Hey guys whats up here is my project. i got it back in april for me and my 11 year old brother to work on, so far we are about half way through and decided it was time to upload some pics. so here they are for enjoy. also any feedback or advice is welcome (even if its to tell us we screwed up somewhere lol)

here it is the day after we got it home and washed it to get the grime off

 

here are some more

 

here is the grill i ordered off of ebay and well a "citation" the city decided to give me for having it parked on the curve so i had to get it insured and get a tag so they would get off my back

 

here is when we took the engine out and started to tear it down

 

here are a few more pics of the engine and the body as it left for all the body work and paint

 

here is the engine block after i got it back from the guys from carquest which did exceptional work and me taping it up getting it ready for paint

 

here is the lil bro doing some of the paint, and some of the assembly

 

here are the pistons which were in great condition, my buddy told me the engine was probably right before the car had its 15year park,

 

here are the heads which carquest also did for me. also the oil pan after i cleaned it up and got it primered, also the harmonic balancer after it lost a fight with a wire brush and some black paint lol

 

some before and afters of the pulleys, and new water pump vs old water pump

 

here is the power steering i wan blown away with how i clean i got it and how it turned out

 

here is what was my dirty intake after carquest cleaned it up for me and the finished engine

 

Your project is coming along nicely. Car body looks like it has some serious rust issues. They are getting fixed at the bodyshop? The pics in permalink 2 show it was a bucket seat (A51) car. But the console shifter there is completely wrong for Olds.

Nice to see your lil bro helping out with the build. That's a 455, so why Olds gold instead of factory blue? The PS pump is supposed to be black btw.

So what kind of plans do you have for the car? Have you researched the VIN and cowl tag info on it?

 

Coming along great! Projects do go well with a good helper!

 

yea the car had some rust but thankfully nothing too bad its being repaired right now at the body shop, and as far as the color we just liked it a little bit better than the blue.

our plans with it aren't too crazy we like the muscle car look (it will not be a "DONK" or anything near it!) so we will just be restoring it and adding some personal touches here and there, it will most likely get a carbon gray or silver paint job with black leather interior

as far as research i havent done much on i just decoded the vin number but thats about it

 

thanks for the compliments also guys, i couldn't ask for a better helper than the little bro although he might not know much he is always enthusiastic about working on the car and not afraid of getting dirty

 

that engine is beautiful dude

 

thanks, your car looks really clean how long ago did it take you to finish it

 

You've come a long way. I am looking forward to seeing the progress.

 

hopefully on Thursday some pictures of the body work will be going up

 

You're not afraid to dig right in are you? Looks good, let us know if you need any parts or info.
Scott

 

nice work chuch motor is looking fine and ya gotta love the 72s

 

How cool that you're including your lil bro Get him interested in cars early & he'll be less likely to get involved with gangs/drugs/etc. I'm grateful that my dad let me tinker in his garage & watch him paint old cars. He was not an expert by any means but to my four-year-old eyes he was.

BTW, that's a very nice shade of green: if that's the original color I'd stick with that...but I realize what looks good to me may not look good to you. Thanks for not DONKing it.

 

thanks for all the feedback guys

to junqueboy, getting my little bro into cars was a great idea i did it to get him interested in cars and keep him out of gangs/, drugs, and trouble in general. his interest in cars is growing like crazy he's already talking about getting a job so he can save up for a car of his own to work on

 

That is awesome Chucho! Keep us all posted on your progress.

 

Sorry i havent update anything lately but i had my car at the body shop and the guy was taking way too long so after a long talk with him i got my car outa there and into a new shop that will finish the job so i will be uploading pics shortly i just dont want to start uploading until some decent progress has been made