Do you also have 1:1 project cars?

[Mattilacken]

I just realized that it is almost exactly 20 years since i bought this car the first time around! It was april 4 2005 that my dad and I bought the car. I was in college (16 years old at the time) and lived 4h by car from home. My dad and I had been seraching for project cars for a while, he was looking at Tbirds which was not what i liked at all so i turned him back to chevys, he had a Jeep Chief and then a Suburban for manny years. I also turned down a torn down 72 camaro hich whe would have to go to the oter side of the coutnry to get, and I wanted something that we could drive while restoring. This one came up and I liked it.

This is how i saw it the first time.

When i saw it in person for the first time dad had installed the summer tires.

Here we have started the restoration, reparing rust and cleaning up parts. Me when i was 16 doing some work. 

While i returned to school dad kept at it and repainted most parts and the boddy. 

 

Here it is primed and ready for paint. These pictures he sent me when I was away.

Here he have gotten far, he was working at the fire brigade at the time and had time to spend on projects since they worked many nights but was of during the day instead.

Here is one  of the only pictures i have of him working on the car, while we were lowering it. Today he has parkinson and are not in the best shape. Miss those days when we where doing things together.

When it was assembeled and after it was lowered. Btw my parents house to the left and the one to the right is where i live today  

I did restore parts of the engine but in the end i had to pul it out and do a full resto, but at that point I was working. First time around i did it seriously with new bearings pistons and sow on, i did most work by my self with help from a local car wizzard. But i did not realize that i hade missed to put pack the socet plugs below the camshaft after i had had the engine for machining so i quickly got a knock due to low oil pressure. Second time around i had my freind and car wizzard to assemble the engine, i helped out to learn but he did the jobb. here the built engine was going back. 

Long post and i hope no one minds my lengty post  

[johnyrotten]

39 minutes ago, Mattilacken said:

I just realized that it is almost exactly 20 years since i bought this car the first time around! It was april 4 2005 that my dad and I bought the car. I was in college (16 years old at the time) and lived 4h by car from home. My dad and I had been seraching for project cars for a while, he was looking at Tbirds which was not what i liked at all so i turned him back to chevys, he had a Jeep Chief and then a Suburban for manny years. I also turned down a torn down 72 camaro hich whe would have to go to the oter side of the coutnry to get, and I wanted something that we could drive while restoring. This one came up and I liked it.

This is how i saw it the first time.

When i saw it in person for the first time dad had installed the summer tires.

Here we have started the restoration, reparing rust and cleaning up parts. Me when i was 16 doing some work. 

While i returned to school dad kept at it and repainted most parts and the boddy. 

 

Here it is primed and ready for paint. These pictures he sent me when I was away.

Here he have gotten far, he was working at the fire brigade at the time and had time to spend on projects since they worked many nights but was of during the day instead.

Here is one  of the only pictures i have of him working on the car, while we were lowering it. Today he has parkinson and are not in the best shape. Miss those days when we where doing things together.

When it was assembeled and after it was lowered. Btw my parents house to the left and the one to the right is where i live today  

I did restore parts of the engine but in the end i had to pul it out and do a full resto, but at that point I was working. First time around i did it seriously with new bearings pistons and sow on, i did most work by my self with help from a local car wizzard. But i did not realize that i hade missed to put pack the socet plugs below the camshaft after i had had the engine for machining so i quickly got a knock due to low oil pressure. Second time around i had my freind and car wizzard to assemble the engine, i helped out to learn but he did the jobb. here the built engine was going back. 

Long post and i hope no one minds my lengty post  

It's awesome you get a second chance owning this, not many people do. It's a nice car, but the memories are worth far more. I'm sure you agree. As soon as you talked about the plugs in the back of the block I knew where that was going. You only ever do that one time. 

