Recent content by Brandon 348/320

I have an original that not been restored. The car and parts are at my fathers house. I’ll get over a pic of it hopefully by the weekend.

I have done a lot of research myself with my 60 Impala restoration on these rivets. The grill rivets in my 60 used solid riverts made of aluminum. The headlight buckets use steel tubular rivets. There is a website that sells pinball restoration supplies that makes a kit to make a rivet press for...

Thanks for all the recommendations. I will call a few of these guys n see what they say. I got a kick out if the guy you said was a bit gruff until you got to know him. I own my own business and I can't imagine anybody ever saying that about me. I guess they have Mir business than they know what...

Was wondering if anyone had any good references for getting bolts, nuts, and latches cadmium plated. I was going to send my stuff out to Old School Plating in Delaware that specializes in plating this kind of stuff for car restoration people like us. Unfortunately the owner passed away and the...

Yes saw those on ebay also. I thought the same thing. If you put those under your car my rear end would fall out.

If you have an extra rear lower control arm let me know what you would take for it. I have a parts car but hate to go to the hassle of pulling the old one off. It's sitting under a shed that I'm sure snakes love to hang out at. Just send me a pm.

Great idea on the exhaust tubing. So the tubing kind of snaps around the bushing so it can't get off line. Then when it's in just snap it back off?

I need help replacing my bushings on my rear control arms. I actually ruined one rear lower control arm this evening after having it beautifully painted and ready for the new bushing. It went in crooked and actually broke the raised lip at the hole. Got one side in fine and ruined the other...

Well I didn't think I would start an argument over a simple question. Thanks for the clarification on the ball joints. I think that I can send them to him and he can rivet them on for me. I'll let everyone know how they turn out when I get them back for the guys on this forum trying to do...

So the ball joints are the same, so the a-arms are the same? He just told me that his jig to do the riveting was set up for the size of the Corvette one. I want to rivet them on because they look more like the original ones from the factory. I have not found any bolts that look similar to how...

Are the a-arms & ball joints the same on a 60 Impala as a 63 Corvette? The reason I am asking is Bair's Corvettes in Pennsylvania will rivet on ball joints to a-arms that customers send to them. I called and talked to Mike and he said he had a machine made that would rivet on the ball joints...

I'll take a look but don't remember it being listed there. I know the color stripes on the springs were in there but I'll take a look for the shocks. Thanks.

What is the correct part number for spiral shocks for the rear of a 60 Chevrolet 348? I have googled part numbers and can't come up with an actual number or numbers that I know is correct. There are several on ebay but didn't know if ac delco had different shocks for each model, engine type...

I am rebuilding my front end on my 6o Impala and will be putting back together shortly. I can't seem to find a drag ling repair kit with the dust cover. Several places show the kit, but I have not seen any with the cover. I would not be opposed to a used cover, but mine was bent when I...

I tore my frame down about 6 months ago. Got the rears off pretty easy. The front were a little harder. I took the shock off first and put a spring compressor inside the spring. It would not fit real good as I was only able to get a grab about half way up the spring. Got the passenger side...