Jake Dykstra's 1962 409/409 Impala!

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Originally Posted by olredalert

----Wish there was a way to keep that front to back line from being coiled up for shipping. If I can be of any help with Inline Tube (if that's the direction you are going) I'm happy to help. They are only about 25 minutes from my house....Bill S

Thanks for the offer Bill - I ordered the line from Showcars. If it is like the one for the Chevelle from Inline, it comes gently bent in half in a larger box, so once straightened out you can't tell.

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Progressing on some smaller items this week.....

I had to get the guts of the rebuilt master cylinder installed so I dropped that off at my buddy's shop and he did that for me Monday. Picked it up yesterday and installed last night. He is also installing the new bearing races and bearings in the restored hubs. I got the proper front to rear brake line ordered and should have that in a few days.

Tracked down some original bench seat trim brackets - as my interior guy said the reproduction ones weren't right when he was doing the seats and couldn't install the trim as a result. The originals do look slightly different so hopefully they should work. Sandblasted them and got them painted correctly so they are ready to go - I have an appointment for first week of April to get that done.

I didn't like the way the trim around the driver's side door handle fit and was able to get that fitting better - not much adjustment but much better. I polished the interior chrome on the two doors - armrests, inside door handle and both window cranks - so they look new. No pics of that.

Scope creep has set in again......

I took off the drivers outside mirror to polish it and it was a bit more pitted than I could polish out so ordered a new one - should be here this week.

The air cleaner snouts have gotten beat up a bit over the years and the driver's side one was massaged to clear the power brake booster and master cylinder since it stuck out so far. I dropped the air cleaner assembly off this morning at a friend's to get that straightened out and re-painted the correct gloss black. I am going to pull the radiator and fan shroud to get them repainted correctly as well - then I can touch up the core support as well.

Goal is to get the old brakes off this weekend and prep for the drum installation in the coming weeks. Our weekend schedule is getting full so I'm trying to get as much done in the next week to get ahead of things. April will be here before I know it.

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The devil's in the details....great job!!