Episode 10 – Focusing on nothing but the firewalls, Rick gets busy wire-welding and removing the rust. Remember, this car was in a fire, so this process is a little more time-consuming. The pop-riveted panels that were covering up holes; were removed, and new patch panels were welded on to create the smoother look we’re
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Episode 9 – Now that the engine is pretty much complete. Rick is ready to move to the body. The body has been damaged due to a garage fire and is heavily rusted. Some new fenders and a roof were already purchased. Starting with the firewalls, Rick gets everything grinded, wire-brushed and wire wheeled down.
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Episode 8 – The focus in the garage today is on the carburetor. Rick uses a Holley 600 CFM with new needle, gaskets, floats, everything. It takes some work to clean out all the passages, but when finished, it’s like brand new. Also important note, you don’t want to over-carburet an engine, so the 600
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Episode 7 – Rick’s been busy finishing up the engine. Timing chain cover and water pump have been installed. He painted the oil pan and valve covers blue to match the engine block. The air gap intake has been cleaned up and mounted to the engine. Once all of that was done, Rick primes the
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Episode 5 –Using a typical camshaft tool, the cam bearings were removed and replaced, and a new camshaft was put in. It’s important to not overlook the cam bearings so the engine isn’t starved of oil. Once that is finished, the freeze plugs go in and Rick moves on to replacing the main bearings in
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Episode 4 – Easy day, today. Rick will be honing the cylinder walls and lifter bores to get them all cleaned up. Scoring marks were minimal. After cleaning up the cylinder walls and lifter bores, he oils them down with WD-40. So far, everything is moving along smoothly. This 1953 Chevy Bel Air restoration project
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Episode 3 – Today, Rick Drewry is going to spend some time cleaning up the engine heads and doing some valve lapping. Now, you may be wondering, what exactly is valve lapping? Well, if you haven’t done it before, don’t worry! It’s basically sanding down the valve surfaces to make them smooth, and it only
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One of our favorite places to spend time while attending the Detroit Autorama is down in the basement. This year was no different. While checking out the cool cars and awesome gear the basement featured at this year’s 2020 Autorama, we ran into John. John is a classic car owner and car enthusiast who enjoys
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One of the cool things about being down in the basement at the 2020 Detroit Autorama aside from checking out all the awesome automotives, of course, is the amazingly cool people you get to meet. Classic Auto’s Rick Drewry got to meet and spend a few minutes with one of those awesome individuals named Doni,
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Classic Auto’s Rick Drewry was excited to hit the basement at this year’s Detroit 2020 Autorama. Every year, car enthusiasts across the U.S. head to Detroit to see and to show off their quality engineering, creative builds, and performance classics. Rick shares with us what he feels is the best part about being in the
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