| 1954 Kaiser Darin A rare find only a little over 400 cars made - this is a complete restoration job or frame up. First detailed pictures are taken, then the complete body is removed from the frame. From there, everything is stripped off the frame engine, transmission, gas tank, differential |
| Once everything is removed from the frame, the frame was completely pressured washed to remove any oil and grease and then sand blasted |
| Now comes the fun stuff, this frame is held together by rivets. Rivets are very strong, but over time they do become loose. This frame was put in a frame machine then welded in a number of places |
| Below is the engine, we will be completely overhauling it, we'll deal with that later |
Lots of elbow
grease going on
here
grease going on
here
The cylinder and engine block in bad shape, but when were done it will look like new
| The differential, brake drum, leaf spring in need of overhauling |
| Check out the sliding doors |
| Now comes assembly time, We have so many pictures to show so I made the thumbnail smaller to fit more, but just click on the picture for a full size view |
Front braking
system complete
overhauled. You
can see New
brake shoes,
springs wheel
cylinders. The
backing plate was
cleaned sand
blasted and then
painted
system complete
overhauled. You
can see New
brake shoes,
springs wheel
cylinders. The
backing plate was
cleaned sand
blasted and then
painted
HERE IS THE ENGINE
ASSEMBLY, AFTER
LOTS OF MAN HOURS
ASSEMBLY, AFTER
LOTS OF MAN HOURS
This engine will be well oiled
and stored in a plastic bag
when the frame and
transmission is completed it
will be installed
and stored in a plastic bag
when the frame and
transmission is completed it
will be installed
Major body restoration is needed here as you can see. This car had a very colorful past, it has about ten different
colors. With this type of frame off restoration each coat of paint will have to be removed by hand. Once this is
accomplished, then the fiberglass body can be repaired as you can see in many of the pictures the body has major
stress crack and dry rot. To repair this ride it all needs to be cut out and new hand laid glass layered in. Then we
can start the body work.
colors. With this type of frame off restoration each coat of paint will have to be removed by hand. Once this is
accomplished, then the fiberglass body can be repaired as you can see in many of the pictures the body has major
stress crack and dry rot. To repair this ride it all needs to be cut out and new hand laid glass layered in. Then we
can start the body work.
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