I used a paint called Chassis Saver in a satin, it's a lot like POR15.

 

Ok. Thx. Going to look into it.

 

Shane, that looks great.

 

Got a bit frustrated working on the car as of late. I had to dial in the bell housing for the new TKO600 and i am allowed .005" tolerance. Well wouldn't ya know it, i am over tolerance by .0005! So now i have to get the dowel pins out and by offset ones.
My second dilemma was that my headers don't clear my oil filter adapter. I'm hoping that i just received BB headers instead of the small block ones. I am just waiting on a reply from Smitty.

 

Well some good news anyway, i called Hurst Driveline tech support, and Jim (the tech guy) said the amount that i am out is no problem and not to even worry about it! So i have the green light to install the motor and trans now!

 

Well one step closer today!

 

Nice ! That thing is going to be a beast !

 

That looks nice!

 

It's finally in! I had to make a new and longer extension arm for my engine hoist so that it wouldn't hit my rad support when putting the motor in. When i did the mock up for the trans, i just used a bare block, and we had to push the block a few inches to get the distance we needed. I didn't want to do that with a complete motor.

 

COOL, lookin good

 

Well... i want to get my fuel system figured out, electrical, and exhaust done so i can fire the motor up. I want to hear this thing! lol

 

Nice work oldzzy. I've enjoyed following this thread.

 

For sure i will! I did post a video of it on the dyno in that thread, but i'm looking forward to hearing it through the mufflers that i bought, even though as a friend of mine says, "those things aren't going to muffle anything!"

 

nice car.

 

Good to see that you are making progress. I'll have to get my butt to London sometime and see this project in person.

 

Looking good man!

 

Awesome!!

 

Thats a TKO600 right? I am looking at the same tranny for mine was wondering who you decided to buy it from?

and did you go with hydraulic clutch? any of the other options?

I only hope that my car is going to come out as clean as yours. have really enjoyed looking at your build

 

Thnx! Yes it's the TKO600. I bought mine through Hurst Driveline. I am going to be using the mechanical clutch linkage. I went with a fairly basic kit because I had most of the 4spd stuff already.

 

Hey nice build.I have a rallye 350 that's getting the same things done to it and I need the measurements on the bodymount holes.I fixed all of them but 2 and they are so rusted I don't know where to weld the hole back.Would you happen to have a measurement for the mount holes behind the front tires like from the next hole back and from the edge of the frame in?thanks

 

Sorry i don't have the measurements. I went out and looked, but since the body is back on the frame i probably couldn't get an accurate measurement. You'd probably be better off asking someone that's in the middle of a frame off, and can get you the proper measurements.

 

Awesome build!
Great detail and prep work the tunnel fab work looks great top shelf work all the way.

Only one question why did you stay with the stock bell housing?
I like the look of the stock one its just the safety issue if the clutch lets go under spirited driving.

 

Thnx Bernhard, no reason other than i was told that the trans fit with it, and i figured that all these cars used them for years, so it should be good enough for me.

 

X2, Great build....

 

After finally getting the right headers, again big thnx to Nick @ American Racing Headers, i started installing them. I started with the pass side first, and it was pretty straight forward. I just had to remove the oil filter adapter, and put them up through the bottom. They look and fit great on that side. I then tried to install the drivers side, and they hit the top of the motor mount. I'm not sure if i should try and clearance the mount or maybe buy a solid mount. I just don't want to clearance the header if i can help it.

 

Headers look great. I hope mine fit that well. Don't stop with the pics

 

Great build and great attention to detail! Was your engine hoist from Canadian Tire? I had to swing my 350 into my engine bay and drop it.

 

Thnx! I bought the engine hoist from Princess Auto. I wasn't happy that when i went to install the engine, the hoist didn't reach far enough into the engine bay with the rad support in the car. I ended up getting a new piece of steel that made it a little longer. The problem with the new piece of steel was, the engine hoist was made in China, and the arm was a size that the chinese have a patent to, and you can't buy that size tubing. So i ended up getting a piece of tubing and welding flat stock on the bottom and top to make up the difference.

 

Well, this is some awesome build! I just have to join the others and watch it all happen. Just read the whole thing. Great job, Shane!

My poor baby will have to wait a while for her facelift. I'm working on a '55 brand "C" truck for the wife right now.

Keep the chin up and the movement forward!

 

For those of you that don't look at the racing thread on this site, i posted some pics of my fuel pump mock up in someone's thread on fuel pump installation. I also got the drivers side header installed, and the fuel tank put in.

 

How did you overcome the driver side header clearance issue?

 

I shaved off the top of the motor mount with a die grinder. It was just the rear edge of the mount that needed to be ground down.

 

Lookin good , I like the way it fits up in there , out of sight.

 

Very nice electric fuel pump bracket that you designed and fabricated.

 

I've been doing lots of little stuff lately. I pulled the tank, and installed the tank pad, and the fuel sending unit wire. I also put the fuel pump bracket in for good. The rear bumper had to be pulled off to install the trim on the rear edge of the 1/4's, and then i could reinstall the bumper and adjust it to fit good. The rear tail light harness got re taped, cleaned up, and installed. While i was working on the rear of the car, the trunk weatherstrip also got installed.

Next on my list was the heater box. It was to big to fit into my blast cabinet, so i took it all apart and sanded the hole thing. The inside i couldn't get at very well, so i sprayed it with a rust convertor, and that seemed to work well. I replaced the foam that went on the flapper door, and that was a real pain to install. I also did the cover that goes on the firewall at the same time, but still have to do the blower motor.

My Mopar buddy that helps me out always has a hard time opening the doors with no handles, so i thought i would help him out and put the handles on, and the key locks in as well. The little bracket on the back of the key lock also got the full bead blast and paint treatment. No one will ever see parts like this, but i just can't seem to put dirty or rusted parts back on.

Some accessories have started to make their way back onto the engine. I bead blasted the altenator brackets, painted them, and installed them along with the altenator. I redid the altenator a long time ago. The pulley on the balancer went on next followed by the pulley for the water pump, spacer, fan, and clutch for the fan. The power steering pump brackets were also done, but i still have to clean up the pump itself. The voltage regulator got the full cleanup treatment, and installed. The engine harness had some dry brittle wires, plus had the the connection for the points distributor, and the auto trans, so i order a painless engine harness with MSD, and manual trans. I also opted to get a new headlight harness as well, just waiting for them to arrive.

I have the B85 trim on my car, so i ordered the special weatherstrip for the B85. Patton had told me that Steele had the "best" repro of these, so i ordered them. when i opened them up they look to be pretty good, but i haven't actually tried to install them yet. I needed a new pass side door glass, because mine had a deep scratch in it. When i got the new glass, i started to take the hardware off the old glass, and you guessed it.... bead blast, and paint before i install it on the new glass. I dug the 1/4 glass out of the attic and had to clean off the Ziebart undercoating off of them, and let me tell ya, it was on there thick!

I will try and post pics tomorrow of some of the stuff.

 

Awesome , good to hear your making progress .
Cant wait to hear it run.

 

You and me both!

 

Wow ! Your going to have to hang on tight when you drive this car ! . Awesome !!

 

Well here are some pics of some of the things i am working on.

The heater box before:




After:











The 1/4 glass with all the Ziebart undercoating on the bottom of it.



Cleaned:



The passenger window hardware:





Some of the accessories on the engine:

 

Nice work on that window hardware!