Another advantage to keeping track of the nuts and bolts is that you have
samples so you can go buy all new ones.Believe me unless you are going for
a 100 pt resto, it makes assembly MUCH easier to use new bolts.
-Tom
51 3800
At 01:19 PM 11/8/01 -0500, Strol Enterprises wrote:
>Nice to hear from you.. This is my first time also.. When your ready to
>rip into your project, I'll make one suggestion which you may already know.
>Get around 10 - 3Lb. coffee cans with the plastic lids for nuts & bolts etc.
>Zip Lock Bags for real little stuff and a magic marker.. Be real careful
>about putting all the parts from each section of your truck in the right can
>and MARK IT... (EXAMPLE) One can is marked CAB and every single N&B, screw,
>washer, clip is in it in groups in plastic bags marked Head liner, dash,
>seat etc. It sounds obvious but if you don't , they all start looking the
>same real fast. In a year down the line when it's time to put it back
>together, you'll hate yourself if you don't..
>
>The reason I mentioned it is, a good friend of mine did it the usual way and
>all the parts went in one big bucket... and has a mess on his hands trying
>to remember where everything should go and has improvised and it looks like
>a butcher job..
>
>One other thing... Use a camera or PC Camera and take a picture of every
>single disassembly detail... Make a directory on your PC called (Chevy53) or
>what ever you like... and inside of the dir. make sub directories labeled
>the same as the coffee cans and place the photos in those directories..
>They don't take up much space, fun to show your friends how you work, and
>better than a manual when you try to re assemble your sections of the
>truck/car... Also, I have already found it to be the best source to pass on
>to others in the know on how to modify your existing situation to improve
>it...
>
>You may have already known all the above, but I am new to this and I need to
>use every trick I could come up with to make life simple..
>
>John Patrick Miller
>Angola, New York
>1953 Chevy Pickup 3100
>strol@mgge-inc.com
>www.mgge-inc.com/53chevy
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Chpmopar@aol.com>
>To: <escc@mgge-inc.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 8:12 AM
>Subject: Nice pictures
>
>
> > Just saw your post. I have a 53 also I'm working on. Mine is altogether
> > still for the time being. Trying to get up the nerve to take it down like
> > yours is. It will be my first complete rebuild. Good luck
> >
> > Dennis
> > 53 5 window/216 3 spd.
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Tom Allen
Seattle, WA
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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