Well today before I started to degrease the engine I opened the workshop door and with the sun out for just a short time I had my first drive, the starter motor is causing a good few problems which will be sorted out in good time and we finally got "Monty" going again and with the tyres now pumped up it was time to venture outside.
Off we went around the yard, 1st gear and then into 2nd sorry but there was no room for the 3rd and final gear and then around I went again but this time on the second lap when I went to turn the wooden steering wheel a peice of it broke off in my hand and then another, where's power steering when ya need it..so there you go, I final got to drive him after 40 yrs of wondering and now I am looking for a new wooden Chev steering wheel amougst some another things.
Anyway I backed him in the workshop and rolled up my sleeves for a few hours of cleaning.
Tomorrow I am going to roll it over the service pit in the workshop and attack the underside of it and blow all the 80yr old dried mud off the brakes and chassis and spray it up with some W40 and get some grease into all the grease nibbles....
Have a look at the video attached
In 1969 dad rescued this 1928 Chevrolet (10,485 original miles) off a Gippsland farm, he then stored it for a further 41 yrs in his workshop. A few months before dad was suddenly diagnosed with "AML Leukemia" in May of 2010 we spoke about getting it out of the shed, dads said "We'll get it running but we're not painting it all fancy". Sadly this never happened as dad passed away after a 6 week battle on 14th June 2010, I owe dad this restoration so here is my story of "Monty" our 1928 Chevrolet.
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