Hey everyone! Been reading this forum for a while, about the time I join!
This is my first ever car, it's 1964 4 door Belvedere with a slant six. Put mere 2000 km or so on it so far last year. Originally from under a tree somewhere here in Ontario. Alicia from Alicia's Custom Paints bought it to make her daily driver and got some help reviving it. Floors been somewhat patched, tires bought, new break lines installed, and engine brought back to life! Unfortunately someone drove into the car's rear quarter at a car park and that's when it went onto marketplace for me to buy for cheap. Over the next year I fixed the quarter with Alicia's shop, they hammered it out and blended the colour back in, and 2023 became my first year on the road!
There is a loooot to do still and I don't come from turning wrenches culture AT ALL. So been watching hours and hours of Vice Grip Garage, Sleeper Dude, Dead Dodge Garage, Uncle Tony and more more more.
This years main projects are: making sure drivetrain is all good (putting new wheel cylinders and bearings in next week), trying to conquer the interior water leaks (front is metal rust, trunk is from rear glass leaking), if leaks are fixed cleaning up all the ongoing rust and maybe doing floors. I still got no working temp gauge, so figuring that out. And also have a suspicion (via noise) my valve lash needs adjustin
Doing all these jobs myself is hella scary, so wish me good luck and I will be seeing you in the threads here.
This is my first ever car, it's 1964 4 door Belvedere with a slant six. Put mere 2000 km or so on it so far last year. Originally from under a tree somewhere here in Ontario. Alicia from Alicia's Custom Paints bought it to make her daily driver and got some help reviving it. Floors been somewhat patched, tires bought, new break lines installed, and engine brought back to life! Unfortunately someone drove into the car's rear quarter at a car park and that's when it went onto marketplace for me to buy for cheap. Over the next year I fixed the quarter with Alicia's shop, they hammered it out and blended the colour back in, and 2023 became my first year on the road!
There is a loooot to do still and I don't come from turning wrenches culture AT ALL. So been watching hours and hours of Vice Grip Garage, Sleeper Dude, Dead Dodge Garage, Uncle Tony and more more more.
This years main projects are: making sure drivetrain is all good (putting new wheel cylinders and bearings in next week), trying to conquer the interior water leaks (front is metal rust, trunk is from rear glass leaking), if leaks are fixed cleaning up all the ongoing rust and maybe doing floors. I still got no working temp gauge, so figuring that out. And also have a suspicion (via noise) my valve lash needs adjustin
Doing all these jobs myself is hella scary, so wish me good luck and I will be seeing you in the threads here.
