New Member from Toronto

[1957]

Ending up in this forum was somewhat of an accident. I'm a 67 year old that has been downsizing the last couple years. Two years ago I sold my home of 20 years that included a 41/2 car garage, 21/2 of which housed my 57 Chevy. This part was heated and air conditioned with a lot of "old car stuff". Now for the accident part, one of the things I had and still have is a completely restored "Sun 710 TUNE-UP TESTER" which I Googled to see If there were any on line for sale. The only thing that came up was an inquiry someone made on this site. I didn't check the date of the inquiry (April 2010) until after I registered though. Anyway after looking things over looks like a nice place to be as I used to build custom garage cabinets at one time. In case someone might be interested I've attached some photos.
Thanks,
Randy

 

[p_mori7]

Welcome to GJ !

 

[Toolman12]

Welcome 1957 i am from Toronto also but live in Tampa Florida now. Hope it's not to cold and lousy out. Mom and Dad still live there in Peterborough hope to get back soon i miss home. I have been away for 6 years. I used to live around kingston rd. and lee st.area (beaches) well glad your on GJ you will love it here
Patrick

 

[PECVD2]

1957,
Nice Sun tune up tester, beautiful car good looking garage cabinets, storage, benches. Are those pictures of your old garage, new garage or a garage you did for someone else? Can you provide more details on the build?
Welcome to GJ. You will fit right in with those skills and interests.

 

[PCO6]

Nice Chevy, nice garage, nice Sun tester, nice first post. Welcome to GJ.

 

[robarosa]

Welcome. Nice '57 and garage. Got a story on the '57?

 

[1957]

Thanks guys for all of the responses. To answer a few of the questions:
The garage was mine right after I built it and installed the cabinets, no mess yet. I used to own a furniture mfg. company and the cabinets were a sideline. They were built using 3/4" melamine with high pressure plastic laminate door fronts and work surfaces. Everything was custom made to customer specs to fit specific spaces. I've owned the 57 since 1996 it's a 210 Sport Coupe (not a BelAir) built in Oshawa, Ontario. It has a small block 408 c.i. dynoed at 525 hp/505 torque at the flywheel, Richmond 6 speed, Strange rear end/ 9" Ford with an Auburn posi 3.70
gears and as you can imagine very quick.

 

[racerbob4]

I love the cabinets, wish I had the same setup in blue or yellow.