61 biscayne build

[Tom Kochtanek]

Merry Christmas Dean!

I did package that emblem up and tried to mail it twice now, sorry to report that I ain't waiting in any stinking lines with my mask on .

Eventually we'll run out of stamps and I'll trick Barb into visiting the Post Office .


Cheers! TomK

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

That's fine Tom.....Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

Received the emblem today Tom, thank you very much...will match my patina look just fine. Happy new year to you!

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

You are most welcome!

Of course, it comes with a free ride in the new build, eh?

Cheers! TomK

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

Of course...you may have to drive; i might be to old by the time i get it running. LOL

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

You and I should have a "race" to finish our Biscaynes .

You'll definitely win!

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

Some pics of way to long progress on my biscayne...just installed headers after Jhot coating and other pics underside (note coil spring traction bars on my 12 bolt rear)trans linkage now installed, trunk cleaned up and painted....time to wire up and reinstall the dash....slowly coming together.

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

Nice, nice very nice (tip of the hat to Kurt Vonnegut) .

Is that Robbin's Egg Blue the factory color? I forgot what it's called on a '61 or '62 Chevrolet. I like the patina!

Cheers! TomK

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

Tom,who is Kurt Vonnegut ?? and the color is Sea foam "green"

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

FYI Dean, your post was #409.....looks like she's coming together nicely...

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

For some reason I was thinking it was a blue. My bad! I could be going color blind .

Kurt Vonnegut was author of numerous classics. Slaughterhouse Five is probably his best known work. That quip was lifted from a poem in Cat's Cradle circa 1963

"Nice, nice, very nice
So many people in the same device..."

In 1975 the group known as "Ambrosia" released a musical version based on that poem:

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

Did not know that Tom, my bad...... probably just the camera changing the color slightly.LOL

 

[Phil Reed]

Don't worry about it Dean. Tom's one of those brainey ex collage professors that know so much that the rest of us!!!!!!!! But....he is a really nice guy when you get to know him!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[benchseat4speed]

Nice car very clean work I like the 12 bolt install

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

So, changing my offy small port for a eddy and noticed there are no bolts over the top of the intake passages to the heads?? Is that the way it was designed? The offenhauser does have the 4 extra bolts...any comments please

 

[Don Jacks]

Yes that's the way they were designed Dean.

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

wondering if anyone has a passenger side 2 dr. post, door skin for 61-62...don't know if bubble top would be the same? thanks

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

well,start up is coming in a couple days....6 yrs later, boy i been fast on this one...duh! Gas has been doing great in this area, finally reached 409 per gal. Will post gas again when it reaches 482/gal.LOL

 

[blkblk63ss]

well,start up is coming in a couple days....6 yrs later, boy i been fast on this one...duh! Gas has been doing great in this area, finally reached 409 per gal. Will post gas again when it reaches 482/gal.LOL

Maybe you should get a 502 to keep up with the gas price!!! Lol

 

[Dean's 61 bubble]

Biscayne came alive today!! Sounds pretty good, though not a all out drag car....looking forward to what it can do though. Still have to put the front end back together and the door i gutted to repair the crease, but i will keep working on it....could one of you do something about the gas prices please....cost me 20 bucks for a lousy 4 gallons of gas to fire up my car, LOL