1957 Rbuild-the saga continues

[chevman57]

Got to work on the 1957 again for a little while. Installed the new serpentine pulleys and found that now my fan is going to rub on the pulleys. And the radiator isn`t quiet going to work in this configuration. I only have about 1/4" between the fan and radiator.Check out pages 15 and 16.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/480775

[dseale4888]

Ouch!!! That's not very good. I set my body back on the chassis today. It is still up on a couple of 4x4's on the chassis.
Dave

[chevman57]

How does that tri-five look with a lift kit? haha
Terry

[dseale4888]

That white 4x4 sticks out like a sore thumb!!
Dave

[chevman57]

I`ve about come to the conclusion that i may have to move the radiator to the 6cyl. position and go that route.
Terry

[dseale4888]

That is an option that might work out better. There is still plenty of room between the radiator and grille.
Dave

[chevman57]

Yes i know but was trying to keep it where it went but evidently the serpentine system is just going to add about 1/2" too much for that. The only other option would be to go to electric fans only and i`m not sure i want to do that either.
Terry

[dseale4888]

I have wondered about using them. I've got a long ways to go to get there though.
Dave

[chevman57]

Dave it`s either move the radiator, go back to v-belts, or install electric fans for cooling. I`m not sure which way i`ll go at this point. I`m just frustrated that every time i work on it anymore something else has to be reworked or changed.
Terry

[Blackie]

I`m just frustrated that every time i work on it anymore something else has to be reworked or changed.

Boy does this sound familiar, I spent alot of time setting up a power antenna for the front of my 57, spent weeks looking for just the right one, I had to do some mods on it so it would look like a factory job, well this week I installed power window set-up and it now looks like I'll have to ditch the power antenna, I'm bummed :mad:

[dseale4888]

What we thought was right is now left!! I've been there before. I thought that I had ordered everything I would need for the rear brakes in January. As I finished assembling my chassis I figured out that I didn't have all the pieces, so I had to order more parts the week before last. I finally got them today. Now to find the time to put them all together and install the rear brakes. I need to set the body down on the mounts and get the doors and rockers and such lined up and braced . Then I can remove the body again to do the floors. It is ALL a learning process!!! Every day is a new day at school.
Dave

[chevman57]

Blackie how come you can`t use the power antenna with the power windows? Just wondering. I want to do a power antenna but not too interested in the power windows at this point. Was the antenna an aftermarket one or one for a certain year and make car? Thanks for any info.
Terry

[Blackie]

I used the original type wire harness loom that goes through the door to cowl and it runs right into the motor on the antenna, if I would have used the contact type connectors I would have been OK, but that means that the door would have to be closed to work power windows, the unit I used was a NOS vette type antenna, here are a couple pics, p/n 22048621 vette 78-82, can be found at a few places
http://home.att.net/~wildbillscorvette/newparts.htm
http://www.carradio.com/corvette_replacement_parts.html
http://www.corvettepartsman.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2341&MMP=1

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