My 55 Chevy wagon

1st Depot Street car show — beautiful weather, great turnout …

17 May, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy 2 Door Hartdtop 55 Chevy wagon Other projects Shade Tree Garage 6:48 am

Saturday, May 16, 2026 Friday night was the second Bloomfield Depot Street car show of 2026. I missed the April event, but did not want to miss it this month! I nearly did, however —

Driver’s door done; next job … 12v A/C install

2 May, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments Blog 5:07 am

Friday, May 1, 2026 Its hard to believe, but I finally wrapped up the rebuild of my driver’s door on my 55 Chevy 2-door wagon. What I expected to be “a weekend job” turned into

Driver’s door quest: Finally got ‘er done!

21 April, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy wagon Shade Tree Garage 8:36 pm

Monday, April 20, 2026 Well, I’m getting closer to the finish line on my driver’s door rehab project, but its not been nearly as easy as I expected. For starters, getting the wing vent assembly

Driver’s door rehab project nearly complete — and none too soon!

18 April, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 12V A/C 55 Chevy wagon Shade Tree Garage 7:15 am

Saturday morning, April 18, 2026 2:45 a.m. I’m finally making progress on my 55 wagon’s driver’s door rehab project. Finally was able to install the door glass and get it positioned so it would bolt

Work on driver’s door rehab awaiting final part delivery

4 April, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy wagon Shade Tree Garage 6:04 pm

Saturday, April 4, 2026 My mechanical rehab of my 55 Chevy wagon’s driver’s door is just about complete. I’m waiting on a part I thought I ordered but did not — a new horizontal track

Hope to wrap up driver’s door rehab this week …

30 March, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy wagon Shade Tree Garage 7:30 am

Sunday, March 29, 2026 Had a pre-Easter lunch with family and when I got home, spent time in the garage. While I still haven’t found the missing wing vent glass, I went ahead and installed

Driver’s door rehab stalled by missing wing vent glass … grrr!

29 March, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy wagon 12:40 am

Saturday, March 28, 2026 Been busy in the garage working to rehab my vent window assembly for the driver’s door of my 55 Chevy 2-door wagon. Everything is looking pretty good. I sanded most of

Wing vent progress, waiting on parts to arrive first of the week …

27 March, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy wagon 5:51 am

Thursday, March 26, 2026 Spent time today working on the wing vent. I sanded the rust off (most of it); I removed the remnants of the fuzzy tracks on the vertical channel, scraped all the

Rusted fasteners defeated (finally!); parts order coming next …

24 March, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy 2 Door Hartdtop 55 Chevy wagon 8:01 pm

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Well, I’m happy to report that I have — FINALLY — gotten all the rusted and stuck screws loose from the driver’s door interior mechanicals. After applying Kroil yesterday to the

Down to just one, rusty, stubborn regulator screw …

24 March, 2026 jamesebrooksjr 0 Comments 55 Chevy wagon Shade Tree Garage 7:20 am

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 I’m still working to get my 55 wagon’s window regulator removed from the driver’s door. I’m down to just one stuck, nearly stripped out mounting screw on the regulator that I

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