Sunday, February 25, 2018

Tire tub, orig spare tire, mudflaps, stuck knock-off, brake check, headers...

Gettin' ready for some work...
Lots of effort.  Basically, the spare was stuck up in the tire tub. You can see that the tire tub lid has lots of undercoating. We'll get that cleaned up w/mineral spirits.
Are you kidding me? A perfect (no cracks) original fiberglass tire tub.
Wish mine looked that good on my '63!
Tub, lid, and spare
Original Firestone Deluxe Champion spare tire.
- ORIGINAL -

In pretty good shape!
Spare tire mounted on a knock-off as well
Spare Kelsey Hayes wheel 
Spare tire has the whitewall turned inside. Not perfect, but pretty nice. 
Spare flipped over
Spare tire wheel (possibly had some curb rub)
Removed the mudflaps
(small screws into body)
 
Of course, some small holes left from mudflaps 
Getting that last stuck wheel off w/a rubber mallet 
Rear brakes - looks great!
Brakes/wheel cylinders/spring kit all look great!
Note: Bilstein (blue) shock in background
Brake shoes have LOTS of life left!
Header removal started.  A real tight fit 
Got the driver side header out, but had to disconnect the clutch bellcrank assembly 
Drivers side headers had a couple crushed pipes.
I'm guessing this was done by the installer.
 
Drivers side came out through the top 
Passenger side was just as tight!
Got the passenger header out from down below 
Headers out!




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