Grease Monkey Garage

[Bigmac]

Been working on my dad’s 52 for the past three evenings, bled the brakes, had to work on the fuel system and the ignition to get her working! Also had a stuck thermostat. Lots of trips to the parts store! But now she’s running stopping and cooling just fine! Purrs like a kitten surprisingly! LOL and my dad is super stoked, got to drive it down the road, he wasn’t sure if that was ever going to happen again! LOL

 

[Bigmac]

Dropped the 81 3” this weekend the back drop brackets were a b word to get out, the gas tank is close
New driveshaft should be done this week, Having a driveshaft made without the carrier bearing

 

[Sagebrush33]

Dropped the 81 3” this weekend the back drop brackets were a b word to get out, the gas tank is closeView attachment 301529View attachment 301530View attachment 301531View attachment 301532View attachment 301533
New driveshaft should be done this week, Having a driveshaft made without the carrier bearing

Nice Chevs.
Love that '52!

 

[Sagebrush33]

Not that I'd do it to that origional, (numbers matching?), '52.... butt I can envision an old school tunnel rammed, 392 Hemi, skinnys in the front, with slicks, ladder and wheelie bars in the rear. don't forget the 5spd Doug Nash stick.

 

[Tbrown]

Wife's grandfather's car, he passed away. Listed it for sale today.

 

[Sagebrush33]

Wife's grandfather's car, he passed away. Listed it for sale today. View attachment 301534

I liked post for the car. Late 70s Olds Omega?
Sorry for your loss.

 

[Tbrown]

I liked post for the car. Late 70s Olds Omega?
Sorry for your loss.

79 Cutlass Supreme. 3.8 v6

 

[Slumberjack]

I knew I’d love watching this thread! Really cool guys!

 

[jacob j.]

Dropped the 81 3” this weekend the back drop brackets were a b word to get out, the gas tank is closeView attachment 301529View attachment 301530View attachment 301531View attachment 301532View attachment 301533
New driveshaft should be done this week, Having a driveshaft made without the carrier bearing

Are you gonna get those lower-travel shocks as well? I know those were popular on the mini-trucks when guys were dropping those.

 

[Sagebrush33]

79 Cutlass Supreme. 3.8 v6

At first I did think it was a Cutlass then thought better of it after a 2nd look.
I hated those 3.8s. Probably where the term Gutless Cutlass was born.

 

[Tbrown]

At first I did think it was a Cutlass then thought better of it after a 2nd look.
I hated those 3.8s. Probably where the term Gutless Cutlass was born.

I agree. 105hp.

 

[Sagebrush33]

I agree. 105hp.

If I recall correctly they were noted to loose timing chains and camshafts?
Worked on a few in the late 80s an early 90s. Regular maintenance was easy though. lotsa room.

 

[Tbrown]

If I recall correctly they were noted to loose timing chains and camshafts?
Worked on a few in the late 80s an early 90s. Regular maintenance was easy though. lotsa room.

Yeah, if I was keeping car I think it would get a ls swap

 

[Bigmac]

Are you gonna get those lower-travel shocks as well? I know those were popular on the mini-trucks when guys were dropping those.

I don’t need to with the way I went. I did drop spindles up front and used shock extenders in back. I put some decent shocks on when I first got it. Ya drop shocks were the thing back in the day

 

[p61 western]

Damn mini truckers. Lol mine from back in the day. Had a lot of fun in that truck.

 

[Bigmac]

Damn mini truckers. Lol mine from back in the day. Had a lot of fun in that truck.View attachment 301573

Dang Mike! What year was that? That was banging back in the day! Still is! Where did all those billet wheels go?

 

[p61 western]

Dang Mike! What year was that? That was banging back in the day! Still is! Where did all those billet wheels go?

That was probably 1999 or so in the picture. Really wouldn't mind building another one some day. Loved those billet wheels.

 

[Woodslasher]

Details are withheld to protect the guilty, but there was an incident involving the grey "69" Highboy (after the bed was removed) and an oak while trucks/beds were being shuffled. A torch, a porta-power, and a hammer fixed the oopsie, and the guy the bed came from had a chunk of a F350 frame that will donate the springs (for an unrelated reason) and a crossmember to complete the fix.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

I finally got a little time in again on this. I dug around in my tool box junk drawer and found a couple vacuum caps to cap off the intake vacuum ports that I won’t be using and I managed to get get my fuel rails and injectors installed.

 

[USMC615]

79 Cutlass Supreme. 3.8 v6

At first I did think it was a Cutlass then thought better of it after a 2nd look.
I hated those 3.8s. Probably where the term Gutless Cutlass was born.

My mother had a Cutlass Supreme the same exact brown…had that damn diesel in it. Wouldn’t get outta its own way to save its’ life!