awesome progress! keep up the good work. Love the 56 chevy, one of my favorite tri-5's is the 56.

I started getting the rear back together. all the drum brakes are finished and the e-brake cables are one. next will be the 3:55 posi unit. if anyone has a set of 3:55's in a 489 case they want to swap for 3:91's in a 489 case, please contact me.

brakes all finished.

I picked up a steer n gear firm steering box at carlisle for the car. man they painted the box with this crappy rubberized black paint that was just nasty to remove. anyway heres the stripped steering box after 2 afternoons of work cleaning the crap off.

heres the steering box and the new pitman arm epoxy primed and ready to be painted.

Mike just an FYI, your box should be painted a crappy gloss Black to replicate OEM.
Ron

thanks, i know i was going to paint it black but the stuff they put on it was like rubberized undercoating and it was still tacky. that's not going to cut it w/ me.

steering box all finished.

I took the air grabber duct work off the original hood today so i can start restoring that.

original rubber seal cleaned up nicely and is still soft.

Today pop's came over and helped get the doors back on and aligned so we can start doing the full quarters. we also removed the car from the rotisserie and its back on its own weight.

back view

Heres something i don't think most guys think of until the end of a build. Do you door locks, handles, and door latches work properly? I found that my passenger side some mismatched clip holding the handle rod on. Both sides work and now I know all I need to do is clean and grease everything. The locks themselves will probably be changed out. Take note of the pewter interior color! I like it.

all the cracks are fixed on the center of the air grabber box. some sanding , primer, and paint is next.

all the cracks have been fixed as well as the mounting tabs on the air grabber box. i matched up a color and am in the process of epoxy priming the pieces.

side pieces.

and so it begins!

oh man!

yes the bottom will be removed too.

all gone.