Driver’s door quest: Finally got ‘er done!
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
Category: 55 Chevy wagon
Driver’s door rehab project nearly complete — and none too soon!
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
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 …
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!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 The weekly Burger King meet up of the Whiskey City Cruisers was notably lightly attended this evening, and I realized what was different: Recently deceased Jim Boles, the guy who had
Window regulator resisting regulation, removal
Sunday night, Feb. 15, 2026 Spent some time this afternoon working on the driver’s door windows on the 55 wagon with mixed results. Basically, I have the screws on the left side of the window