Quote
RobertKB Posted May 29, 2018 Report Posted May 29, 2018 Exciting times! Here's my present project when I got it and now 5 years on. Just interior left so I hope to have it on the road this year. Quote
casper50 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Posted May 29, 2018 Quite the transformation. Looks really good. Quote
Todd B Posted May 30, 2018 Report Posted May 30, 2018 The car looks awesome! But you missed one little weeed right next to the concrete? 1 Quote
RobertKB Posted May 30, 2018 Report Posted May 30, 2018 17 hours ago, Todd B said: The car looks awesome! But you missed one little weeed right next to the concrete? Sprayed it today! The weed that is. ? 1 Quote
48Dodger Posted June 1, 2018 Report Posted June 1, 2018 Always enjoy a good build thread Casper50....thanks for making the effort! 48D 1 Quote
casper50 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Posted July 8, 2018 I'm still sandblasting the body. The inside, bottom, firewall and one side is finished. Had to take a detour and finish some other things. Worked on it yesterday and will continue today. Will take a video when it's done most likely 2 or 3 days. Quote
casper50 Posted July 11, 2018 Author Report Posted July 11, 2018 got most of the blasting done. 1 Quote
casper50 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Posted July 14, 2018 done with most of the boring tedious stuff. As soon as the floor pans and rockers get here the rust replacement will begin. Still tedious doing all that welding but not as boring as sandblasting. Quote
casper50 Posted July 16, 2018 Author Report Posted July 16, 2018 started on the rust replacment. 1 Quote
Jim Yergin Posted July 19, 2018 Report Posted July 19, 2018 Impressive. Thanks for sharing. Jim Yergin Quote
casper50 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Posted July 21, 2018 I have the disc brakes installed. I have no idea who writes these instruction but they read like Chinese. Must be one set of instructions for all their kits as many parts weren't used, the bearings they furnished fit right in instead of having to remove the bearings in the new rotor per instructions and the instructions are way more complicated than the actual install. I did have to grind one of the protective ears for the hose to caliper connection off as it hit the steering stop. The bolts that they furnish also would have removed the steering stop since they did not provide the correct extended bolt. But, saying all of that it fits really well, no mods other than grinding off that small ear and looks super. Hope it stops as well as it looks. Will take photos once I have both sides done. Quote
casper50 Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Posted July 22, 2018 some more small patchs made and installed. 1 Quote
casper50 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Report Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) I've been phoning some scrap yards in the lower 48 looking for a pair of rear drums for the pontiac. Most are running between $100 and $120. I told them Kanter sells them new for $89. What's up with that? https://www.kanter.com/productdetail.aspx?Mak=Pontiac&Ov=1&Yr=1955&Dv=1&Dpt=1100&Sb=0&Vdr=&Itm=&MDv=1&MDpt=0&MSb=0&Cat=6&Prc=35 To bad they only ship UPS or FeDex. ripoff to Alaska. each drum will fit in a $18 flat rate box as I tried with one of my old ones. Edited July 25, 2018 by casper50 Quote
JerseyHarold Posted July 26, 2018 Report Posted July 26, 2018 Is the '55 Pontiac drum the same as Chevy? 'Tri-5' Chevy parts are a dime a dozen. Rock Auto shows drums for under $30.00 each. If you go to the '55 Chevy brake drum listing in Rock Auto, and click the blue 'Info' button on the Bendix listing, they show a list of alternate part numbers. if one of those is the same as your wagon, I'd say you're good to go. Quote
casper50 Posted August 8, 2018 Author Report Posted August 8, 2018 Finally received my floorpans. I also finished the rear brakes. Quote
casper50 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Report Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) The floorpans are tacked in. Now just a lot of welding for the next few days. But the floor is whole once again. Edited August 10, 2018 by casper50 1 Quote
casper50 Posted August 26, 2018 Author Report Posted August 26, 2018 after a week of being a tour guide to my daughter's Japanese friend I'm back on the Pontiac. 1 Quote
Jim Yergin Posted August 26, 2018 Report Posted August 26, 2018 Wow, you've come a long way. Looks good. Jim Yergin Quote
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