[Old Buckaroo]

3 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

I just realized that it is almost exactly 20 years since i bought this car the first time around! It was april 4 2005 that my dad and I bought the car. I was in college (16 years old at the time) and lived 4h by car from home. My dad and I had been seraching for project cars for a while, he was looking at Tbirds which was not what i liked at all so i turned him back to chevys, he had a Jeep Chief and then a Suburban for manny years. I also turned down a torn down 72 camaro hich whe would have to go to the oter side of the coutnry to get, and I wanted something that we could drive while restoring. This one came up and I liked it.

This is how i saw it the first time.

When i saw it in person for the first time dad had installed the summer tires.

Here we have started the restoration, reparing rust and cleaning up parts. Me when i was 16 doing some work. 

While i returned to school dad kept at it and repainted most parts and the boddy. 

 

Here it is primed and ready for paint. These pictures he sent me when I was away.

Here he have gotten far, he was working at the fire brigade at the time and had time to spend on projects since they worked many nights but was of during the day instead.

Here is one  of the only pictures i have of him working on the car, while we were lowering it. Today he has parkinson and are not in the best shape. Miss those days when we where doing things together.

When it was assembeled and after it was lowered. Btw my parents house to the left and the one to the right is where i live today  

I did restore parts of the engine but in the end i had to pul it out and do a full resto, but at that point I was working. First time around i did it seriously with new bearings pistons and sow on, i did most work by my self with help from a local car wizzard. But i did not realize that i hade missed to put pack the socet plugs below the camshaft after i had had the engine for machining so i quickly got a knock due to low oil pressure. Second time around i had my freind and car wizzard to assemble the engine, i helped out to learn but he did the jobb. here the built engine was going back. 

Long post and i hope no one minds my lengthy post  

What a cool back story and great looking car. Was it pretty tough to find the body parts and Chevy engine parts where you are located?

[Tabbysdaddy]

I was so careful not to break this fitting the first time, not as careful this time. It was an elbow, but I could only find this brass straight fitting. I made it work but I had to redrill the hole because it would have followed the angle of the part it screws in to pointing at the throttle body. 

[Carmak]

New addition to collection. 41 Buick Special, OHV straight 8 with twin carbs.

[Falcon Ranchero]

29 minutes ago, Carmak said:

New addition to collection. 41 Buick Special, OHV straight 8 with twin carbs.

That’s cool; I keep fantasizing about the collection of cars I’m gonna get; malaise era land yachts and space age jets; those cars I noticed, at least around here, come cheap for good condition. Plus I like them big cars.

[Old Buckaroo]

6 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

That’s cool; I keep fantasizing about the collection of cars I’m gonna get; malaise era land yachts and space age jets; those cars I noticed, at least around here, come cheap for good condition. Plus I like them big cars.

Buy property first, doesn't do you any good to acquire them if you have no place to store them. I had a collection of first gen Camaro's and parts on the family ranch in Colorado, I left to work out of state for a year and came back to nothing.  😞

[RockinRoller]

Hello,

I bought a 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan 11 years ago... then came marriage, house, daughter, work... and little time, but steady step by step work on the car. Completely torn apart, frame-off, Chassis Engineering Rearend kit, with a 1979 Camaro 350/TH350 and rearend. Mustang tank replaced trunk floor and safe room underneath for exhaust.

Body/Frame got stripped by hand and media-blasted... Complete bodywork was done by a professional for "hurting-much-money" -> but perfectly done! Molded in fenders and a completely reworked trunk area! Nice gaps al around!

Chassis and front suspension was also reworked by me... god bless GM is documented as a VW Beetle... enough repair books are available!

Engine is rebuild professionally at the oment (Had 89K miles on it when bought!)

Collecting all the parts, trim and stuff to say it is a 99% complete car - 1% missing original steering wheel... Hope to get it painted and reassembled within the next 3 years.

 

But I´m also willing to sell, because it is a little too much for me at the moment - maybe trade against a driving 1976 Laguna or a 1954-...Olds.

