1955 Pontiac Chieftain wagon

[Frosty]

That's always a fun job. The human hand is not meant for those tiny spaces. 

[casper50]

Lots of scrapes on the forearms. lol

 

[casper50]

I've been waiting on parts for a long time.  Can't finish the interior until I get the custom made linoleum for the cargo and seat back areas.  Ordered on Feb 18.  Suppose to be in the mail.  I received a box from Echler's Chevy yesterday that I ordered on 28 March.  Crazy.  Anyway I did do some interior work.  

 

 

Posting some catch up video's.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I reinstalled all the heater/defroster parts last night.  Man there's a ton of parts to that heater.

[JUSTA6]

Thankz for sharing the vids......Nice work.

[casper50]

Thanks.   the 55 has new shoes and the hood ornament lights up.

[casper50]

A little more finished.

 

Edited June 14, 2020 by casper50

[JUSTA6]

Sooo cool, thankz for sharing!  Dash is very cool.  Nice work!!!!

[casper50]

Thanks.

 

[Last Indian]

Looking very sharp! Before the snow flies ? Maybe?🤞

[casper50]

hopefully before the end of July

 

[JUSTA6]

1 hour ago, casper50 said:

hopefully before the end of July

 

Will make for an awesome summer for you!

[Last Indian]

Yeah! What JustA said! Make sure you take some video of it to share!

[Frosty]

13 hours ago, casper50 said:

hopefully before the end of July

 

We'd love to see the roll out / maiden voyage video.

[casper50]

I'll post when it happens for sure.

 

[Wrongway]

Looks amazing!

[casper50]

A bit more progress 

[Ringo64]

that is amazing! love it

[casper50]

Starting to look pretty good.  The wife is getting a bit excited to drive it.

[Frosty]

Wait a minute. She gets to drive it after all your hard work? Something smells fishy. Do you at least get to drive it during the shake down / suicide run?

[casper50]

Yeah it's her car but first drive will be mine. lol

[Frosty]

5 hours ago, casper50 said:

Yeah it's her car but first drive will be mine. lol

Whew! You had me worried there for a moment.

[64 kiwi boni]

Wow! the seats look great mate 👍

[casper50]

Yes we got lucky in our upholsterer choice.  We got one that did what they said they would do, when they said and better than I expected.

[casper50]

I've been messing with getting the brake lines run, new MC and bleeding them.  Front caliper banjo bolts would not seal.  Went through 3 sets of copper crush washers before I bought new bolts which finally did the trick.   Installed the two rear door panels.

[Frosty]

You are getting ever so much closer casper.