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Good for you! Congratulations. Enjoy the fame!

They're a good shop. Can't throw rocks at them. Only offered because of your problems with the blasting, frankly one of the reasons we'd set up our own in house capabilities years back. .

Don't know where you are in Minnesota but can recommend a powder coater in the South metro with in house blasting. I ran the place for nearly 20 yrs before retiring. #2 son is the sales guy there.

Great story. History on these cars is always interesting.

I am amazed at your talent. You make it look easy, which I know is not! Thanks for posting.

Well. My wife is slowly improving. It's amazing how ones mental state can affect physical recovery. She's been terribly up and down, as has the recovery. I've not resorted to drinking yet. Spring shop fixed me up with a set of Ford leaf springs that fit great. Only took an hour to swap them...

Actually I just got off the phone with a shop like you described. Very helpful and may have a set on the shelf already that would work. Im going to bring one in to compare. The other option they suggested was to rework my main leaf to fit the car. Sounded like there might be just enough...

Thanks again for your suggestion on sliders. I was able to get out in the garage a bit yesterday and the leaf springs are just plain too long. In order to do sliders I actually have the extend the frame rails or get shorter springs. Started calling around about a new set of springs. Custom...

What a great idea! Got to get my wife on track and then get the car up in the air again and do some measuring. Thanks much!

Impressive! You obviously know what you're doing. I'll enjoy following your progress and I'm envious of your talents.

Progress has slowed appreciably. My wife had knee replacement surgery so I've been consumed for the last 3 weeks. She does not make a very good patient! I was able to install a regular transmission filler tube using a better seal arrangement than stock. I'm happy with that. Also a photo of the...

Well, another surprise. Purely by accident while mounting the fuel pump and filter to the rear crossmember I realized the leaf spring shackles swing back so far they bottom out against that same crossmember. So when sitting static, there is virtually no rear suspension. That probably explains...

Looks very nice. I always like the way the 55 and 56 Chevy's would two tone. I see it has a 6 cylinder radiator support. Running a big block?

Thanks for the tip on the filter! More parts showed up today so I'll be back at it again.

The fuel cell is now installed with the sump to the rear. It positions things nicely to be able to use the rear crossmember to mount the electric fuel pump and Fram fuel filter. Went through the filter housing and replaced the spring, the seals and the filter element. Started making lines. Have...

Front shocks and new brake line brackets are in place and brake lines are hooked up. I like the AN style brake lines, and found a bolt on union I like much better than the style that uses one of those c clips to hold it in place.

Well, some progress to report anyway. The cold weather doesn't help with heating the shop nor does it do my attitude any good, but I've managed to get a couple good mornings in on the 41. Steering box mount remade. It's now sitting correctly with all 3 bolts fastening it as opposed to the 2 I...

Thanks much for the input. I can't disagree with your points. I guess it was a theoretical question more than anything else. I'm resolved to go with the electric pump back by the fuel cell. FYI I did inspect the inside of the cell for corrosion, based on your input. Fortunately it's very clean...

Today's saga. I removed the aluminum firewall so I could cut clearance for a real transmission fill tube and stick. I took great delight in pitching that stupid flexible dip stick set up. Also need to correct the firewall exit point for the steering column once I've repositioned the steering...

While working around the rear leaf spring, I notice the bolt head running through the front spring eyelet looks a bit small. Pulled it out and yet another surprise. The photo shows the correct bolt diameter vs the one I pulled out of the eyelet. I then went to remove the other side and that bolt...