[cocobolo]

OK, it's about time I got started on the build here...most of the snow and ice has gone...only a short Honey-do list to go...and I'm getting antsy to work on the car.

First I'll give you a little info on what I found out about the car, and I think 3WBill (my adopted little brother) is going to fill you in with the rest of the story.

Thanks to several good people over at Chevy Talk, I can tell you that the car was built at the Janesville plant on January 16, 1935.  It was the 2462nd car off the line and bears the 2,475th Fisher body.  There were 22,799 2 door Standard Sedans built that year.

The car was shipped up to Canada, where it was sold at a Regina dealership and I'll let Bill fill you in from there.

Several pics of the car and parts thereof already appear here in various threads, so please forgive me if I duplicate the odd one.  Once I get into tearing it apart, all future pics will be first edition.

The first pic shows the car half way home from Onoway, Alberta to Kamloops, B. C. and was taken at Jasper national Park.

[cocobolo]

The car itself is basically complete, less the bumpers and every scrap of upholstery which disappeared as a result of hungry mice during the car's 50 year tenure in a barn.

It has 18,246 original miles and when we pulled the dipstick out to see if there was even any oil in the motor, it was full and spotlessly clean!  We were suitably impressed.

These are the first pics of the car after it arrived in Kamloops, September 27, 2013.

[cocobolo]

Before I go any further I should let you know that the plan is to do a full frame-off job here.  So if anyone wants any measurements as things come apart, please let me know.  I'm definitely going to be taking pics of everything as it comes apart.  Mainly because at my age, my memory is damn near as short as my bank account!

A little history on me...I've been into hot rodding since I was about 18...now I ran out of fingers and toes to count how many years that is, but I know it's a long time.  All except for about the past 20 years or so because I was living on a remote island where there were NO roads.  If you think you have trouble quitting smoking, try going without a car to work on for that length of time!  Talk about nasty withdrawal pains!  Anyway, that's water under the bridge now, and just as soon as my house down there is sold, the temporary money problem will disappear.  At least that's the plan.

So over the past 5 months I have been collecting the necessary tools to do the job and there's not much else I need to waste any more money on.  I picked up a new 60 gallon compressor, more air tools than I probably need, a metal cutting bandsaw, planishing hammer, 20 gallon pressure sand blaster, new tanks for my Dillon Mk. 3 oxy-acetylene outfit, new sets of wrenches, sockets, drill press, new tap and die set, hole saws, 14" metal cutting chopsaw, wiring going in for the new 250 amp Tig welder/plasma cutter/stick welder, small MIG welder, HVLP paint guns, assortment of electric drills, engine hoist, 1 1/2 ton chain come along, creepers, body hammers and dollies and with my short memory I can't remember what else.  This tool buying disease has to stop soon, I don't have any more room to put anything!

[RH]

Can't wait to see what you're going to create! 

[cocobolo]

Can't wait to see what you're going to create! 

Well, RH, I guess that makes two of us.  I know that I'm having a hard time waiting for the days to get nice and warm.  The cold isn't much good for these old bones.

I got a message from Munch asking for some dimensions and pics of the back seat area, so I sent those off to him earlier today.  But I figured it might be possible that someone else could use the same information down the road somewhere, so I will pass along what information I was able to glean.

This set of pics shows a shot of the rear seat back wood support with dimensions written on the wood itself.  I think if you need a bigger version in order to read the numbers that the following pics could be used to do just that.  Should be self explanatory I think.  On the curved corner piece, the space between the ruler and the curve in the middle is about 7/8".

[cocobolo]

...additional pics to go with above.

Sorry about the sideways view.  Tried to fix it, but it reverts back to sideways when it posts I think.

[3WBill]

 I was the first person to buy the '35 from a gentleman who was advertising the car on the local kijiji. By the time I discovered the car, he already had close to 750 replies to his ad. I was lucky and  I ended with the car. The fellow i bought the car from told me that the car was driven daily up to 1962 by a nurse the worked for the Regina Hospital in Saskatchewan. She retired and she retired the car as well. At that time the fellow was her paper boy so he convinced her to sell the car to him. He drove the car around the farm for a few Summers , proposed to his girlfriend who accepted . He then put the car in a barn for the rest of the time till 2010 when he decided that he was too old to properly build the car into a hotrod. I included some pics from the first time I saw the car. I am not sure if my big bro seen these or not.
3WBill

[cocobolo]

Thanks Bill...yep you sent these to me way back and I have them on the 'puter.

About the only thing I have bought for the car since arriving here is a Corvette rear end.  It was in a '31 Chevy Sedan with a blown 350 for power.

[TFoch]

Really looking forward to this build thread.  Looks like you have a real solid car to start with and more than enough tools to get the job done.  Wishing you luck and thanks for all the pics and history on the car.
Tom

[cocobolo]

Really looking forward to this build thread.  Looks like you have a real solid car to start with and more than enough tools to get the job done.  Wishing you luck and thanks for all the pics and history on the car.
Tom

Thanks TF...for the most part the metal is in great shape.  Quite a few dings and dents but hardly any rust at all.  The front floor inside is toast but otherwise everything else is not bad at all.

[ghost28]

Nice looking sedan. This ought to be a fun build to follow along with...John

[cocobolo]

Nice looking sedan. This ought to be a fun build to follow along with...John

Thanks John...I'll try not to disappoint.  Just a few more days to finish the Honey-do list and I should be good to go.  I will need to make a trip down to Vancouver this weekend, weather permitting, so bear with me.  Believe me, I'm really anxious to get started.

[sammons]

I saw your post on the rearend to 62131. I'm sure he will get back to you on that, I'm using  same just newer, the main problems you may run into will be the rear wheel bearings. Check them out good. Should feel like a properly set front wheel bearing, with no roughness when rotating. Try it without  the half shaft in. The next issue would be the clutch pack. The sometimes pop when going around corners, usually after sitting for long periods at a time. Usually can cure by turning tight circles to free up again. With fresh posi lube and some GM posi additive should be good to go. I hadmy '69 for just over 20 yrs. and all I ever had to do to it was flushed once, and added additive twice.

[cocobolo]

Many thanks for the info sammons. 

[madmike3434]

GOOD LOOKING 35 CHEVROLET STANDARD SERIES. YOU DID WELL TO FIND ONE THATS IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION, GOING TO SAVE YOU HEAPS NOT HAVING TO DO A LOT OF BODY REPAIR.   


MIKE LYNCH

WHITBY ONTARIO CANADA