That is ultra cool. I visited Dorchester a few times, looks the same as Kingston. Never met anyone I wanted to meet again.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
That is ultra cool. I visited Dorchester a few times, looks the same as Kingston. Never met anyone I wanted to meet again.
Did you bake a cake Don?
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Had lunch once, it was on one of those 50's fiberglass TV plates with the sections. It had canned corn, instant mashed potatoes, "instant" turkey slices, and some canned gravy. Was with a guy who serviced their wood shop gear, one of the inmates lifted a 25HP electric motor and put it in my trunk............... Was in Dorchester 4 or 5 times, Springhill Pen 4 or 5 times.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Sprayed part of the 78 Chevy. I am experimenting and tried the Dupli-color ready to spray quart cans, both colour and clear. Not a super gloss and a fair bit of orange peel but it was pretty warm when I sprayed so I'm thinking it layed down a little dry. The green is a gorgeous colour, in my opinion. I will be spraying the hood and front valance in the next week depending on my available time.
It does start to add up cost wise. To do jambs, inside of fenders and the rest as seen in the pic took 5 cans of colour and 3 cans of clear. 8 cans at 33.95 each = $271.60 plus tax. I still have the box to do and am expecting to use about the same amount of paint.
From previous paint jobs a typical car uses a gallon of colour to which reducer and hardener needs to be added plus the same for the clear. Even an inexpensive base clear is $700 - $800. Then add another quart or two to do the insides and jambs. I suspect you will be at a g note pretty quickly.
I spent the last two evenings replacing all the suspension bushings on my car trailer. It was to the point that the tandem trailer was basically a single axle trailer because the equalizers for the leaf springs to spread the load evenly on the axles were seized solid. Had to heat everything red hot to get all the pivot and mounting bolts apart. One of those jobs where it feels good to have it done.
I was scared when I hauled that 455 Parisienne a few weeks ago and when I checked the hubs on the trailer I couldn't hold my hand on either rear hub. All the load was on the rear axle.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Getting the house ready to host guests this weekend. My cousin (who I haven't seen in 15 years) flies into PEI this morning and is staying until Sunday around noon. Then we are meeting my son's girlfriend's parents for the first time. I guess this relationship is serious...
Put new upper control arm bushings in the El Caminos 12 bolt. Tried earlier in the week but had no luck. Decided to put them in the freezer as I took a chance. Untder the car swinging away one was fairly easy. Not the other one. Not easy laying under car jacked up in the driveway. Put a 4x4 on top of a jack same height as the bushing. Got the sledge out. 3 massive swings later it was in.
I spent the last two evenings replacing all the suspension bushings on my car trailer. It was to the point that the tandem trailer was basically a single axle trailer because the equalizers for the leaf springs to spread the load evenly on the axles were seized solid. Had to heat everything red hot to get all the pivot and mounting bolts apart. One of those jobs where it feels good to have it done.
I was scared when I hauled that 455 Parisienne a few weeks ago and when I checked the hubs on the trailer I couldn't hold my hand on either rear hub. All the load was on the rear axle.
ha, the Manitoba run will be the last haul before I change the trailer over to bigger wheels and hubs, tires are just about done, 1500 miles will finish the tread. gotta love trailers.
you said it, I cant really complain it was only 3200 bucks for a new 06 bobcat trailer with the big axels, springs and heavier frame I think its rated at 8100 kg , all I have to do is change out to bigger brakes and six bolt rims on the same axels or go bigger when I overhaul her. I still wanna build a big deck hauler makes life easier.
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
I changed out both rear calipers on the wifes HHR last brake job so front pads are do this go round. Dona change the Calipers making all 4 new. 320,000 KM so that's pretty good
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
New caliper last night, all better now. 4 mile road test and the rotor temps were 95*F. Night before with the seized caliper, in 2 blocks the one rotor was 200*F.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
New front rotors and pads on the daily driver G8 tonight.
And of course, sometimes when you do this job and push the piston back to make room for the new pads, the caliper either leaks or seizes up. The passenger side did both, leaked and seized up
Tomorrow I get to put on a rebuilt caliper...
Picking up parts for the HHR brake job tomorrow. Weather says cooler and less humid this weekend so I can do it in the driveway
New caliper last night, all better now. 4 mile road test and the rotor temps were 95*F. Night before with the seized caliper, in 2 blocks the one rotor was 200*F.
Ordered two rear shocks and a differential gasket from Rock Auto. Had a cousin over from Ontario this past weekend and we took the Jeep out for a tour of some of the old logging roads. Jeep did fine on those however when I drove onto a "regular" dirt road with a terrible washboard surface at 50kmh I broke the left shock absorber. While crawling under it to check for any other damage I noticed the differential cover leaking. May as well nip both in the bud. Got Munroe shocks on a wholesale closeout for $13.11 each and a Fel-Pro diff gasket for $2.49.
Passenger door window was working really bad in my Parisienne because the lower sash channel was rotted out. Luckily, they are being reproduced, so I changed it out for a brand new one. The before and after pics are quite explicit!
