1978 Cutlass Calais

[lightemup2]

hey guys, thanks! it was a great score, i couldn't pass it up especially with the frame being solid!.. and i also like Chevy's this is my first car, and my first project lol.. i am also a big fan of the Monte SS!... but the cutlass got the exhaust done, sounds great changing out the front springs cuz the thing rides like a tank, and th front sprint just make the car bounce, this is not much play in them at all! not good!.. and my rear end has a "howl" sound to it, my dad and i think its one of the bearings inside, cuz when we drove it home from where we got it, there was no iol in the rear end :shock: so thats the next thing on the list rear end and front springs, car chirps nicely going into second

 

[lightemup2]

Hey everyone, i havnt been on in awhile do to working alot, and working on the cutlass... but i have some pics of it!! and whens been done, finally got the interior all back together.. i decided to go with a black rug, instead of the tan.. just to give it a mix, and i think it looks pretty good, got the exhaust done, straight pipes, true duel, new carb on it, runs great!... what do you guys think?.. here are some pics.. its still a working progress!

 

[O. D. Showtime]

This project is coming along very nicely! Good work for your age, you should be proud. I know my 18 year old son is footing the bill and most of the work on pretty much the whole build on his 81 Malibu. I like the pic of the car coming down the road head on to the camera. Keep up the good work.

 

[shotgun]

I know shipping would be killer but I just got ahold of a stock aluminum hood for one of these.
Even is the same color.
PM me if interested.

 

[lightemup2]

This project is coming along very nicely! Good work for your age, you should be proud. I know my 18 year old son is footing the bill and most of the work on pretty much the whole build on his 81 Malibu. I like the pic of the car coming down the road head on to the camera. Keep up the good work.

Thanks i appriciate it!.. still a working progress

 

[lightemup2]

hey guys, i havnt been on much.. but here are some pics of the cutlass, as you all know i crashed it and messed up the 2 fenders, header panel and the bumper... i found a front bumper and i got a header panel off a 79 cutlass.... the fenders were messed yup, the passenger side fender was ripped i had to undent and weld it up... and the drivers side was dented and twisted.. here are some pics of when i crashed it

here are some pics of it now,

its temp the front end, i'm still in need of a header panel off a 78 cutlass, and 2 front fenders the ones i undented i used quite a bit of bondo on just to get it to look good... but these are temp. till i get a new header panel and fenders.. once i get the new parts i'm going to get the car painted.. but i figured i would ltu all know its back on the road.. and not just sitting lol

 

[teambop]

Good job on the repairs man. Keep it up maybe I'll see you on the hot rod power tour in the future!!

 

[lightemup2]

Good job on the repairs man. Keep it up maybe I'll see you on the hot rod power tour in the future!!

hey thanks guy! still gotta lot of work to do, but its slowly making progress!

 

[johnny79]

Re:

Looks like you did a true dual without getting the double hump transmission crossmember. How's that working out? How much HP gain do you think you got out of the exhaust?

Nice work. I like the '78 tail lights over the '79. they have the rocket logo in the middle.. nice... :wink:

 

[lightemup2]

Re: Re:

Looks like you did a true dual without getting the double hump transmission crossmember. How's that working out? How much HP gain do you think you got out of the exhaust?

Nice work. I like the '78 tail lights over the '79. they have the rocket logo in the middle.. nice... :wink:

yea did the true dual, the crossmember is accually notched out,just cant see it in the pic, and i'm not to sure how much HP i gained.. i have no clue how much hp my car has lol i wanna get it dyno tested..i like the 78 tail lights too, only year they put the logo in the middle of the tail light 8)