-> If someone is interested: rockinroller@gmx.de (Berlin/Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My second 1:1 ride is a 1957 IWL "SR56 Wiesel" (Stadt/Town, Roller/Scooter, `56 first year, Weasel)

Bought:

 

Restored... everything inside/under the body is like new, changed to that also original paint "skin".

First year `22

 

2024 with new rear-body (better original paint!) and seat (bouquet leather...)

 

Greetings

Oliver

 

Edited March 15 by RockinRoller

[W-409]

On 3/14/2025 at 11:48 AM, Mattilacken said:

I just realized that it is almost exactly 20 years since i bought this car the first time around! It was april 4 2005 that my dad and I bought the car. I was in college (16 years old at the time) and lived 4h by car from home. My dad and I had been seraching for project cars for a while, he was looking at Tbirds which was not what i liked at all so i turned him back to chevys, he had a Jeep Chief and then a Suburban for manny years. I also turned down a torn down 72 camaro hich whe would have to go to the oter side of the coutnry to get, and I wanted something that we could drive while restoring. This one came up and I liked it.

 

Great to see you're able to get your old project car back! With the amount of memories tied to that car, it's important that it gets back home.

And, it's great to see a 3rd gen GM A-Body getting some love, they are, after all, quite underrated compared to either '68-'72 or the newer G-Body bodystyles. Would be nice to see more pictures on the progress as you go.

 

Speaking of 3rd gen A-Bodies, I really should get this thing back together and back to the racetrack this summer.

 

[Mattilacken]

26 minutes ago, W-409 said:

 

Great to see you're able to get your old project car back! With the amount of memories tied to that car, it's important that it gets back home.

And, it's great to see a 3rd gen GM A-Body getting some love, they are, after all, quite underrated compared to either '68-'72 or the newer G-Body bodystyles. Would be nice to see more pictures on the progress as you go.

 

Speaking of 3rd gen A-Bodies, I really should get this thing back together and back to the racetrack this summer.

 

Thanks! I can keep posting here when doing progress on it.  yes they are very underrated but hey every one else’s loss 😉 

 

Oo yours looks sweet!! Where can i see mor of it? 

[W-409]

4 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

Thanks! I can keep posting here when doing progress on it.  yes they are very underrated but hey every one else’s loss 😉 

 

Oo yours looks sweet!! Where can i see mor of it? 

 

Well, you're correct on that!

 

Too bad I don't have a proper photo album or anything about the Stocker in the internet. When I get the current rebuild done, then I'll have more pictures but for now here are some pictures of the car. We bought it in 2012, but it was originally built as a Stock Eliminator car in 1979... https://public.fotki.com/NostalgicDrag/race-team/lindstrm-stock-elim/#media

Best ET so far is 11.96. It used to have a 350 SBC and TH-350, but at the moment the transmission has been replaced by four speed Jerico.

 

Edited March 15 by W-409

[Old Buckaroo]

Niko - I was never really a fan of the big ole A bodies, But I'm really a fan of yours and it looks wicked as Haiti's !! 😎  You've definitely changed my mind on how good these look and can be fixed up.

[W-409]

Thanks!

I've always liked this body style, in addition to the race car I had a '74 Malibu Station Wagon as a daily driver a few years ago. Had to sell it unfortunately as it was a bit too expensive to drive with our gas prices (plus that I drive a lot).

Nowadays my daily driver is a bone stock '64 Rambler American and it's a lot cheaper to drive.

[Carmak]

23 hours ago, Old Buckaroo said:

Buy property first, doesn't do you any good to acquire them if you have no place to store them. I had a collection of first gen Camaro's and parts on the family ranch in Colorado, I left to work out of state for a year and came back to nothing.  😞

You are absolutely correct! Getting cars is easy, proper storage and working space is hard. My wife (also a car nut) and I have made life and housing decisions that were focused on car buildings for the 30+ years we have been married.

The right property that is zoned correctly and without prohibitive covenants is hard to find unless you live in a fairly rural area. It took decades to finally get the right property to build a building to serve as storage and a workshop for my cars.

