Recent content by terry_208

I had real concerns when I painted my 57. The paint in the can and on the car looked pink until it dried. I am color blind but could see it. My neighbor, a retired fire chief, says that my car is fire engine red.

I've had two chebies. The first was dumped on me when I sold a ford. The guy couldn't drive both away and instead of coming back to pick it up, mailed me the title. I sold it twice for a total of $65, in 1968. The second I bought to help out a friend and drove it directly to a car lot and...

On the wooden deck of my trailer I use 1/3 gallon boiled linseed oil, 1/3 gallon diesel, and 1 quart motor oil. I works great there but but I can't think of another place I'd use that mixture. It easily lasts a year.

is there an update on this? When I removed my body mounts, I ground off the heads of the bolts then drove the remainder of the bolt down and out. I can't remember what exactly was damaged but I believe some of the washers under the floor support were.

I too , found that I needed 10 posts to post in the classifieds. Yes, I am padding.

I assume you're probably going to replace the floor and the underlying brace. As bad as your floor looks perhaps you could pull the head of the bold and the hex washer under it through the floor and support under it. When I replaced the same on my sedan, also a 57, I ground the off the head...

I see a 55 Mercury Montclaire(sp) with a glass top. I don't know the correct name for it but I know enough to know that is very rear. I believe it was on page #7.

Are gas tanks on Wagons, Rancheros, and Retractables mounted on the body or frames? Just asking for my own edification.

Thanks for the replies. There's good information in both replies. I'm not up to the rebuild of the valve myself so will contact Stanger's. Terry

Does anyone know of a rebuilder doing control valves? I have one I need to have rebuilt. Thanks for the assistance! Terry