GreggDaniels
Member
I've been coming to this site for a while now and I guess it's about time I introduce myself. I live in Silver Bay, MN, am 53, married and live four blocks away from my daughter and three grandchildren. I started collecting parts for my car in 1993 and by the end of '94 I had a complete rolling chassis. By 1998 I had the car mostly complete to the point I could tear it down for paint but in '99 ended up having to put it in storage for 7 years because of multiple job layoffs and moving three different times. I got the car out of storage about four years ago but had a big rust problem to deal with. Everything that was bare metal had some pretty good rust on it so I spent an entire season (seems like 23 days of summer up here) cleaning rust. Thank goodness rust reformer comes in spray cans now. I got some rattle can paint on everything and that will keep the rust at bay for a couple of years when I can get some color paint on everything. I'm going to drive it for at least a year before painting everything with the final color which right now might be Summits Sour Apple Green Metallic. I built the frame myself, have a 94" wheelbase, '66 chevy van front and rear axles with stock drum brakes, 350 sbc that I pulled out of a snowbank for free, rebuilt the th350 myself and a truck 12 bolt with 4:11 factory gears. Even with the 31 x 16.5 Mickeys the gears might be a bit much but they were free. I can change them out later for something a little more liveable. It has a Speedway body with a 14" bed and the 16 gallon fuel tank makes space in the bed pretty tight. I got all my brakes, cooling and fuel lines plumbed last year and i've been buying some more parts and am hoping I can get it to move under it's own power this year. Even though I dumped a ton of oil in the cylinders and rotate it pretty regularly I still am worried about what rust might be inside the engine. I suppose I'll find out this year. I have been dreaming about building one of these since the late 70's and am very excited to see the car at this point. One reason it took me so long to introduce myself is because I am more comfortable being quiet in the back of the room rather than making a bunch of noise. You know how the saying goes, better to be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt. I have found I learn a lot more by listening than by talking and believe me I have learned an enormous amount about these cars from the people on this site and I would like to thank you all very much. I would also like to thank all of the other new people who ask questions because I have had a lot of my own questions answered because of your inquiries. Thanks much to all.
