Thanks Adam
The heater core will wait till Spring.....temps here are going down to minus 7C tonight, but are supposed to be warming up later in the week.....
It really is pretty cool to drive a car around that has not been running in 30 years....esp when you worked hard to get it to that point....the rest is not as exciting.
How are the temps in Marble Falls, Texas?...sorry, had to type it!

Ted

 

I think the low tonite around 68.
Tomorrow 81 or so for a high.

It's been sweet running around town in the vert.

That X pipe setup is gonna be nice. Wanna here it running.

 

Good work Ted! What brand of exhaust is that? BTW, did you get those pics of the sway bar?

 

good work, I cant wait to get to that point of my build.

 

Ted, you have come a long way in a short period of time. Nice work!

 

Thanks for reminding me Allan.The car is on the hoist for the exhaust...I will grab them for you tomorrow

 

thanks foo and Sampson!
it is not perfect, but the car will be driving,stopping nice lookin 442 with a 455 in its belly.

 

Adam, you should hear it without the exhaust
I will get some of the family to help me post a video....

 

Looks like Pypes exhaust?

 

Allan, I bought the MagnaFlow system..2.5".The problem is that the x is right in line with the transmission hanger. So I need to do some cutting and custom bending to get it to fit....keep ya posted.

Ted

 

Sorry Allan, I will grab a friend to hold tape measure for me....it is a start anyway

Ted

 

Ted,

Looks good, can't wait to see pics of it all together!

Jon

 

exhaust in...the system needed some custom bending and cutting for down pipes and moving the x so it was behind the tranny mount....too much for me, so a local exhaust shop did it for me....then a friend and I jumped in it and took it to a local shop for gas and show it to some car mates...taillights delete Ran SAweet. Next is to change and clean tranny fluid and filter...it had a top up when I got it but I never did drop the pan....

 

Woohoo, on da road!

 

some pics...
that is my friend who has been helping, and I have been helping him with his 51 F**d. ...that has a Olds front end in it...I am slowly converting him away from the dark side

 

more....not much room...guess I should have changed u joints before installing exhaust system

 

Looking good Ted ,I always liked that style of body ,are ya bringing it this way next year?

 

I sure am Brian! London was it's hometown, and where I bought the car.
I plan on bringing both the 442 and Supreme ....

Ted

 

Nice work Ted!
Me likey!

 

These panels came from a company called Camaro Specialities, 112 Elm St East, Aurora NY, (716)652-7086.
They were not cheap, 400 or 500 apiece, and we picked them up. Do not hold me to that price, they may tell you a different amount

Ted

 

1st and 2nd pic...the old tranny filter and cleaned up tranny pan with new oil and filter,gasket
3rd...oops, forgot the gas gauge wire when I put the tank in...
4th....the car has no front body mounts....all the others are there and in fairly good shape.....it does not look like they were ever there....the car was put together the first week Jan, so maybe the line was recuperating from New Years!

 

I will get it Allan

 

It's pretty much impossible to line the front end up with them missing. They're an inch thick and usually have 1 or 2 shims under them, are you sure they were missing? (are you talking at the core support?, I can't tell from the pic)

 

Where the frame bends, directly below the firewall...I took the pic looking down on them from the engine compartment.

 

That throws the whole geometry off in trying to line the front end too. The core support will have to sit lower

 

It"s first burnout!
She is beautiful and wants to go.
Checked the timing today and it was good.



BTW, the mounts are there, I was not looking far enough!

Ted

 

Cool!

Nice to see an action shot: )

 

Decided to remove seats and carpet...the floors are in good shape for a car that lived in the rust belt

 

Hard to tell from the pics, but I don't see any holes?

 

I am always worried about the fuse block in old cars.....this one looks pretty decent

 

Pull the engine and light harness connectors from the firewall side. 68's are notorious for melting at those plugs

 

Not a hole Jon...pics do not due the condition of the floor justice...
the brown color is remanants of the underlay and the primer....I will clean and put new underlay and carpet back ...

 

Good idea....

 

All this Willow Gold talk got me thinking....I called the body shop and did a last minute color change on my '68 convertible...was going to be that blah looking silver green color....Willow Gold it is! Trunk and door jams will be shot this week. Thanks for the eye opener.

 

Post some pics on this thread of your car with the paint...I would be interested on how it looks....bought the Willow Gold for my car yesterday.....


Ted

 

Will do- its one of those colors that looks great when done correct and really weird when the tones are off.
Crossing my fingers.

 

Started rest of body over the last week.
I made two patches for behind the front wheels...
The rest of the body is in pretty good condition all things considered.
The hood had one small hole at the nose..welded a patch
Car has been painted once.
The drivers side bumper was pushed in at some point. The placement of the bumper was far from accurate.

Ted

 

Looking good Ted.

 

the last pic is the 442 jacket I got from a fellow CO member(Ty Jon)..anybody who wants to enter my office must pay homage to the jacket first , or access is denied

 

Thanks Adam...wish I had more funds to allocate to this car...frame off...but I think it will still turn out just fine