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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:34 am
by PhilA
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The switch came apart again and indeed yes it looks a little melted.
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Pried it apart. Presto, it is spring loaded. Filed it back to the shape it should be.
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Nice smooth operation now. Just needs a new lens, but people are making reproduction ones for this particular lamp which is nice.
Phil
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:06 am
by PhilA
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:30 am
by Junkman
Holy shit.
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:35 am
by PhilA
Yup. Every single bit of it works. Key slot, shifter light, everything.
Phil
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:47 pm
by PhilA
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Fitted the antenna. It goes up and down.
Phil
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:49 am
by PhilA
Because polite people do not extend their antenna manually.
Plus, the car had an automatic antenna from the factory with the checking of the radio option.
Just don't look too closely because this one is German.
Phil
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:03 am
by PhilA
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Got home late tonight, ended up just tidying up the garage a bit and making a start on the metalwork for the alternator. First, make the garage even hotter than it needs to be by making bar stock cherry red.
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Then, with 2 pairs of pliers, bend the bar through a right angle and let cool naturally.
Phil
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:58 am
by PhilA
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Made 4 pieces.
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While they were cooling down, I painted the radiator black.
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Cut, drill, file. Bracket starting to come together. Ran out of time tonight.
Phil
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:56 am
by Junkman
Stupid question - wouldn't there be some GM alternator brackets in a nearby scrapyard?
Then again, it's been a while since these were current (pun intended).
Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:41 pm
by PhilA
The answer to that is "maybe but probably not"; I didn't want to explore a maybe option when instead I could make something that I know will work.
Plus, I had the metal already. The only scrapyard nearby is full of modern tat. The only vaguely interesting thing they have is a '56-'60 DeSoto Adventurer that was parked on top of another car for a long time, now dragged to the front of the lot. (I always wondered on these if Triumph copied DeSoto for the shape of the back of the car for the Herald and the lights or if they actually got somewhere first in terms of styling...)
Phil