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Its getting to be a little quiet in the 46-48 Chevy forum lately but I am sure most of us are often working on our vehicles. Should it be an idea to let each other know what we are doing with our cars? It should be an interesting experience.I hope the moderators do not mind me starting this kind of topic.
Today I finished with installing a new muffler and the end pipe on my 48 and as it was a nice day I took her out for the first time this year for a 20 mile drive I enjoyed the ride and the new muffler proved to be a good choice as I was not sure that it should sound *right*.

Jianis

I looked at my 47 sport coupe as its winter here.Had to go to the garage to get more wood for the fire.

I was warm here in WV today, so I went out and started up my 48 and let her run until she was up to full temperature. Discovered I've got a valve tapping away. Guess it's time to break out the feeler guages and adjust them.

Regards:
Oldengineer

...Crossed paths with a fella and his '53 Belair w/powerglide...The first thing that caught my attention was how quite it was , he popped the hood and I swear I've never heard nor seen a 235 that ran as smooth and quite as his...as he left he commented that "some" consider the '53 or '54 Chevy's best year(s)...I wasn't there to argue...

Kevin

A 235 or 218 running quiet is not always good news it might be that the valves are lushed too tight ( that reduces the valve train noise ) but there is the danger of burning valves in the future.

Jianis

My new '47 Aerosedan arrived Friday evening, compliments of her prior owner, Chuck Gibson, who trailered her all the way to WI from NJ. Chuck stopped along the way to WI to deliver a transmission to Don Williams for his '53 convertible, and turned back around Saturday morning to give Don a hand on his way home. My heartfelt thanks to Chuck for the chance to get to know him and the '47 better. And my thanks to Don Williams for seeing my "Car Wanted" post and letting Chuck know about it!

Saturday included a trip to my mechanic's for a "look see" and to get it up in the air. This is one well-preserved and cared-for '47! We tightened the steering box and filled it with gear lube, which was about the only thing it needed.

Sunday morning was the next time I had a few hours to devote getting to know the car better. Soaked the throttle cable with Kroil to loosen it up, replaced the heater fan fuse, worked the horn ring awhile to get it to toot, worked the glove box lamp plunger awhile to get it to light. Put on my plates, and took my wife out for a maiden drive on a sunny, cold, pre-spring day.

The '47 rides and drives just right. My wife is looking forward to learning to drive 3 in the tree in this car, as my '46 Roadmaster is a bit too big. We stopped at the drug store and she stayed in the car while I picked up a prescription. When I got back, she said there were two ladies in their late 60's or early 70's she could hear talking about the car. "Look at that beautiful car! What kind is it?". The other one said "It's a Chevy!". They came up to the car and asked my wife if they could get a ride. I guess my wife didn't ask them to hang around for me, so I let her know that I'd be happy to give a ride to anyone who asked..

Thanks for starting this thread, and I hope to meet more members on the '46 to '48 forum!

Did you get a original jack with it and what colors are the jack base, handle, and jack tube itself? I have a 47 Fleetmaster coupe. Thanks

Hi Rich,
Sorry, I did not get an original jack with the car. Chuck provided a scissors jack, which is my preference anyway.
Thanks, Chris

Wow...Post some photos when you get the chance , love to see your new ride...!

Jianis, A 1953 powerglide engine had hydraulic lifters, they were much quieter than the solid lifters. 1953 straight stick cars had solid lifters. That is in the US, I don't know about in the Netherlands.

Well I didn't do anything today (thought about it a lot!) but the last few weeks I've been working to restore a few things like dash lights & turn signals to make our '47 more road-worthy. Thanks to Chip Sweet for his help with my flasher unit. I also painted the tail lamp housings in silver so they're nice & bright so folks behind us can see the tiny brake lights! Here's what she looks like now with parking lights on...



