Can of rusty worms

[threewood]

Glenwood, you need to stop cleaning stuff up or you will keep finding problems lol.

Looks great, every step is closer to getting her on the road.

As for the torsion bars, I am sure you can do the floor with them there. Just make sure not to cut close to them during tear out and keep them protected from welding splatter with thin aluminum or something similar.

 

[Superfreak]

They will be fine being kept in place.

 

[Glenwood]

I know I have to stop digging threewood. I must have ocd lol! At least the front end is looked after.

If it wasn't already painted, I'd probably do the wheel wells and trunk extensions too. This would turn into a multi year project quick!

Would it be better to do the floor on the wheels or on stands?

 

[Superfreak]

I would do it on the stands.

 

[Glenwood]

Time for some assembly!

I marked the cam positions so I could get them close to where they were. Glad I took photos here, came in handy.

Looks a little cleaner now!

Wondering why the ball joints don't seem to line up. Must be an optical illusion as the knuckle is not offset...

Cleaning up 50+ years of crud!

 

[Glenwood]

One step closer!

 

[mr. b]

looking great keep up the good work

 

[Richard Cranium]

Don't forget to paint the sides of the radiator supports semi flat black.

 

[ckessel]

Get some padding to protect the paint when you slide the engine back in. Your work looks killer!

 

[Glenwood]

Might be the slowest engine install I've ever done! Thanks for the kind words Carl.

RC, I was thinking something in a pearl white might work lol

 

[Glenwood]

Had to do a little repair patch on the backside of this fender to reconnect the support. The fender needs to have the lower section cut off and patched but that means a repaint so this will do for now. I prefer to find a clean fender if I can.

Fitting the fenders and loosely fitting some parts together.

 

[Glenwood]

surface rust inside the dash is crazy. Must have been a lot of moisture in there over the years.

Getting ready to blast inside the dash.

 

[Glenwood]

 

[Glenwood]

dismantling the steering column to blast and paint. Pretty rusty near the steering box.

To take the column apart, the wiring has to be removed.

To remove the wire terminals, you need something small and fairly flat to push in the 'hooks'. An old cotter pin works like a charm. Three places to push in, both sides from the front then one from the back under the terminal and slide them out together.

 

[Glenwood]

The coupler will have to come off to replace the lower seal and dismantle the column tubing.

I used a small chisel to pry the lid off. Then used a small hammer to lightly tap the housing off.

 

[Glenwood]

Punch out the pin.

This lower seal has seen better days!

The upper collar wiggles off the bearing without too much force. Didn't want to pop off at first but twisting helped.

everything is blasted and ready for some epoxy.

 

[miller]

Dang, Glenwood...ya had to remind me why mine's not running down the road, yet! All those parts, big and small, each one have to be dealt with. But, well worth the effort! Looking good.

 

[Glenwood]

Thanks Miller. I don't think it will ever end! lol
I wanted to wrap up the painting before the snow flies and I want to match the column with the dash so it had to be dismantled. It was getting pretty rusty anyway and I can't bring myself to put something rusty back into the car.
The floor is going to be replaced as the patches are terrible and there's rust pinholes elswhere. Probably goning to do the trunk pan as well as I don't like what I see under there.

I tore the axle out last week and was planning on swapping it with a late 60's 8-3/4 I have. IT has a 489 suregrip but I need to swap the gears out to 355s. Afterwards, I'm planning on replacing the front drums with discs and maybe add a swaybar. Looks like I'll be busy this winter!

 

[miller]

I hear all that, Glenwood! All is along the same lines that I did on my 64 Ply...to a tee.
Ha! I don't do much during the winter...fingers turn white and numb. Fire up the heater, if ya got one, and keep truckin'!

 

[Crumley]

Glenwood, chasing rust can get addictive.....its like a drug...but made of steel....lol. Glad you posted the steering shaft seal replacement. That will probably need to happen on the Belvedere.
Keep at it, we like to see the progress...keeps me motivated to keep plowing forward.