[89AKurt]

My "new" (to me) car arrived on Saturday.  It took about a month from commit to buy, to seeing it for the first time.  It's a Robin Hood replica of the Ferrari Daytona Spyder, on a '69 Corvette C3 donor chassis.  The Miami Vice car was built by another shop.  I have yet to join a group dedicated to kit cars, want to get some killer AZ pictures first.  I *had to* have a full scale kit car. 🙄  First sports car too, it's my self-retirement gift.  I'm having my widwife crisis now. 🤪

Touching back down in Arizona (still has the copper Historic Vehicle plate).

It ran out of gas, or juice, I had a tow truck ready to haul home anyway, which is this one-way shipping container, which is rat proof.

It's much cheaper than building a proper garage.  This location is temporary, it will get moved to the back yard.

The transporter people had to stop in Amarillo because of a dust storm and of course high winds.  Which shredded the cover, which left little white specks everywhere, that static cling to the fiberglass body and black cloth seats.  They also had to leave a window down so the door could be opened.  So I have been cleaning since I got it.  This was the first time I put down the top, seems to work fine, but is sunburn worn.

Model builder that I am, noticing details that are wrong, such as the precise location of the fuel door.  I sure would like to put on a racing cap, or a motorcycle modern design cap.  That crack worries me.

The gauges are generic, I will need to learn what all the lights do, and switches, no Owners Manual.  Check out the odometer, my birth year is 1961.  Trying to not touch the dash, it's not cracked, and won't reflect.

Was hoping a NASCAR engine was under the hood, but it's just a 350.  It started and ran on the transporter bed, so I know it runs.  Last big repair was the brakes, and they are leaking all over the back disks, front reservoir was empty.

This is a real wood rim steering wheel.  But now I'm wondering if there are Nardi copies.

Has 4 point seatbelts.  Doesn't look like they wore them for awhile.  Just a little oil in the buckles, much better!  I better not gain weight, it's a very tight fit.

Used various cleansers to scrub off the car cover abraded areas, which was a black film over the paint, so the paint isn't ruined.  The Alpine radio, and an security system manuals are included, think I need to read that and see if that's how the trunk is opened.

I noticed a hose connection with no attendant hose to be seen, so this let is some grit in.  That's something I could fix!

I'm mulling over how much "project" I want to get into.  I already see there is a parts package, ditch the rear leaf spring for coil-overs, tube A-arms, cross drilled rotors, etc., for $7,770, which at first sounds steep, holy cow.  But for now, get someone who knows what they are doing, for the mechanical.  I see many members are able to do everything. 🙂

[Tabbysdaddy]

I guess it's a good thing I changed the wheels on the van.

[Mattilacken]

So i pusshed the pickup of the car until 5 of april but i stumbled over a set of wheels that should fit for a way to good of a price so i could not miss them. They are to big according to my first plan.. but that size does work on these since the wheel arches are so big. They are 20x10 and 20x10,5.

also the new front quarter can be seen next to it.

and the cast iron grill. It’s at least half an inch thick.

 

[89AKurt]

I'm still waiting on getting the Title, seller got bad advice, lawyer out of town, but just as well, waiting on an appointment to get the brakes working.
In the meantime, I'm contemplating where to go with this.  Mocked up with cardboard, want to fill the gap before the headlight bucket to bumper.  The Angry Bird triangles, just having fun.

Got a jack and lug wrench from U-Pick-it, strap from Home Deephole, cut out a plywood base (left over from the pickup camping setup).

The sun visor was missing, had a ceiling fan blade, hacked up some bolts for the hinge, have a prototype!  If I need to trim it, I can, then paint flat black.

Then I had a major gas leak, had to remove the jack and the plywood floor.  Still the original fuel lines, holy cow!  Then I discovered the tank was not connected, it's just sitting on dubious mounts, so am planning to make a whole new mount.  Also want to improve the gas filler tube, and install a Monza style aluminum cap (or a crotch rocket gas filler).

