May 12, 2019 9:59 am
Since I'm in a pause with making canvas items due to a shortage in fasteners, I've had time to spare on my truck. Which has been a nice change of pace.
I've moved since the last time I really worked on it, and my work space has been reduced quite a bit. However the advantage is the truck is at my house, and I can spend time on it immediately after work.
Over the years, I've had either little time to work on the truck, or was simply too ill to do much. However I made a habit of hitting all the screws and nuts with penetrating oil, in preperation for the time I'd have to remove them. This paid off, since so far, all off the fasteners have been relatively easy to remove. I was able to get the passenger door apart pretty easily. The truck was parked next to a wood grinder at the old facility. It had layers of wood pulp all over, and about a full pound of it in the door. Incidentally, this has kept the inside dry and free of rust. The only thing I'll do is wipe it down clean, and restore the door and window mechanisms.
A shot of the rubber insulator that sits between the door frame and outer skin
This is the window track with the deteriorated track material inside. I haven't figured out where to source that yet, and the typical Chevy parts sites don't seem to have it. Or if they do, it's not easy to locate on their web sites.
My dirty mess of an engine compartment. Thankfully most of the firewall components can be easily removed. I'm debating on pulling the engine, since I plan to install new engine mounts. I just dread having to pull the transmission and work on the drive line, even though they need a thorough cleaning and degreasing.
Last I check, my engine is a 1955 235. I'm not sure if the crank sits low on these engines, or if the front engine mount is a bubba special that sits too short. But the way it sits now, I can't use the hand crank.
Got the main floor panel out for restoration. This is the only part that needs welding to fix the slot made by the P.O. for the power takeoff lever.
An inside view of my firewall after removing the padding. I wish I would have bought a repro firewall pad set from John when he was making them. I can't seem to find the correct black fiberboard in big enough sheets to cut my own.
I found this aluminum token inside the passenger door. Has a V stamped on it. Perhaps someone will recognise what it is.
