Well, I'm pretty excited. I sold off quite a bit of my honda chopper collection and purchased a car. a 1953 Pontiac Chieftain.

I have driven it home from Minneapolis Minnesota to Iowa Falls, IA. About 190 miles.

It ran great down the interstate, I need to work on the carb or a vacum leak, it doesn't always stay idling at a stop sign even when its warmed up.

I can't say much about it except MY KIDS LOVE THE CAR,, my little guy is in love with it,,,,

The comments below are from the ebay ad.

This is my 1953 Pontiac Chieftan

Straight 8 / Hydra-Matic with power steering

This is a very clean RUST FREE body

THIS CAR WAS NEVER RUSTY ALL ORIGINAL SHEET METAL AND VERY STRAIGHT

The floors , doors , trunk ,trunk lid and bottom are very clean (see pictures )

Car starts easy and runs smooth .transmission shift smooth .

NEW PARTS

· Wilwood master cylinder

· Brake lines

· Wheel cylinders

· Internal brake hardware

· Chrome wheels

· Radial tires

· Indian chief head (hood orniment)

hood orniment lights up at night

· Rebuilt starter

· Rebuilt later model carb (manual choke)original carb comes with car

· All systems changed to 12 volt except gas and amp gage (now have two inline voltage reg to fix that )

· One wire alt

· New battery

WELL,,, there you have it the car that I bought.

Below are pictures of the car as it sits today.

I have Rebuilt the Original Carburetor and reinstalled it. That made a HUGE difference, the car idles at stoplights now, it shifts correctly, and just plain runs right. I also rebuilt the fuel pump, planed the exhaust manifold and fixed the exhaust.

the vent tube was welded shut and I cut the weld off so it would work properly.

ditched the under dash radio and installed one in the glove box area,

I took the whole car down to bare steel and repainted it.

Here are some pics of the car NOW,, it is getting buffed now and should look even better after that.

I'll get more and BETTER pics up soon, I've also installed new carpet, and I rebuilt the front and rear seats. I reinstalled the original 50/50 split bench into the front and LOVE the car!!!!