Grandpa's 56 rotting away

[Yotaman]

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[chevynut]

Welcome to the site. When are you going to start on it? :)

[567chevys]

Welcome to the site , what are the plans for the 56 ?

Thanks Sid

[JT56]

Welcome!

[Yotaman]

No plans for the 56. I have a 57 4 door I am going to try to get ready for drag week 2015 hopefully.

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[chevynut]

Looks like your 57 is "rotting away" just like your grandpa's 56. :) Get to work!!! :)

[carls 56 (RIP 11/24/2021)]

:) hi y-man and welcome. good to have you here. nice projects.

[MP&C]

57 looks to be pretty solid, a much easier task than the 56. Get that on the road first, will give you something to drive while working on Grandpa's car..

[567chevys]

I like the 57 , Good luck on it .


Sid

[markm]

I aleays got to be different selol the 57 and fix the car with family history. But then I never was much on 57s either.

[CharlotteHoffman]

Real vintage!
The good old days.
The young people can never understand the joy in this.

[BamaNomad]

I'm not sure what prompted the reopening of this old thread, but I'm glad that it happened, as I wasn't on this site when they were posted... What happened to Yotaman?

I noticed by the VIN on the 'grandfather's '56', that is was a very early Norwood, OH production, but yotaman didn't have a location listed in his profile. AND I really like the white '57 BA ... I'd love to have a solid 57 4-dr to customize... lower it, add AC and all the power, nice interior, nice wheels, and tinted glass... and enjoy driving it daily!

PS. I have a solid '57 BA 4-dr, but it's way too original to think about customizing it... :)

[Al_Dente]

That '56 is actually not that rotted, for a 65 year-old car. Keeping it under a roof isn't the worst way to store one. Getting plenty of air keps the moisture down.
It looks like only surface rust, except for a small hole between the front left turn signal lamp and the wheelwell

[Rocketman]

They have both probably sunk about a foot into the ground by now. Unfortunate. I hope I am wrong.