The I'm-Learning-As-I-Go 1965 Valiant Post
This weekend scored a set of 4 used 195/70R14s. Got them for less than a third of the retail price, and they still have 95% of their tread left. They cleaned up quite nicely. Just wanna thank Dave Hammock for giving me a ride out to Kaneohe to acquire this set.
I'm starting to mock up the brake lines, but it's an awful bit of a beyotch to get under the car and run unbended line to make sure everything's all nice and tight. Since I have the new tires, I'm going to put the back wheels on so I can jack up the front nice and high. The driveway my car sits on isn't quite level so I don't feel completely safe putting the nose up high on 4 jack stands.
Hit the drums with brake cleaner to get the protective film of grease off the machined surfaces and mounted the drums...
Cleaned up the lug nuts using wire brushes and vinegar (the brushes scrape away the layers of surface rust, and the acid in the vinegar neutralizes the rust chemically)...
Mounted the back wheels...
And voila!
She's beginning to look like a car again. More later!
This weekend scored a set of 4 used 195/70R14s. Got them for less than a third of the retail price, and they still have 95% of their tread left. They cleaned up quite nicely. Just wanna thank Dave Hammock for giving me a ride out to Kaneohe to acquire this set.
I'm starting to mock up the brake lines, but it's an awful bit of a beyotch to get under the car and run unbended line to make sure everything's all nice and tight. Since I have the new tires, I'm going to put the back wheels on so I can jack up the front nice and high. The driveway my car sits on isn't quite level so I don't feel completely safe putting the nose up high on 4 jack stands.
Hit the drums with brake cleaner to get the protective film of grease off the machined surfaces and mounted the drums...
Cleaned up the lug nuts using wire brushes and vinegar (the brushes scrape away the layers of surface rust, and the acid in the vinegar neutralizes the rust chemically)...
Mounted the back wheels...
And voila!
She's beginning to look like a car again. More later!