1958 Country Sedan project

We had buckets of rain come down the last few days. Even suffered thunder, lightning and a bit of flooding in places.

But, one of the blessings was that the window mechanism on the passenger side now works very smoothly!
After I installed the glass and felts... it felt tight. Almost too tight, like something was binding. After the rain storm which lasted 6 hours just last night alone... the window slides up and down smoothly and quickly.

My thoughts are that they might have used a starch in the manufacturing of the runs and felts. But, we'll see after the sun comes back out.

 

The sun will shine tomorrow! As a side note our son replaced all the window runners and felt strips, plus put in new power window motors on his 1985 Chevy truck. Same thing. At first the windows grunted but now work super smooth. New replacement electric motors were only $29 !!!! Old ones were tired and very slow.... like me!
Sometimes a squirt off silicone on the tracks help. But not good if you plan on painting later.

 

Been a month since I worked on the car so thought I would make some improvements while the sun was out. About a year ago I purchased some door seals.... but never put them in while the weather was good.
BUT.... we had a thunderstorm last Wednesday on the way home from work. Hail, brimstone and pouring rain, so I pulled over to let the storm cell pass.
While listening to Led Zepplin on the 8-track I noticed water pouring in the rear doors.

Seems I forgot to change the seals when I had the chance.
Results= wet carpet yet again.

Here is a view of the old seals all cracked and bleeding after 50+ years of age.

And here is the finished door seal. Now I really have to slam the door shut.

And the mighty 390! Arrr arrrrr arrrrrr.

Got the two rear doors done today.
But still have the front passenger door to replace tomorrow along with an oil change.
*sigh* I love working on the car.

 

Nice Jairus, still got a new master cylinder conversion planned? :confused:

 

Replacement yes.
Conversion to... ?

 

Dual channel master?

 

You worried about me?
That's sweet... but my soul is safe in the bosom of Jesus the Christ, the son of the living God.
I think what I have will work for a time till I can pick up a dual master cylinder and plumb it appropriately.

 

tho Im not sure how much he knows about brakes..

good to see ya working on her J

 

Probably clear down to the molecular level at least.

mike

 

Sooo... lets say I start looking for a duel-channel master cylinder. What would fit it?
I'll need some length of plumbing and a splitter and fluid too.

But what cylinder fits this application and still looks vintage?

I don't want to go power brakes, just swap in another unit from say: A 1968 Ford Mustang?

 

Some good reading here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=644304

 

All swimmy headed.......mind mudley! :confused:

 

Really?

Makes perfect sense to me.
Already found a good master cylinder to plop in and it's available at my local O'Reilly's!

 

and the 67 -68 Mustang would be my suggestion....if your staing with drums all the way around ...then get the drum/drum master...and dont even worry about a proportioning valve !!
if your worried about a prop valve ..then just get an adjustable and put it to the rears ...keep playing with it till your happy with the stop
.....easy

 

The radiator saga continues with part 3.

Drove down to Albany for some slot racing last night. When I got there and was carrying boxes in I noticed water dripping from the front end. Quick check revealed antifreeze. A sight I had not seen all summer long once I got the badly sealed seam on a BRAND NEW radiator fixed.

Seems the engine mounts are not what they should be, because the engine obviously slid forward during a panic stop. (Brakes work)
I can still pass my hand in front of the fan so... somethings loose.

Took the car down to Sam's Transmission and he put it on the lift. We shortly found that the transmission mounting bolts were not only loose but neither of them had any business BEING THERE! ARRRRRGGGG.

Two new correct bolts and everything is solid again, which necessitated yet another trip to Mac's Radiator. First words out of Denny's mouth, who worked on this radiator just a scant few months ago, was "I just fixed that"!
Thanks Denny...
But he also said that it might be an easy fix since the unit is still fresh and not corroded. The gouges in the fins are there to stay unless I want to take the time to bend them all back into something resembling a cooling unit again.
Price is pretty cheap so that will be my next step. $45 to $90 bucks total if I pull the unit and deliver it. Sam didn't charge me anything so I think I'll get off pretty good with this one.

That's the plan next Tuesday, my day off.