E55 Radiator Bulkhead Repair! 1956 Chevy Bel Air Restoration
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In Episode 55 of Restoring Christine, we take the radiator cradle and bulkhead, repair a few torn bolt holes, straighten the side panels. We also remove and repair some badly torch-cut bolt holes on the frame mount and get that back to factory specs, good as new!
Bill Thomassie
"Christine" 1956 Chevy Bel Air
2-door Sedan Restoration
Music Credits:
All UA-cam standard license:
"Greaser" by TrackTribe
• TrackTribe - "Greaser"...
“Live Worms” by Josh Lippi & The Overtimers
• Josh Lippi & The Overt...
“Come on Out” by Dan Lebowitz
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She is looking good 👍
It's getting there, slowly but surely!
You do good work
Thanks! We'll see how good it is when we get to the details and see if it all comes together! I think it will!
Great job bill you do incredible work with metal considering I know you're 9-5 I can't get enough of watching the process on the car also when you talk to us and I can't speak for everyone else I get the feeling I've also worked on Christine not every UA-camr can bring that type of emotion to the screen I have come across a few. But again great job on the channel and the restoration of Christine I'm right on the edge of my seat waiting for her to be finished and for us as viewers to see the progress of the car.
I'm telling you, coming up in the next few episodes, you're going to see the project really starting to turn the corner. I'm excited to be getting past all of this rough work and am glad that I've got viewers like you keeping me motivated!
One thing at a time and each completed task makes that car one step closer to cruising. I like cars that can be driven they are just more fun. Good video. Always looking forward to each one .
I've never cared for trailer queens. I like my cars touchable!
Sunday saved again
And every Saturday, I'm like, "O Acumulador is counting on watching a Christine video with his Sunday morning breakfast!" LOL
Again, you keep me motivated. I wish I had your welding skills! I do have a piece of equipment that I did not know the value of, until this video. Years ago, before my Father in Law passed, he acquired a 4' square piece of 1/2" plate steel, and I welded some legs off an old cradle that was designed to hold a 500 gallon propane tank off the ground about 3'. Now I have a giant 4' square 1/2" steel 'anvil' with a pipe vise on one corner. I can beat on steel all day, and weld stuff by just clamping the ground on the table. Seeing your issues with hammering the radiator core support flat made me appreciate this welding table more! Keep up the good work buddy!! :) :)
Also, I did not know the radiator core support was reversible! Good information! Thank you!!! I am using the 6 cylinder frame mounts for my 427. So mounting the radiator in front of the core support is now going to be better than the brackets I made!
One man's trash is another's treasure! I wish I had a simple little 1 ft. drop off from a steel beam to use as a hard point to bang against. Thanks for the continued support and encouragement!
They may have been riveted, but it's odd that the car was a straight 6, converted to V8, and yet they left the radiator in the 6 cylinder position. It might just be that when it was WRECKED, it still had the 6 in it and they reversed a V8 cradle!
Your right about the core support being able to switch around 6 to v8 ....they are hot riveted from the factory so maybe someone switched it that way ...getting the holes in the bottom on the money is pretty important cause there's not much room for adjustment and it locates the front sheet metal ....I put a desert cooler 4- row in mine as the 6 cylinder to give me more room to move the engine forward to fit the HEI distributor ....now to make sure the inner fenderwells fit the rest .....lookin good ....keep at it .....
I wonder if the wreck damage was from when it was a 6-cylinder car. Maybe they took a V8 cradle and flipped it around long, long ago.
Hey just love your channel been watching from the beginning i have learned alot from your videos whats funny is that i have a 1956 Belair 4 door im working and whats really funny is that i have 1971 cutlass that im going to restore for my wife after the 56 is done. I love my tri 5's
Bobby, great to hear from you! I have another subscriber who happens to live not too far from me and he also has a tri-five AND a 71 Cutlass! Truth told, I was a Chevelle guy back when and it was my dad and uncles who had Cutlasses, but it was because they were affordable LUXURY, not because they were hot-rods! When I decided I wanted a convertible, my wife suggested the Cutlass and that's what I built. Fond memories!
@@RestoringChristine1956 i love my tri5s and my cutlasses i had a 72 442 and got rid of it i wish i still had it but like i said love your videos cant wait to see the next episode.
Even if it's little things that get repaired you are doing Something! Every thing you get done is a step closer than where you were. Looking good 👍
There's a LOT of last little 5% things that I need to do on each repair that I haven't taken the time to catch up on because of the goal of creating a subject-driven video each week. One day I'm just going to have to do all that work, whether on or off camera!
I watch your work. I know this is not a concourse resto, Good job. Just focus on the small stuff and tackle it. Straight forward. Labor of love. Working on a 56 Rat top.
One of these days I would love to build a mid-50s Chevy truck, leaving the exterior patina completely in tact and restoring the interior to factory new. I just think they should be touchable. I don't care for the ones that look like they were just built at a Mercedes factory!
Don’t worry we’re hanging right with ya on this job. LOL
And, believe me, I appreciate it! Stay tuned!
Hey almost up to 1000 subscribers!
It has been slow but steady! Might be this week!
Man you need to get a low stool on wheels. My knees and back are hurting just watching you. We aren’t getting any younger brother.
On a serious note. I’m curious if your radiator bracket was converted to bolt. I realize mine is a 57, but I had to drill out the spot welds from the fender bracket from the radiator bracket which I was planning on installing revnuts to accommodate bolts.
Keep up the great work!
LOL! You want the truth? I have a little scooter stool that I was starting to use for this video. I shot the first bit with the camera in the engine bay and all I could see was "TOO MUCH INFORMATION" coming from...ahem... the stool! LOL! So, I set it aside and sacrificed some bone joint comfort for the sake of keeping the video rated PG!
If you need some help with something i am about an hour away
Good to know! In Houma area?
@@RestoringChristine1956 yes
I am retired have plenty of time
Just working on my cutlass