47 Chevy Fleetline

So Junkyard Junky and myself did a little traded. He got the 66 ford f100, the extra 352 i pulled outta the galaxy.

And heres what I got:
1948 Chevy Fleetline 4 door NOW I FIT IN THE CLUB MORE
By the looks of the car it didnt see much life on the road.
The only hole in the floorboard of the car is in the trunk pan.
Also part of the trade a 58 chev 235. came from the tingler of the hamb. suppose to run and everything has brackets for later model alt.
Started pulling the old motor and tranny out, its just sitting in there ready to be pulled. Man those seats was funkee' pulled the back ones i was going to keep the springs and tear the cushion and material off but i could not take the smell any longer.
And i also got the supreme wheels and tires that was on here for sale. Lady Rebel is trying to con me out of them. I offered her a trade but she hasnt KISSED UP to it yet.

will had more pics soon. ill try to make them small

58 chevy 235, new plugs, new wires, ran all the way up till this pass year

worse spot in the hole car

pulling the old motor out

I suppose I won't be needing those wheels for awhile. Your wife can so all the kissing for me. You could close your eyes and pretend it's me. lol

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JRiggs wrote:i do that now, how did u know

You never quit do you

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I thought this thread was about project cars not love obsession.

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k, back on topic,
need to borrow reb's engine hoist. then pull the motor the rest of the way out.
im undecided if i should throw down some primer before i put the motor back in. what do you guys think. it sure would look goofy with a nice cleanly painted motor and the rest of the fire wall all rusty.


should i paint it or leave it alone.

Paint it! If your planning on painting it later, it would be a real chore with the motor all installed. Besides even if you paint it and you want the rusty look, just don't open the hood. Jeff and I didn't have the time to paint and clean the engine compartment when we put the motor in my wagon and I've regretted it since then whenever I open the hood. Not saying that it would stay nice with the miles I put on that old pig, but at least it would have been nice once. If you don't do it now, chances are you won't. My $.02

I vote for painting it as well!

Its a No brainer! MAn paint that baby even if your going for a "PATINA" look on the outside I love it when under the hood area is sanitary looking plus it makes for a much easier job when you, if you decide to finish the outside. If you bust ass you can have under the hood done in a weekend and you will thank yourself in the long run...LONG LIVE THE FLEETLINE!

so what do you do when you dont have a cherry picker to pull it out. yeah i could have walked down the street and borrowed stewarts. but why not just take it from the bottom. motor is out. will add pictures tomorrow.

motor's out

damn that's a big picture ill resize it soon. sorry guys

Jonathan and I worked a bit on the firewall the other night. only the best Walmarts brand spray paint was used on this pristine Chevy.

rebstew wrote:Jonathan and I worked a bit on the firewall the other night. only the best Walmarts brand spray paint was used on this pristine Chevy.

NO SIR OFFICER those are not brass nucks with spike hanging on the wall . lol

hey theres that hammer cory could not find also. ill be damn and its right on top of his head.

we wire brushed all of the firewall, sprayed maroon primer on first

after the first coat

respirators might be for pussies but Cory sure does look cool wearing one.

worked on the car a little on saturday. mostly all day.
1.got the front seat pulled. springs were to nice to throw away. i pulled off all the material and pitched it. found some cancer in the floor, not as much though.
2.pulled the window trim on the front drivers side door and passenger side door, cleaned it up.
3.pulled the door panels off those two doors.
4.vacummed up all the shit that was in there.
5.took trunk lid off. knocked out one of the huge dents in it.
6.cleaned up the trunk pan and painted one coat.

kool bro let me know when you are working on it again try to get down and lend a hand

I may try to put that blazer in the garage tomorrow. if you want to pull the swing pedals and the brake booster out of it one day this week, after work you can. If you get it all out I will help you mount it on the 47

ron thanks for the offer.

stewart if u need some help getting that blazer in the garage yell. also if u put it in there we can work on it a couple nights this week... let me know what u do.

sanded, primed and painted the front nose section where the hood latches.

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cleaned up shop a little on sunday. pulled the small block back outta the 46. took the straight six and sat in down inside the frame on the 46. moved somethings around swept.

stewart came over, we ran to sears hardware to get some bolts. I finished up rebuilding the 350 turbo, still have a few things to do to it. need to buy a filter and then put the gasket on it and should be good to go. we bolted the tranny to the block we dropped the motor down into the bay of the 47. after a little cutting on the org. tranny crossmember it sat in there pretty nice. needs to go up a couple inches but i need to cut off a few more unneeded items. emergency brake linkages, org. tranny mount ( one on each side), little tight on the driver side due to the steering but we are thinking a set of stock manifolds will squeeze in there.