VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1933-1936 Going to look at a '36 standard tomorrow...

ALL 1936 Standards had a black rubber front mat and a woven type carpet in the rear.
ALL 1936 Masters had a brown rubber front mat and a more expensive cut pile carpet in the rear.
The rubber front mats had the Fisher Body coach emblem moulded into it in the center for either model.
The mohair used in the Standard had a HerringBone design and the Master was "plain".

Kind of curious as to the info on that service tag on the door jam...lol

I like your Trico VF-2 on the steering column, too. I would imagine that it still works...

It does still work, very well in fact! The tag on the door is an old sinclair oil change sticker, its gotten wet though and I can only read the mileage it was changed at, no date... bummer!

Well I spent the day pulling carpets and scraping the sound proofing junk off the floor. Pulled out the rear seats and the delaminated wood shelf in the trunk as well as the cardboardy stuff on the floor up front. If it was wet/moist it got removed! I found a few areas of rust repair i'll have to hit but the floors are really solid. I always enjoy seeing what I can find while cleaning out a car and this one didn't dissapoint. I found 2 vintage pennies, a 1941 mercury dime, and most fitting of all, a Santa Claus pin... and 20 pounds of dirt/dust/rust!

I got it started again after adjusting the carb and charging the battery. It was running really rich when I got it but not now. Brake/fuel lines are up next.

That's a great looking car!!!

Sounds like you're right into it.
Best of luck with your restoration.

Enjoy......that's what it's all about.

Congrads on your purchase. I love the car. Nice accessories; my Standard has none of those. It does have a dealer installed trunk,but I do not care because I still love it! If you look at youtube I bet I see a video of your car. Once in youtube type in the search box 1936 Chevrolet standard and it should come up but with other selections. It will be easy to find the car I think is yours. It sure looks like your car. Good luck with the car, it sounds like you will have a ball.

Nice looking car. I hope you enjoy it. In the video it appears to run without any smoking. That's good sign.

Good luck with it,
Charlie

'36 Vid

If thats the video you're thinking of, it is my car. You can see the black cloud shoot out the back when started... its still doing it but not as bad after some adjustment. I'll dig into the fuel system after I finish the brakes this weekend.

While pulling the old brakes lines today I discovered the fuel line is made of copper... factory or handyman special?

I've only driven it into the garage so far... about 50 yards total. Taking it easy until I can get into the oil pan and clean it out. I pulled the valve cover yesterday for a look and the insides are very cean, the valve assembly looks almost new... no build up of black goo/crud stuff. Looking good so far!

Copper fuel lines...? Handyman special...Might have been all that was handy...Is easier to work with...Glad to hear top-end is clean...Betch the lower-end looks good, too. Must've had regular oil changes...Don't know if I'd even bother to remove the pan...Time might be better spent elsewhere. If there was gunk up-top, it'd be a different story. Kevin


Great video...I like your ride...! Wish it were mine...!

Thanks for the kind words!

I work in a one car garage dating from 1925 with no heat... It will be a few months before I can paint anything so i've got plenty of time to work on the unglorious "doesn't look like much is going on" stuff. I'm going to replace most of the gaskets on the engine before I repaint it the correct color as its oozing oil a bit. Someone has been in there before.. I found blue sealant here and there...

No factory ewver installed copper brake lines. Very dangerous and illegal in most states.

Nice mostly original car, I enjoyed the video, hope you plan to keep it as original as possible, looks like the upholstery is OK enough to keep. A member of our local club has a largely original '37 2 door, including most of the original dark blue paint. Love to see those old survivors. And seems to me a Banjo Steering wheel went for over $1,000 recently!

Oh, my gosh...I'd be tempted to hang an air-freshener and leave it at that...

Yes, sir...! One of them pine-tree looky ones...May not git ya girls...But it will probly git ya squirrels...! Will, too.

I'd like to but the inside is very water damaged... warped door panels and rotted fabric... I'll save as much as I can!

I understand your dilemma, but it will only look original once, and if you start "redoing things" it is difficult to stop as you likely know. I like to see the stains (if tolerable at all) from 80 years of service, sort of badges of honor. Whatever you decide on, good luck.

Ugly discoveries today!

I knew the transmission mount was bad but it was worse than expected. Turns out the two studs holes are stripped out from being loose and slamming around for years. The tranny tail will have to come off and a new one found... or maybe have an insert threaded in if its cheaper than locating a used part.

Found some bad rust in the lower door so i'll have to attend to that also with a patch...

Can you put Helicoils in the striped out holes? They would be good as new if you did.

Thinking about it... never used them before!

Okay, what do we have here...? Tranny-Tail has two stripped holes...? You or a friend have a Drill-Press...? With the Heli-Coil Kit comes a drill and tap you'll use before threading the insert...Perhaps this friend has had to buy this "kit" already and you can borrow the drill & tap from him...Saves you some $...You probably have an idea where were going with this already, or your local machine shop could take care of it...in a week or so.

You could probably take care of this with a good variable speed hand-drill...The Heli-coil Kit itself isn't going to break the "bank". $15-20 Bucks...Includes a 1/2 dozen or so inserts...

With the threads stripped out you may not even need to drill the holes. Just tap and insert the helicoil. I have done it many times. I was a Machine Repairman/Toolmaker the first 25 years of my working life.

A thread insert kit is probably going to cost about $75.00. You get the drill, the tap, a driver and some coils.
I have some oversize self tapping studs made specifically for this repair. I don't believe I have ever used them but I will send a pair (cheap) if you would like to try them. I don't think trying them would preclude the helical fix, if they failed.

Mike

I have a box with three pair of transmission mount studs labeled "Oversize Rear Transmission studs for 1934 - 41 Chevrolet". They were manfactured by Champ-Items inc of St Louis Mo, who knows when. The repair requires that the transmission mount attaching holes in the transmission case be re-threaded with a 1/2-13 tap. Each pair has instructions for making the repair.

The first thing you need to find, before you attempt a repair, is a new transmission mount assembly. The rubber compound was originally bonded to the mounting.

I was poking around ebay yesterday in the 35--36 chevy listings and noticed a few of the trans mounts for sale.

mike

I picked up a NOS mount on ebay last week so i'm good there, i'll bore out the holes for either a helicoil or oversize studs. Tonight while removing the splash guards I noticed the drivers side engine mount rubber is gone... i'm surprised the 206 isn't laying on its side doing the twist in there... lol!

I would be will to bet teh front motor mounts are bad also.