I think this car was run hard and hung up wet.  Discovered about 5 pounds of dirt/gravel in one spot, shop vac did it's job.  Then another spot, makes me think they rally raced it.  This is like building a model while not needing a magnifying glass.

Edited March 24 by 89AKurt

[Mattilacken]

I drove +600km one way to bring the Chevy back home. But it had deteriorated way more than the seller told me, the interior was shot and the body was rusted as well as frame floor and firewall. So I decided that I would not bring it back home with me. Well it might be an other build down the line.

[89AKurt]

I expected to fix some things on Fakearri, every old vehicle I got needed something.  But I have come to the conclusion that this was rode hard and hung up wet.  I got a referral for a mechanic who does house calls, he got the brakes working.  Once the fuel system is not leaking, I can move the rat-proof shipping container to the final spot in back.  I have half the boot floor done, homage to American rat rodding is the salvaged sign, taken from a sharp highway corner, I took junk metal to the recycler and that paid for the signs!  I hate the fuel filler to tank, after the honeymoon if I really like the car, I will put a Monza cap on.  A trip to U-Pick-It is in order for a wiper arm, and prop rod for the trunk lid, that 1/2" square wood is lighter but really cheesy.  Added the semi trailer reflective tape under the trunk lid, just in case I get stranded at night, but really just to cut the little pieces under the tail lights.  The other two strips went on the pickup toolbox lid.

All the rubber fuels lines have been replaced, but the fuel pump was shot, I tore it apart to see what happened.

There was a missing wheel center cap, the last wheel I took off, discovered a strange curb rash inside the front wheel.  So that means either find the same American Racing wheel, of find more correct Cromadora wheels that fit a Corvette.

Has not been on a lift yet, but I found this Dukes Of Hazzard scale damage, holy cow! 😳  Mechanic wondered if it was a movie/TV stunt car.

The guy who was going to buy it before me, but flaked out after several months, was great for me!  He put a new battery in, it was just sitting there in the box, behind the driver seat.

I could figure out how the holdown worked, re-routed the cables, made stand-off tubes to mount the disconnect switch that was loose and hard to use before.  This is like working on a model, but without a magnifying glass.  The screw into the cable is a nice touch.

Everything I do that isn't "normal" is easily removed, does not alter the car at all.  So far, gas cap is a major for me.  There are no Pininfarina badges, thought of making a prototype Fakearri plate with aluminum tape, traced the logo from a model instruction sheet.  That would be a good application for full scale photo-etch, I could see it. 😆

The goal this afternoon is a test drive in the neighborhood.  Based on the Big Block fuel pump, this might be the High Output version of the SB 350, which beats a poke in the eye.

[Rodent]

Just an FYI: A wet cell battery mounted inside the car or in the trunk should have caps that vent to the outside of the car.

These are the caps that would have been on the original battery. You can probably find the original holes where the tubes vented.

[mcs1056]

I have a '65 Galaxie 500 XL Convertible (390, 4 bbl, factory in-dash AC), a '66 Galaxie Hardtop (no engine, ratty interior, but pristine body and frame...including torque boxes), and a 1945 Beechcraft Model 18 (technically NOT a car).

LOVE that plane. I need to find a spar strap for it before I invest in those incredible radial egines (Pratt R-985s). Just keeping the racoons out of it for now, though.  

I am building scale models of each...both in pre-restored condition and in final product (actual or planned) condition.  

[gbtr6]

Have a 1959 Austin Healey Bugeye that is my wife's car. Doing interior this year and paint next year. Very solid California car. We're the third owners. And my TR-6. Great driver and needs nothing right now other than a tune and oil change. Still cold here so they're still in the garage. Picture of the interior is how we are doing it. TR6 picture with my son driving.

[89AKurt]

I might not work on models again. 😬  Took the full scale kit car for my first drive yesterday. 😎

[Zen]

Great pic! That scenery is just terrible ...