57 Nomad Project.........

[Postsedan]

Tracy Weaver does amazing Work :-)

Well done!

Dan

[Xplantdad]

Cool!

[kwhizz]

A couple updates...…. #1.... Took Welds advice and sent the original bench seat out to Tracey Weaver to work his magic to balance it out with contoured Foam and keeping the pattern looking some what stock to match...…
#2...… The intermittent clicking issue when trying to start the car ended up being a connection issue at the column mounted neutral safety switch
#3..... the Battery going dead ended up being in the aftermarket ignition switch included in the rewire kit...…… the original 57 Key bezel is still used..... It has Start...Run...off... and Lock on it...…..Unknown to me.... (Probably in the Instructions....LOL )when I would shut off the car and turn the key to the lock position...…. In the new switch it is actually in the Accessory position....When I looked under the dash while fixing the neutral safety switch I noticed that the Dakota Digital modules were lit up...… turn to the off position and everything went out and no more issues...….This Car stuff is Hard !!!!

[kwhizz]

Update on some issues that came up........I'll post them just to maybe help others in the future...... I ended up buying Ride Tech upper and lower A arms and their heavy duty stabilizer bar.....The problem I had after a while was the ride quality went away......Hummm!!!!.... In driving the car on the highway, if I had to make a slight adjustment in steering, the car stayed in that direction, when I adjusted back....same thing....So.....I had to continuously adjust the tracking of the car.......So, I was driving the car instead of riding in it...... So, I was at a car show one day and a guy pulled in and parked next to us and he asked how I liked the NoMad.....Told him about the steering issue and he told me the Ball Joints were the problem.........I figured he didn't know what he was talking about the Ball Joints were only a couple of months old and heavily greased.....So I lived with that situation and hated driving the car on the highway.......So.....Last winter I was on Amazon and decided to look up Moog Ball Joints...I bought upper and lowers and took the front end apart .........Now....The upper ball joints that came with the New Ride Tech A arms were pretty much seized in place and the lowers had enough slop in them I could jiggle them by hand.......I had to put a pipe over the tapered end of the upper to get them to move......that's how galled up they were and that's why I had that steering issue....New parts that were greased regularly.....Probably Chinese Junk!!!!!!........Driving it with the Moog parts it is a whole new car and enjoyable to drive now.......That guy that told me it was the Ball joints must have been a alignment guy to immediately recognize what the issue was.....And I didn't pay attention to him because I assumed because they were new they couldn't be compromised.........LOL....

Issue #2 was the car didn't feel like the front suspension had the usual up and down suspension movement.......LOL.......I found out that when I put the new stabilizer bar (powder coated) I forgot to grease the bar......And the new rubber bushings were locked onto the bar and the front end was pretty much locked in that position........1/2 hour later all fixed.......LOL.......Drives like a Cadillac now.....Sheesh!!!!!!

[Xplantdad]

Glad you got it figured out Ken!

[Steve Shauger]

Ken Kudos to resolving both issues! Those type of issues can be very frustrating...

[1967Z28]

Ken, what product did you use to grease the sway bar? Thanks.

[Lynn]

I have had more problems the last 10 years with BRAND NEW parts (even brand name) than I have with used parts.

Glad you got is sorted. It is a HORRIBLE experience to put your heart and soul into a project and then be disappointed with the outcome. At least you were persistent enough to get it where you wanted. More pics man. More pics.

[Too Many Projects]

Good thing you caught the stiff uppers when you did. They will, eventually, seize tight and break. Very common problem with the Chinesium ball joints, even in name brand arms.
Happy for you to have overcome the issues making the vehicle unpleasant to drive.

[dykstra]

I agree with Lynn. More pics please!