Recent content by AlecB

It's been a minute since the last update on the 57 Plymouth. When the weather is nice I drive it as much as I can. Though not legally required, I did install some lap belts at the request of family members, and after recalling how Arnie died in Christine. I installed a fuel sender signal...

I’m keeping an eye out for speed parts but they are hard to find and very expensive these days. I get the Christine comment all the time. I will never make it a clone, it’s over done and unoriginal. I love the movie and I just got the book, but I’m making this car my own thing.

Been a while since my last update, a lot has been done to my 57 Plymouth. To start I pulled off the cylinder heads and rebuilt them. While removing one of the heads the exhaust manifold threads pulled out completely. Thankfully I was able to visit John at Big M Auto and get a new cylinder head...

We got the new master cylinder in, bled the brakes, now that pedal is rock hard. We also had to swap out the starter. This car runs and drives now, still needs to be tuned and some other things fixed, but boy is it fun. We parked it next to my neighbors ‘78 Concord, it looks puny compared to the...

Update on the brakes: So it turned out that the master cylinder was seized in the forward position. The brake pedal push rod was moving in free space without even touching the master cylinder, which is why we had zero brake pedal. We swapped on a new master cylinder, bled the brakes and now the...

For the time being, my friend is going to find an aftermarket unit so he can at least drive the car safely. Later on, he will get the original booster rebuilt. We washed the car today, it looks way better with that bronze paint gleaming.

I’m helping a friend resurrect a 1969 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon, 383 HP. The brake booster seems to be shot and the brakes are non existent. He is going to buy a new master cylinder and booster, but I wanted to know if a unit from a 90s Durango/Truck would work as an affordable...

Here is a short video of me driving my 57. I recently installed some beefier springs, new shocks, and a new master cylinder.

I finished painting the windshield channel with rust converter paint. Looks pretty good and should stop any rusting for a long time. I also got new tires mounted on the original wheels. Boy does that look good with the wheel covers. She is getting close to being road legal.

I started the cleaning and painting job on the windshield channel. I wired wheeled all the loose rust and then began hitting it with black rust converter paint. I also finally got nee tires for the car and it looks super cool with those hubcaps.

I popped off a valve cover just to see how the inside of the engine looked, surprisingly not sludgy like I was expecting. The valve cover gasket came apart like brittle plastic so I have some cork ones on order.

Here are some pictures of the window channel. What do you all recommend I do to stop the rust? Rust converter? POR15? The gasket looks to be in decent shape so I’m going to clean it, use Goop hand cleaner to rejuvenate the rubber. I also plan on cleaning and repainting the dash and inner window...

It has just the right patina, it will look great with some buffing. I will be redoing the interior with new seat covers and homemade door panels. The carpet and headliner are presentable.

I finally got around to changing the oil and filter on the 57. Found a replacement Wix filter for a good price on eBay. I then threw some roller wheels on the car just so I can putt it down the street. The shifter was super sloppy and I couldn’t find gears with it, so I found a larger diameter...

That’s what I want to do next is swap in a later model axle. I’m not dealing with tapered axles lol