Thursday, November 26, 2015

Hub caps?


I bought few months ago a few hub cabs for El Camino. Those are from 50's Chevrolet and not in a good shape. As I currently have just plain steel wheels with some red paint on them(from previous owner of the wheels) those match quite good on the habitus of El Camino. But I have been looking for a hub cabs since I bought these wheels.


These are physical in good shape but not in aesthetically. So, those need TLC and I need to figure how to attach them securely on the wheels.


Here is one inserted as mocked up how they look at wheels. Any suggestions how to attach these securely on the wheels? 




Saturday, November 7, 2015

Trim tag decoding.

After 5 years I finally decoded the trim tag. It didn't take too long and too much effort to decode. I used chevellestuff.net to decode it, good information on there.

First I broke down what is what on the trim tag. Then I searched for paint code 63 63, which means a Desert sand for upper and lower part of the body, also know as a Saddle as sales name. I always thought it was an Autumn gold / Dark gold. But now I know. It's a Desert sand. After that I looked up TR 770 which is bench seat with an Antique Medium Saddle Coated fabric. Ok, I still have bench seat, but it's a black and blue. Which means it has been changed, so possibility for a build sheet inside bench seat is gone, if it ever was there.

What I didn't know was that in this trim tag is also time build date. It ain't exact date, but gives you month and week of that month. So, 10E translates to 10 = October and E = fifth week of the month. Sooooo, Kelly's birth date is at the same week as mine! Only a two years before!


Tuesday, October 27, 2015

too busy to write?

Well, I have few post halfway written but I haven't got the... time? mind? dedication? to finish them. Last post was way too long ago and I haven't done anything to the car either. Going away for couple of weekends don't help that either.

I've gathered here a few things that I thought I address this winter:


Tailgate has worn white stripe and moldings aren't in that good shape. Got brand new moldings with the car when I purchased it.


Front bumber was hit on the something and due to that drivers side signal light is pointing upwards a bit. Also got a new bumber too that came with the car.


Currently there is Nissan in the way, but I haven't got the time right now so...




Car came with bed side handle moldings and need to address those 3 holes times 6.



Hood isn't aligning right, but big surprise is that friend of mine has a Cowl Induction hood tucked away in his garage for me!


It's a bit crowded in the garage.