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M4wdFab

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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #30 on: September 12, 2022, 02:46:49 PM »
radiator came in and mocked up today, final parts list made.

not sure when i get back on this but should be fun. 
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #31 on: September 16, 2022, 05:26:50 PM »
lots of boxes for next 3 builds came in today.

got radiator, fan, trans cooler, intake elbow all installed and plumbed today.


found both hood emblems on ebay im gona grab
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #32 on: September 16, 2022, 05:30:55 PM »
also forgot to look after talking to Hanna on brolite day, her car is the same year!  and has all the parts im missing lol

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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #33 on: September 17, 2022, 06:50:54 PM »
got a hot tip for a secret swap meet tomorrow out in buffalo- un listed.  going to see if i can nab the rest of the 54 parts im looking for before visiting my mom
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #34 on: September 18, 2022, 06:34:06 PM »
found a guy at swap meet and then met him later in the day at his place which was only 5 min from my moms house.  he knows these things up and down and had like 2 parts cars and 2 show car builds.  got just about everything i need other than bumper and side marker lights for 100$ , score! 

chrome side panels
tail lights
floor pan patch panels
full set of door, window, vent window cranks
dash and glove box grills
side mirror
door lock knob
top of grill piece with needed hood latch
extra bumper fasca piece
hood hinge springs
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #35 on: September 19, 2022, 09:01:33 AM »
nice!
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #36 on: September 19, 2022, 09:32:38 AM »
Unreal deal!
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #37 on: September 21, 2022, 04:01:06 PM »
s10 axle and seat aquired

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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #38 on: September 22, 2022, 07:11:10 PM »
s10 axle swapped in with no issues.  need to stick the alum drive shaft from the half ton chevy back together and should be moving next week after some wires
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #39 on: September 22, 2022, 09:49:50 PM »
also noted, the shocks on this thing in the rear, sitting out in the dirt for 25 years, still feel mint.  i bolted them back to the new axle to send. 
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #40 on: September 22, 2022, 09:51:57 PM »
may have found the last 3 hard to find parts out in Clifton springs, need to follow up tomorrow after a phone convo tonight. 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1225548634683137/
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #41 on: September 24, 2022, 03:18:05 PM »
fire wall plate and petals in today, old headlight housings pulled.
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #42 on: September 27, 2022, 07:14:43 PM »
ugh, the horror.  i thought i had cleaned this thing out.


was eye balling cutting the rear floor to sing an XJ tank in, removed the rear side interior panels, realized two cavities below floor completely packed with organics.


ick.  filled a tractor bucket and should have been wearing respirator, had to stop for the day.  will finish up tomorrow with a respirator lol. 
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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #43 on: September 27, 2022, 09:48:28 PM »
thats as bad as the 1952 truck doors!

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Re: 54 chevy panel wagon
« Reply #44 on: September 28, 2022, 10:03:58 PM »
finished excavating today

prepped an XJ tank with fittings for external pump. 

hoping to get a fuel system plumbed with a corvette filter regulator and get this thing running by the weekend. 

have customer work in the way though.
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