Stripped to bare metal with new factory color paint! Just waiting for convertible top to go back on, ill be done this week. Some of the pictures are before the car was painted.
New King Pins and bushings,tie rod ends,Steering box,all parts of steering column tube and box blasted and painted when the column was out. One Replacement control arm. Complete new brake system including rebuilding all wheel and master cylinders, dding new shoes, lasting all drums and backing plates,new front wheel bearings and seals,all wheels blasted and powder coated,4 new Firestone wide whitewall bias ply tubes and tires Now 2 years old. They were brand new fresh tires when I put them on the car. Upper engine rebuild inlcluding complete valve job with all new valve springs and gaskets. New waterpump. Engine was previously bored .040 over and has nice bores that still had a visible cross hatch in them. Radiator out cleaned and strap soldered back on,heater core replaced with NOS heater core with complete blast and repaint of heater box,new heater valve,all new hoses, elt and Clamps. All components removed from engine, lasted and refinished with correct decals (throttle linkage, rackets. etc. ) New battery leads,complete tune up including cap, ires, otor, lugs, reaker plate,Carb rebuilt,Complete fuel system rehab. including Tank out and cleaned, ew Fuel Pump, as tank gauge out and rebuilt, ew Filter and frame to to pump fuel line.
(what hasn't been done)
I didn't touch the exhaust but it doesn't have any rot or leaks just surface rust as it was probably raw steel to begin with.
All I did with the rear and transmission were to drain and refill. Neither seems to make noise or have any significant issues although one rear wheel seal does seem to have a leak. If I had gotten to drive it before the rebuild, nbsp;I would have known it and replaced it when I had the rear backing plates off. I think there is a slight pinion seal leak as well. (exactly the type of things you would expect on an untouched component.
Clutch seems fine and took an adjustment with alot more to go.
I adjusted the emergency brake as well and it works great with lots of band left.
Lots of rechrome and NOS parts installed including
Both front and rear bumper with guards and accessory grille guard
accessory mirrors,
Freshly polished stone shields
NOS front fender moldings and headlight rings
reproduction tail light housings and trunk ornament
NOS center dash grille assembly
NOS inner and outer door handles and window cranks
NOS hood badge
Nice replacement hood ornament with reproduction insert
New kick panels and glove box
New trim rings and replacement hubcaps
NOS tinted sunvisors
Rechromed complete trunk handle assembly
NOS Horn Ring with nice button. I just installed an NOS Horn relay and got the horn working properly off the horn ring.
Everything works on the car with the exception of the radio. All gauges, nbsp;all lights, lower, eater, orn, tc. Even lit the hood ornament. (that was an option back then)