sammy

I should research..why did u swap?

tru-blue 442

I like 2 black marks on the pavement when I hit the gas on a 455.
I have the heart ready to go in after the front end gets a rebuild
and the body gets some paint.

The #'s match block is there with the intake and some Ka heads under
the bench for it at a later date.

RocketRonnie

Hey buddy, seems like I'm confused too. 🤔.
Can you please clear it up for me because I too like to see 2 black lines. Did you switch your gears, the whole differential, or the whole rear end?
Did you swap to the 1970 version becasue it is superior to what was on there originally.

tru-blue 442

Apologies guys. Sometimes my explanations are about as clear
as mud on your windshield after driving through a light rain with bad wipers.

The 70 442 original one wheel peel 3.23 type 0 unit was replaced with one from a 66 442.
It is a 3.23 limited slip (posi) rear. All I did was swap one for the other.

sammy

👍..good idea

tru-blue 442

Got the other side today. One thing about primer, it will show you all the dings.

tru-blue 442

Anyone had to deal with some idiot spraying that expansion
foam into the trunk area? Any removal tips are welcome.
I have an idea I'm going to try. Hot knife through butter as they say.
We'll see how well it will work.

tru-blue 442

3 hours and 3 & 1/2 beers later, done. Worked pretty well. More work for the body guy though. At least now I can see what's what.

sammy

Gotta love that stuff..lol. Good idea with heat. I usually trim it off also to see what's up...

tru-blue 442

I was floored someone actually did that to be honest. I have never, ever seen that.
It did cut that crap like butter too. A bit with the dry vac and here's your holes, ha.

sammy

Seen it lots of times on the rust belt....any expanding foam will do😜

tru-blue 442

Gotcha Ted. Living down South, tin worms are more scarce, thank goodness.
When I lived in the Panhandle of TX, they were even less. Go figure.

70-442-W30

This is looking good. Great progress. Bet you can't wait to test that posi.

tru-blue 442

Thanks Bill. One day, how soon, I don't know. Trans and front end need to be rebuilt 1st.
I haven't decided yet on weather to go with a rebuild of the 2004R that I have from an 87 GNX or rebuild the turbo 400 OG.

tru-blue 442

so I drove over to Seward Junction to get my early 70 trunk lid back from the
soda blaster. What I thought was a good-n-straight and rust free unit...
It had black painted primer on top of yellow paint before it went out, ha.

Like Forest said, "Life is like a box of chocolates, ya never know what your gonna get." Bondo can hide multiple sins, that is for sure. I figure either a 12 gauge slug or a .44. Damn.

cjsdad

A bullet hole would have torn edges and anything that big would have penetrated the trunk floor as well as the fuel tank. The hole is too irregular for that and the edges are not "punched" through. That looks more like a ground out hole for a CB antenna once upon a time.

tru-blue 442

10-4 good buddy. I would bet you are right. Back in the 70's everybody had CB radios.
It can be fixed with metal pretty easily I hope.

sammy

Awe the 70's....had to put one in my Cutlass👍😜...keep the hole...lol

sammy

Upside down...again!