Hi, all. I'm a newbie, so this is my first post. I picked up this 54 as a Chieftain, but i was told there is no such thing as a Canadian Chieftain. Rather it was a Laurentian. Thanks Cowboy. I found her on kijiji in April. She was a little rough, but very restoreable. It read 80,877 miles. I bought it from the nephew of the original owner who inherited it and never had time to do anything with it, so, really, it was a one owner car. I towed her home and got to work pretty much the next day off with the chrome and to the platers. I was told he started it 10 years ago but hadn't turned over since. I bought a new 6v battery and gave it a try. It didn't start, but she spun. Perfect. I replaced the plugs, wires, coil, points. Put in a new water pump as the old one apparently leaked like a sieve. Drained the gas and put new in it, threw some down the carb and turned the key... She fired right up. Awesme. Ran like a Swiss watch. With that hurdle overcome, I replaced all wheel bearings, brakes, brake cylinders, tires. i was going to go with wide whites, but changed my mind and got just radials to fit the original rims which i sandblasted and repainted. Time to start the bodywork. I was on the sanpaper every day after work and weekends for about 5 weeks with seemingly no end in sight . Since I'm just a carpenter, there were things I couldn't do. There were children size foot imprints all over the roof, a few spots where he had an altercation with a combine so I was told. The passenger side rocker was the worse for wear as the original owner tied to do some 4x4 through a wheat field and had a run in with a boulder. Being a Saskatchewan farmer, there might have been a little liquor involved. I had a guy come in and fix this stuff. So, 5 days later she was ready for paint. I trackked down the original colour code and off we went. After 3 long days she was painted. looked better than new. I was stoked and I'm 53. I never use the word stoked, but i was stoked. a week later it was time for the bling. It took 4 hours to remove the chrome and 3 days to put it back on. I was 8 weeks getting done, but very worth it. Couple things left to do and time for a test drive. rebuilt the carb, rebled the brakes just to be sure and away we go. There is something to be said for modern technology. It drove like a 58 year old car, but I had a blast. Turned heads everywhere I went. I have it up for sale, but i don't want to sell it, just getting a feel for what she's worth. I know in ideal shape it could fetch 20k or better, but i won't hold my breath. Interior still needs to be done. Thats a winter project. Come spring I'll be cruising. A&Ws here I come. I have posted some pics so have a look and tell me what you think. Like I said, I'm just a carpenter.

Rick