Good stuff! Sounds like a engine rebuilder you can trust.
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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.
'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.
My solution to eliminating the Torque tube differential and Open ended Transmission ready to accept a 1310 U Joint and new transmission mount. Internals were checked gears, bearings, forks and seal all good. 44,000 miles on the car. The end piece of the alteration is made of 3/4" thick aluminum, old slip yoke was altered to keep original spline, then machined center of U joint flange and tigg welded to center. Then the complete spline and flange unit were pressed into sealed bearing, sealed bearing OD was machined to fit and be pressed into position into the aluminum, held with a C clip to retain it. This reinforced the trans output shaft as compared to to old system of a bushing that had little support and had shown wear. Now I'll change out the gear oil flush a few times with diesel oil then refill with new gear oil, clean, prime and paint. Now that the end is closed, I am considering the installation of a vent similar to newer auto's or a differential vent, can't hurt .
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I checked out valley customs as per your suggestion, they wanted more details than I could provide plus there cost was $ 950.00 your money, I got this done for $ 514.00 Cdn. I am pleased with the outcome. thanks again for your input. Regards Dale
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New Brunswick , 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak 2 Dr Sedan, 1967 Beaumont, 1985 Sierra 1500 One Owner
Dale, very impressive looking build so far. I love that conversion to open drive because those torque tube drives are goofy. Thank you for keeping that trusty flat head inliner in there, where it belongs. Good luck and looking forward to further up dates. Cheers. George
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
Well it's been awhile and a few things have advanced, today we ran the L6 and the results were very good. We ran it about 25 to 30 minutes at various rpm and the oil pressure was really good and steady. At 2000 rpm the oil pressure held 45 psi and at around 1200 rpm it dropped to 38 psi. I am really pleased with that result. Tomorrow we plan to complete the run in with another 30 minutes or so and we will call it chassis ready. As it stands now it is a 12 Volt system with electronics in the Distributor
I have a short video of the run in while in but unfortunately I don't know how to post a video so I'll post a picture .
Update: Wow, it's been awhile since I posted an update on my wife's project, and it is going on Two years that the project is in progress, wowww time is flyingggg bye.
So, to summarize , the frame / Engine / transmission / drive shaft, differential , cooling system/ brake conversion to disc and dual master cylinder, suspension is complete, and you know I just realized I don't have ONE Picture of that completed work.
The Coach is complete , new floor pans, three cross braces, rear 1/4 panel front section, inner and outer rockers, wheel wells repaired, gas tank supports media blasted and primed. we'll be marrying the coach to the frame this week. I 'll post more pictures later Dale
Another Update of a week of progress, coach is married to the frame, new floor and cross braces fit quite nicely. Doors and truck lid are in place, right door went on OK, some adjustments required on the left, fenders are next. Suspension will need some adjusting, too stiff and too high in the rear.
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She is home and ready for the winter, now wiring and interior work begins. Sorry about the pictures, before I had control of where and when the car ended up I didn't take any pictures of the car outside in the natural light,
Sorry about the pictures, before I had control of where and when the car ended up I didn't take any pictures of the car outside in the natural light, anyway it is what it is.
Still looks great!
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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.
Believe it or not, the car originally had a fiber like canvass material with the odd body shim to level the coach on the frame, a sort of body mount if you will. There were eleven mounts on each side of the car not including the radiator support. The ones that are held with masking tape are there and intended to be squeezed between the back floor of the coach to the top of the frame. it is incredible the amount of precautions and trimming we did to ensure the coach and frame stayed level to ensure body lines would be good, every time we move the rolling chassis we leveled it and still lines need more work.
It's a hobby , and the car is not needed to get me anywhere, so if they squeak, one at a time they will come out.
Regards
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New Brunswick , 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak 2 Dr Sedan, 1967 Beaumont, 1985 Sierra 1500 One Owner
Good day, Yup the Pontiac Stream Liner is Canadian made and to my knowledge was built on the lines of the Chevrolet Fleetline ( or vice versa I don't know ) which to my understanding was also Canadian made, may stand corrected here. But the trim, front fenders, hood, dash cluster, gauges and trim were different ? To the best of my knowledge anyway.
The rear differential is out of a 1970 Camaro, the main reason I chose this unit was because the wheel width from flange to flange was identical to the old torque tube drive differential that I took out. This in itself made the brake conversion to Disc c/w Emergency brake very easy. Secondly, it is equipped with 3.73:1 gears. The original torque tube differential had 3.93: 1 If I recall correctly , so with the 25" diameter new tires ( my wifes choice of White walls ) the final drive ratio will be around 3.50 : 1 It's going to fun to see how the old girl will pull herself around ! If sluggish, I'll change it, either tires or gears.
Thanks Dale
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New Brunswick , 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak 2 Dr Sedan, 1967 Beaumont, 1985 Sierra 1500 One Owner