Just figured I wpould update everyone who is following along on where I am with the 56 Dodge project right now. Again not much to report. We are remodeling the kitchen, which turned into the Dining room and living room as well. As usual there were delays with sub-contractors so I am about 3 weeks behind. Since my garage is full of cabinets there is not much room to work on the car. On the plus side the machine work on the 360/408 block is finished, cam bearings and core plugs are in. The short block is ready to assemble as soon as i get it home, hopefully middle of July. I did manage to tack the reinforcing plates for the rear sub-frame in place last night. I can already seet the insreased stifness back there. I have the front of the frame on a wheel dolly and have been lifting the back to walk it in and out of the garage. Just by tack welding the plates in place I can feel that the frame is much more ridgid than before. Definately a good decision considering how I indend to use the car. I cleaned and prepped the frame with the POR-15 metal ready and hope to paint it with the POR-15 over the weekend. I planned on having it powder coated but will have to skip that in order to cut costs. One tip for anyone doing a project like this, DO NOT ADD UP YOUR RECEIPTS UNTIL YOU ARE DONE .... IF EVER! I did this the other night and almost fell over, real sticker shock. The good part is that I am into this car much to deep to ever even consider quitting. That all for now. Scott 1956 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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