May 10, 2011 -- Day 14

 

Well today I decided to re-build the steering box for the car.  Here are a few before, middle and after photos.

As the price tag for the car keeps climbing....lol.  A set of brand new bias ply tires to wrap our newly powder coated rims.  They came out looking great with the hub caps and beauty rings!  When we get the car painted they will get the final pin stripe around the hub cap like you can see in the brochure picture.

We had the drive shaft powder coated as well and installed the new U-joints.

Here is the rear axle getting ready to be re-assembled.  It too was sand blasted and powder coated.

                 Well you can't re-assemble a new steering box with out a newly refurbished pitman arm.

The fan came out really nice!

This is the lower control arm for the car.  Only one more thing we needed and it just arived today.  Thanks to Bob's Automobilia I now have the new rubber bushings for the assembly to keep the grease from squirting out all over the floor.  Thanks a million Bob!  No one else on the planet had those babies in stock. 

                      The rear differential cover looks great.  Soon to be mated back up with the axle.

Now this one was a piece of artwork.  This is the front spindle.  We took it all apart and  powder coated every piece.  After we finished we pressed in new bushings honed them out and installed new king pins, and new bearings, thanks to our friends at Baker Machinery, and so this is a fully rebuilt brand new unit now.  It's kind of sad no one will see this after the car is put back together.