Recent content by Rusty Pancelode

It's cool to get some history as to why someone would do this. It almost makes me want to leave it. Yeah, I thought that was odd, too. AND upon further fiddling... The dash has the factory signal lights at the lower corners of the speedometer. My '55 Chevy 210 has factory turn signals, so I...

Maybe the same guy owned both of our cars? LOL Mine has a 12V conversion that looks like it was done by an aircraft mechanic, but has a secret compartment, a trick trunk release, and blacked out chrome... Like it was used to run moonshine. LOL

My dad was a life long auto mechanic and he'd never seen it either. He was really intrigued when I told him about it, but he couldn't remember how the shift mechanism came apart and he's not up to messin' around under hoods anymore. The car is pretty decent, and I'm happy with what I paid for...

The aftermarket turn signal lever is on the right hand side, so...

Interesting. I would have never guessed that. I would have guessed that someone from Europe owned the car and couldn't stand shifting with their right hand. LOL Or, that it was some moonshine running thing (since some other mods point in that direction). That's a good thought, but the shift...

I recently bought a '55 Customline that has the 3-speed shifter that has been flipped to the left side of the column. The pattern is still the same, just flipped over (so reverse is close and down, and first is close and up), and the shifter operates as normal, it's just "clocked" wrong. I've...