Today was a long time coming! And it was Friday the 13th to boot! With the help of my good friend and neighbor Jerry we reinstalled the 5.7L Hemi and 545RFE transmission from the 2005 Durango back into the ’56 … Continue reading
Conrad
Well after all this time I found all the parts to the new steering wheel that I bought some time ago. It is a 50’s looking billet affair that will be wrapped in the same material that we will use … Continue reading
With the front suspension mostly done, still waiting on the new upper control arm bumpers to get to Show Low, it is time to install the new Ididit steering column so that I can move the car around in the … Continue reading
Gallery
Rebuilding the Front Suspension
When I put the wagon back up on the lift to rebuild the front suspension, I noticed that I had not done such a great job of color sanding and buffing the lower portion of the doors and rear quarter … Continue reading
Gallery
A Few Details to Handle
With a little bit of searching I was able to finally find my new hinge pins that had gone missing some time ago. Actually, I had placed them in a nicely marked bag which ended up in the wrong storage … Continue reading
My plan for this phase of the project was to tackle the removed body parts 1st, i.e. the tailgate, liftgate, and front fenders then move on to the roof, followed by the doors and quarter panels on each side. The … Continue reading
Since it had not been overly warm up here on the mountain, I let the paint cure for a couple of weeks before begining to wet sand it prior to doing the final compounding and polishing (cut and buff). Testing … Continue reading
Gallery
The Stainless Trim
Since most of the stainless trim on the wagon was actually in pretty good shape and required little repair, I had originally decided to do it myself and save some money. As luck would have it my friend Paul had … Continue reading
Gallery
How About Some Mechanical Work?
I gotta tell ya, I am really getting tired of body & paint work. Seems to never be an end to it! So I decided that it was time to twist a few wrenches and rebuild/reinstall the rear axle. New … Continue reading
Status
Back Again!
Reply
Toward the end of April I had one of the hard drives that I have in a Raid 5 configuration fail on my main work station. When it failed, it created what I am guessing to be a current spike … Continue reading