Thread: Rust hole in chrome front bumper

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It looks good Matt. It should keep you busy for a while. You can still suicide the front doors.

I got a battery today, tomorow I will put it in and, I just might put some gas in the carb and see if it would fire up, but I'll test everything else anyway ( horn, lights and raido ).

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, my mom called around for a fuel pump for my '50, she called about 6 places but, 1 of them asked if the car had vacume wipers, she told him she thought so ( that's what the former owner said the car had ), he than told her it would cost 96.000 rather than 20.000, my question is, does vacume wipers or electric wipers make a diffrence on a fuel pump? We ordered 1 from NAPA for $19.99 and they didn't ask about vac wipers or anything, just the year and engine size.

Congrats on starting to work instead of just planning, Matt. Now if ya could stretch the front doors about a foot, move the door post back, panel in where the old rear doors used to be, take about 3" out of the roof, lean the posts back, section the car about 4", channel it another 2", lose all the chrome, and french in the lights, it would start looking way kewl. Shouldn't take more than a week or 60 to get that few mods done. See ya next Saturday for your next homework assignment.!!!!!!

Congrats!!! ,, glade to here you found something ya like , !

here's a different avatar matt > "I played around with, so's ya could see her a'lil better ,.... if ya want to use it"

Originally posted by Streets
Matt.. Vacuum wipers run off the fuel pump with and in and out rubber line.. (they did that in my '57 Ford Ragtop also).. You'll have to block off the holes if they have them or the pump won't suck.. mebbe that's the reason it's bad now??? The older ones CAN be rebuilt too... YOU could always just install an electric fuel pump back near the tank and wire it into the ignition switch as a "Don't steal my car" device... And then use the same one IF you put a SBC in there also...
With a little luck you should be able to rig electric wipers up on your Chebby.. mebbe somethang on the lines of a Nova system used on Camaro, Nova and all the other GM F-body's...

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Thank's streets, I'll check that out, maby the vac line is weather checked or leaky, I put gas in the carb and tried to start it, It didn't start but it turned over, should the starter button provide power to the starter even when the key is compleatly out of the ignition? I did know the fuel pump could be rebuilt and, I called around for a diaphram kit but no parts place had them.

I also changed the plugs and, tried to start it again.

Originally posted by Dave Severson
Congrats on starting to work instead of just planning, Matt. Now if ya could stretch the front doors about a foot, move the door post back, panel in where the old rear doors used to be, take about 3" out of the roof, lean the posts back, section the car about 4", channel it another 2", lose all the chrome, and french in the lights, it would start looking way kewl. Shouldn't take more than a week or 60 to get that few mods done. See ya next Saturday for your next homework assignment.!!!!!!

I just want to get it running this weekend, all that stuff you mentioned sounds a little compilicated for me but, thanks anyway.

Originally posted by treekiller
Congrats!!! ,, glade to here you found something ya like , !

here's a different avatar matt > "I played around with, so's ya could see her a'lil better ,.... if ya want to use it"

Thanks, I will use that as my avatar. Could you take the big picture and color the car in candy apple red or a color close to it and color right over the chrome, Please, I don't have very good photoshop capabilities.

thanks again Streets, I'm going to wait for my dad to help me get it running cause, I think it needs new/cleaned points and maby a new condensor and, both of which I have never had to change so, I gots to watch my dad and learn how.

Oh, I can only see fuel lines run into the fuel pump and, I don't think there are vac lines.

Well, MATT, I am a little late with my congratulations, but it looks like you got a nice start to really cool project there. Those old chebbies can be fun and they really lend them selves to some cool customizing. Best wishes to you buddy.

Originally posted by Matt167
Could you take the big picture and color the car in candy apple red or a color close to it and color right over the chrome, Please.

"I don't agree with the idea of painting over the chrome but ...."
this is the first try... the pix is all funny ?! get me another pix in the daylight and I can try again.... and I'll just take off all the chrome for ya "if that's the plan?".

"Looks like ya got your self a few ghosts in the yard there" ..

I want to paint the bumper so, it would look arlight until I could get it chromed in a year or two when I have funding for it. That one looks good but, I'll go eat dinner and then resize the pics I took then post them.

Actully just leave the chrome or cut out the rust to make it look ok cause, the car will have a chrome bumper when it's finished.

Here the new picture is, taken in daylight hours. I almost forgot to say thank you.

I may have figured out what is wrong with my '50 and it's starting problems, it's a slim chance but, the former owner installed some old green taillights under the hood right behind the grill so the grill would light up green, he said he wired them so they would turn on when the key is on, he put 1 wire on the coil, I don't know if it is positive or negitive, the other wire goes to ither a ground or powersource to the passanger side horn and powers the light on that side , the wire is spliced with a t connector and then runs to the other light to power it. I was thinking that his wiring job may be grounding out the coil causing no spark or, indicating a bad coil because the lights run off the coil's powersource, I find it weird that the horn, the former owners green light contraption and the engine ignition system don't work and the former owners green light system is connected to both.