Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 I made some progress on the Plymouth on Saturday. I welded the metal patch panel on the driver’s side fender. I ran into some issues with my mig welding — I blew a few holes in the patch and the sheetmetal. I stopped and and welded a 22 gauge panel patch, […]
Plymouth update
Friday, Nov. 16, 2024 — Been a while since I’ve posted an update in this space. I’ve been spending time creating YouTube content when I probably should be working on the Plymouth, LOL. But I HAVE been back at work on the car, starting with the driver’s side fender rust repair. I had to cut […]
Fall update on the 56 Plymouth …
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 — I’m back for an update on what’s going on with my 1956 Plymouth Belvedere. Fall arrived here about 10 days ago, and the change in temperatures has been dramatic. I’ve left the east side overhead doors of the shop open all summer, but now I need to thing about closing […]
New accessories for the ’56 Plymouth
A couple of developments to add to the 1956 Plymouth blog. 4BBL INTAKE? First, I sprung for a major purchase of a rare item — an original 4-barrel intake manifold from 1956 for a 277 cubic inch V-8. The intake is factory and cast iron, its no light weight, lol! The carb for the intake […]
Progress on the Plymouth — trim 2/3 removed on driver’s side!
Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 This evening I made some significant progress on my efforts to prepare my 1956 Plymouth Belvedere for rust repairs and new paint. I know this may sound insignificant, but I successfully removed the trim from both front fenders last night, and then today I removed all the trim on the driver’s […]
Work begins on the ’56 Plymouth — finally!
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024 Well, I lifted the 56 Plymouth for the first time with the QuickJack 5000 last week. The QuickJack system had been assembled for about a month, but I hadn’t lifted the car with it. Fortunately, the QuickJack worked flawlessley — no hydraulic fluid leaks or need to re-bleed the lines. It […]
Back on the air cleaner conversion project ….
Friday, July 19, 2024 I don’t have much of an update on the Plymouth but I do have somethings to report. OIL BATH AIRCLEANER CONVERSION. After a series of issues with the solvents in the 1k primer lifting the old paint on the air cleaner (as well as the Evercoat 2k glazing putty), I shot […]
Trying 2k materials on air breather project
Saturday, July 13, 2024 I figured it was time for an update on the air cleaner project. The last work I did on it was to give it two nice, wet coats of 1k primer surfacer. The primer looked great — until the next day or so. Then I had areas where the paint was […]
Slow and steady wins the air cleaner conversion race … I hope
Friday, June 14,, 2024 I took time yesterday to go over my 1956 Plymouth oil bath-to-paper filter conversion project with 320-grit sandpaper. It took care of the 180 sand scratches; however, I still ended up with several small areas where the primer failed to adhere, despite my earlier surface prep. I’ve decided the issue is […]
Work continues in the Shadetree Garage ….
Monday night, June 10, 2024Today I continued work on my oil bath air cleaner. I had applied glazing putty to parts of the lid and the main housing, and sanding it all down and have it ready for what I hope will be the final coat of primer. So far I’ve been sanding with 180 […]