Passenger 57 - Chevy 210 Four Door

[Nick Grant]

Then came the time to move to Scotland from London. I brought the car up and put in into Storage for a few weeks before we moved the whole family up into the new house. Weather got better the further north I got. 440 miles used about £150 of petrol

The day I set off was the day of the London to Brighton Veteran Car run!


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

[Nick Grant]

The bridge that hold the air cleaner in the car snapped. So I decided to go with a much bigger carb and intake


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

I decided to flake the wheels so first had a go at the back of a licence plate to test the painting technique. Two coats of primer, two coats of red, three coats of flake and three coats of clear.


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Masked...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Painted...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Had to do one side at a time as I only have two axel stands and can't get down the other side in the garage.


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Loaded up with parts and off to RM Restorations...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Cruised with a few friends...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

New carb in...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Mocked up lowering with the coil over wound right in, before the dropped spindles..


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Needed new valve covers as the intake doesn't have an oil filler like the old one. Painted to match the wheels...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Shots of the progress at RM Restorations...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

[Nick Grant]

The discs have finally arrived!

[Nick Grant]

Well there's still plenty left to do but Ross got it back on its wheels so we can see the stance now...


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Passenger 57 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

[TvrJohn]

Great set of images, enjoyed that

[NAS]

Me too, thanks for posting.

[Nick Grant]

Thanks guys I'll get some better pics once it's all back together. End of July I'm driving down to the Hot Rod Hayride, a big show in Surrey, staying down in the South East and visiting various car friends and workshops then on to the NRSA Super Nationals and then back up to Scotland. Should be quite a shakedown for the changes

[Dr G]

Car looks fantastic - keep us updated when the road trip comes around

[Nick Grant]

Thanks

Delivery of hopefully the last part arrived this morning...


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Thanks to the helpful folks at Flowmaster I could pick what mufflers I wanted based on how I want it to sound, via this helpful video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUUteVjNdI0&fea...

...I wanted it fairly quiet as the electric cut outs will allow me to turn the volume up when I want and I will be doing some long journeys in the car

[RB Will]

That is exactly the sort of car I want as a daily driver. Love it.

[Nick Grant]

RB Will said:

That is exactly the sort of car I want as a daily driver. Love it.

I hope to be driving it to work next week to shake down the changes.

New bow for the roof rack.


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Exhaust under construction...


Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr


Untitled by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

[Scottman]

Beautiful car and great post! Looks superb with its lowered stance! Any chance of a video clip when you get that exhaust fitted??

[Nick Grant]

Thanks. Sure no problem, it will be interesting to hear the electric cut outs in operation

[Schmeeky]

Beautiful machine!

[mwstewart]

The prom must have been good.

No, in all seriousness that is a wonderful machine. Are you fabricating the exhaust yourself?

[Nick Grant]

Thanks guys. The work is being done by Ross at RM Restorations

[DanielSan]

I blame stuff like Fast and Loud, but I'm really starting to want some yank custom/hot rod kind of thing in my life and this thread hasn't helped. Awesomely cool car sir, I like it a lot. I don't know why I like it a lot, but I just do.

[Nick Grant]

Thanks guys the Donut Shop is in New Malden, on the A3.

Well we've had a bit of trouble as the back was so low it was sitting on the bump stops once it settled. So the old springs have gone back on for now for my road trip. Needs the tracking doing yet but it lives! Here's a video that Ross has posted up...

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=4876...

[Escort3500]

Great thread, and photos too (seen your stuff on RnS as well).

Beach Tree caff is good too; we were the last year when holidaying in Perthshire.

Keep the updates coming

[oobster]

Fantastic car, and great thread. Loving all the picture updates.

Did you end up using Car Storage Scotland to store the Chevy for a few weeks then? I see a pic above with the car storage 'bubbles' in the background and I remember (vaguely!) recommending CSS to you last year.