An overdue update on my P15 project.

[Chester Brzostowski]

After 2.5 months I was able to get back to the P15 and continued with more body prep.

For an extensive blow by blow click on the link below...

http://www.chetscoins.com/1948p15/2008/07192008.htm

Just checking in, Chet...

[steveplym]

Really nice job on the rear quarter panels Chet. Looks like new again.

Glad you are making progress. I've still got a little ways to go on my project, but it sure feels good to see it in paint.

[55 Fargo]

Hi Chet, glad to hear and see things are moving along again. Hope you are able to make good progress this summer..........Fred

[randroid]

Chet,

That's what my P-15 wants to look like when it grows up, lol. I injured my left arm and haven't been able to do any body work to continue painting, but I'll start again next week and maybe we can race back to the road.

Come to think of it, maybe I should make that challenge to inspire both of us. You on?

-Randy

(PS - I developed fluid overnight in my elbow and thought I'd slept on it wrong, but the next day it was worse and hurt like Hell so I had it checked out. Here's the good part; the steroids they gave me got me more buzzed than the codeine, but I guess I won't be participating in the Olympics this year. I'm no longer in any pain but won't be beating on Pigiron this week because we're going to see Eric Burton tomorrow and the Rockies on Wednesday. The Rockies suck this year, but fortunately they're in the NL West where NO team is .500 so they still might look good by July 31.)

[Robin (UK)]

Hi Chet,

Nice work!

Great to see you back on the Forum.

[Jim Yergin]

Very impressive Chet!

Jim Yergin

[greg g]

Hey Jim, how goes the Woodie did you get the Gremlins out????

[Chester Brzostowski]

Hi Chet,

Nice work!

Great to see you back on the Forum.

Hi Robin,

I was thinking of you on Sunday because I wore my Ace Café T shirt home from Delaware. By the way I have been checking into the forum at least once a week but with all the activity and posts on this site now it is impossible for me to keep up with it all. Just kind-a lurking in the background.

Cheers…

Randy,

Thanks for the challenge but after almost 4 years of weekends I am moving more toward a Jim Yergin approach to car restoration. “Slow and steady wins the race”. After all the work is suppose to be therapeutic rather then compulsive. I’ve decided to nix the schedules and just see what happens. Besides I just out & out hate sanding. So body work for me will always take 4X longer then let’s say.., anything else.

Fred,

I have learned a lot from working on this car and chatting with all the gear heads on this site and others. Once this Plymouth is finished I will most likely do another car or two before my wrenches pass to another generation but I don’t think I would take on another basket case. It is certainly more fun to drive these old cars then to work on them. So my recommendation to anyone entering this hobby is to pick up a running & derivable car and make it better and better each year that you use it.

If I am not mistaken that was the advice I received when I first logged onto this forum. “Fix those brakes and get it running”.

Chet…

[Don Coatney]

So Chet;

Are the brakes fixed yet and is the engine running? Everything else is coming along nicely.

[Jim Yergin]

Hi Greg. Don't want to hi-jack Chet's thread but since you asked, I have not yet gotten the woodie on the road. I have been busy with a job change and have not spent a lot of time on the car. I have had some trouble bleeding the brakes after disconnecting the lines to release the locked brakes and to check the master cylinder. I have a dual reservoir M/C and have the front disks bled. But the rears are giving me trouble. Am using my home made pressure bleeder and it appears that I have all of the air out of the lines but the rear brakes don't lock up with the pedal fully engaged. I have rear disks and am now wondering if my problem is that, with the wheels off, the rotors can move in and out on the hubs. Does that prevent the single piston calipers from being anchored on the rotors which keeps the calipers from fully gripping the rotors and allowing the rotors to turn? In other words, do I need to fasten the rotors to the hubs with lug nuts to keep the rotors firmly affixed on the hubs and give the calipers something to push against to see if the rear brakes hold after bleeding?

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Jim Yergin

[Chester Brzostowski]

So Chet;

Are the brakes fixed yet and is the engine running? Everything else is coming along nicely.

Don,

No screw has been left unscrewed with.

If it turned it has been cleaned and greased.

If it was rusty it has been blasted, treated, & painted.

If it was broken it has been repaired or replaced.

Everything thoroughly tested on the Bradley Proving Grounds. ( The road around my neighbors cornfield. )

Quick Review…

Chet…

[55 Fargo]

Hi Robin,

Fred,

I have learned a lot from working on this car and chatting with all the gear heads on this site and others. Once this Plymouth is finished I will most likely do another car or two before my wrenches pass to another generation but I don’t think I would take on another basket case. It is certainly more fun to drive these old cars then to work on them. So my recommendation to anyone entering this hobby is to pick up a running & derivable car and make it better and better each year that you use it.

If I am not mistaken that was the advice I received when I first logged onto this forum. “Fix those brakes and get it running”.

Chet…

Chet, you are absolutely right, I will not do another basket case again either, it's a lot of work, and money too.

You are better off IMHO, to buy a decent driver thats running and perfect it from there, the basket cases take more money, a lot of time, to get them just road worthy and running, when you could pay a few bucks at the start with a decent driver...........Fred