I also pulled off the bumpers and painted the backside to prevent rust and polished what I could. The guards & ends are shiny but the center parts are a little worse for wear. Winter has been slow & boring but its given me time to tinker with this thing. Radio is my next project. With a little luck we'll have an early spring and my wife & I can hit the road with her more often!

Ed

Good to know I thought Hydraulic lifters started at 1954.
Chevrolets from that era here in the Netherlands had exactly the same specs as in the USA other than indicating Km in place of Miles.
There was an assembly factory from General Motors in Belgium thats where my 48 Fleetmaster comes from.


Jianis

46 Chris,I saw that car in person on the 6 cylinder tour 2010 and there's no doubt thatt you got a great car there.I am kicking myself that I didn't get a ride in it.Enjoy it,it's a beauty!!

I'd had later thought that Hydraulic lifters might be the culprit...I mean this '53 was sneak-up from behind ya quiet...

Hi 53, Thanks for the kind words. Chuck Gibson takes meticulous care of his chevys and I am a fortunate caretaker. I will post some pictures after I get them on Flickr. If you have your namesake car, that's one I am on the hunt for - the '53 was the first car I remember as a lad. Dad can't remember if it was a 150 or a 210. I just have to observe the "cool down" period between buying cars, even though I tell my wife that I buy them all for her...

Would love to be driving it right now!

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyYyxrX

Whoa , I like I like...Right down to the double pin stripes on the wheels...Funny , my Coupe only has Bumper Tips on the front , too ! Now , did it come in that shade of blue...? I really like the color...I'm still looking for fog lights , now I get a good idea what I'm looking for...Do they actually bolt to the bumper brackets though...? The chrome headlight rings work with the paint color , I think ! Thanks for the Photo's , Kevin

Hi 46Chris,

I sent you a PM.

I live in Northern Wisconsin. Therefore, my 1947 Chevrolet Stylemaster Sedan is up on blocks until Spring gets here. The last thing I did to it was install a rebuilt generator. Making some decisions on what to do with her this spring: Sand Blasting & Paint or redoing the interior. The interior is original. Any suggestions? I would add a picture of the car but do not know how.

Thanks Kevin! Not the original color, which was a darker blue. Repainted in the mid-'70's. I prefer this color (and so does my wife), even though it's not stock. These are the the correct fog lights. I'll have to look underneath to see where they bolt on.

Not today but for the last 10 days a good friend & I have been rewiring my 47 Aero. I had the dash out for regraining & saw how bad the orig wires were so I decided to replace main engine/dash harness, headlight harness, turn signal harness, heater/def wires, fog light wires, & backup light wires & horn button wire. When we were done everything worked except the turn signal indicater light in the TS head even though it did b/4. The wire going to it and the bulb tested OK. After much head scratching we decided the flasher must be bad so we replaced it with a new out of the box one. Indicater light still did not work. Now we are really frustrated. I went to my other 47 (4 dr Fleetline) and removed the flasher from it. Problem solved. What are the odds both orig one and new replacement were defective. Haven't finished the wire to horn button job but we are deep into that. Had to take out steering mast so now I have decided to repaint that before reinstalling. As usual, what started out as little project has expanded. Oh well, I guess we wouldn't do it if we didn't love the challenge and the car.

Well , it's only been 10 days...! Some of us "start" minor projects that end up spanning years...! lol
Glad to hear you made all the right ( and maybe lucky ) moves with that flasher...whoooo...Happy to hear everything else went smoothly , too...!

hey just joined,saw a pix of daryl scotts 47 sports sedan,I too have a 48 sport sedan got to figure out how to post pixs,bty nice car looks like you have some nice options on it.

Hi 48, thanks for the comments. I've always been a huge fan of the Fleetline 4 doors. What's the story with yours? Love to see your car!

(You can upload pix to a photo album as a member, or you could use an off-site image hosting service like Photobucket or Imageshack.com to share pix here.)

[img]photobucket.com[/img] hope this works still has all original drive train car is still 6-volts and 6-lug. [img]photobucket.com/my48[/img]