Wheels Powdercoated; More Axle Assembly

Last Friday I picked up my wheels from Advanced Powder Coat, where I had them powdercoated with a clear-coated silver after the stripping process was finished. They look pretty fantastic. Total cost for stripping and powdercoating came out to $70 a wheel, which is really not bad at all.

I did end up putting on Futura Euro Metric tires from Pep Boys. They were $31 each, and about $8-9 for mounting and balancing. Total tire bill was bout $160, and I think these tires are every bit as good as the other 165R15 tires available, even if they don't have a fancy name on the sidewall. No matter what, they are miles ahead of what the original equipment tires were back in 1965, so the car should handle better than new with little trouble!

I also got the emergency brake system reassembled, with the thick cables leading out of the rear of the body to each rear axle. Up front I didn't attach the cables to the hand actuating mechanism yet, but this is enough to be able to put on the wheels and get the car off the rotisserie.

So, that's the next step, hopefully some time this week. I'm going to put on the wheels, and then move the whole rotisserie assembly to the adjacent bay with a lift. I'll bring the lift up to support the car, then unbolt the rotisserie. Finally I'll just lower the car down and it will be sitting on its own for the first time in nearly a year.

Posted by pbrown at October 26, 2004 10:55 AM