Show threadDavid WhittemoreJun 3
@david 1964 #Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

I finally draw up a sharpie TODO Checklist, which so many people seem to use (at least they do in their 'tube videos)

...then spend the day derusting and plating old bolts - something not on The Checklist.

This is going to take awhile longer, I'm afraid.
Show threadDavid WhittemoreMay 30
@david 1964 #Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

Cleaned and zinc plated the clutch cable.

Such tasks seem never ending.
Show threadDavid WhittemoreMay 29
1964 #Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

I also cleaned up the headlight buckets, which included having to fabricate a trim hold-down bracket and home made rivets to hold the bracket down.

I straightened and polished the stainless rings that hold the headlights down.

Now I need to decide whether I'm going to try to tackle repairing the aluminum bezels, or whether Clark's get another couple hundred $ from me for reproductions.
Show threadDavid WhittemoreMay 29
1964 #Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

The spring in the trunk that holds the jack stand in place was stretched.

Turns out, all you need to do is heat it up so it loses its will to live and you can "squish" it back to shape while hot. Quench with water and ta-da: good as new.

I then plated and polished the mostly-straightened spring.
Show threadDavid WhittemoreMay 3
1964 #Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

I rescued these "Body By Fisher" stamped/painted sill badges from my old sills and will put them onto the shiny repro sills (which come without) using tiny rivets.

These things have never been reproduced, and go for about $30 each if you can find 'em.
Lahmu 🐐Apr 29

omg Corvair (Zonkpunch) came out perfect?? 😭✨

🎨 Gallery + commissions → lahmu.live

#fanart #corvair(zonkpunch) #aiart #characterart

Slirt    Apr 26
Pleasantly chill L.A. #carsandcoffee (1/3) Here's a smattering #Citroen LNA 🇫🇷 (  O2 ) #Corvair 🇺🇸 1955 HRG 🇬🇧 H²O  s 🇩🇪 #weirdcarMastodon
David WhittemoreApr 21
1964 #Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

The steering box (minus lube) is back together and feels ok even though the teeth are slightly pitted.

Coincidentally, Clarks Corvair just sent their 2026 parts catalog which announces they will have affordable repro gears later this year, so I may be taking this back apart before the year is done.
Lahmu 🐐Apr 19

Corvair (Zonkpunch) 🥺 the vibes are immaculate

🎨 Gallery + commissions → lahmu.live

#fanart #corvair(zonkpunch) #aiart #characterart

David WhittemoreApr 16
1964 #Corvair #AutoRestoration progress.

I've been helping the neighbor some with his 1984 #Porsche 944, and that has got me back in the mood to work on my own project.

Over the weekend, I blew off 10 months of accumulated dust from the fresh paint job, gently washed with new micro fibre cloths, and then promptly covered it with an indoor cover.

A couple of days ago, I dropped the suspension so that I could access the underside.

I need to address the lack of adequate underbody seam sealer situation, which is one gripe I've got with the place that did the bodywork. I mean, come on!

Once the underside is properly sealed, then I can start putting things back in.

And one of those things is a steering column upgraded with a slightly less-worn worm nut than the one that came in the car.