1978 Malibu Project, 4th times a charm

[Wraith]

Time flies but I'll get this updated to current.

Two other car projects were completed all the while the Malibu languished in the corner




And I finished my Road King this year


Even added a detachable fairing with stereo and detachable tour pack for the full tour monty.


So no more excuses to not work on the Malibu again....

 

[Wraith]

So to catch this up to current.....

I added a two staqe air compressor to the garage


rebuilt my work area to gain some more space and storage




DIY crossmember


Trimmed up floor pan



The beginning of 15' i whipped up this Tip-tissorie to help with the underside


I started in on the quarter window repairs


And found a little more rust when the back window was pulled

 

[Wraith]

So then it sat until this year. I decided I didn't want to mess with fabricating my own motor/trans mounts so I ordered them from Hooker and dropped it all back in



Then two weekends ago I decided to really get moving, a buddy and I cut the frame rails to narrow them and added a tube brace by the spring pockets



Last Saturday we bolted it back up to the Tip-tissorie which had never been tested, it was too heavy with the rear and side glass in it but......

It worked perfectly and all for under $100 in material. Sunday was spent cleaning out the wheel wells and touching up the floor welds




I also had to fix some splits at the tank mounts, I'm not sure why but all the corners were torn like that



All of this needs to get done in preparation for this


I popped for the good stuff when the 3m brushable and tube style was an extreme disappointment.

So I need to knock out the two body mounts above the rearend, both are rusted too thin to consider them a support, luckily it's just flat sheet metal and no curves.


With those done I can seam seal and then Raptor Line the floor to get it back on the frame and mounted for good.

Incoming parts for this week are new body mount bolts, 3" studs for the rearend, Buick Lucerne PS pulley, rebuilt tilt/floor shift column, and gasket plus a Speedway 22 circuit wiring harness.

Now this build is current and WILL keep moving.

 

[Longroof79]

Nice work! I love the tip-tissorie...great concept, and it seems to work like a charm. Your other projects all came out very well.

 

[Bar50]

What oil pan and motor mounts did you use? Forgive my haste, I will go back and read through.

Okay, home made scratch built mounts and a baffled pan. Cool

 

[Wraith]

What oil pan and motor mounts did you use? Forgive my haste, I will go back and read through.

Okay, home made scratch built mounts and a baffled pan. Cool

Actually scrapped the home built stuff, too much time for little pay off, went this route.

https://www.holley.com/products/ls_...ission_mounts/ls_engine_mounts/parts/12643HKR
https://www.holley.com/products/ls_...s/ls_transmission_crossmembers/parts/12644HKR
https://www.holley.com/products/ls_power/engine_and_transmission_mounts/parts/12655HKR

 

[Opie Knievel]

Nice. I like this build. You do good work. I love that Tip-tissorie! I may try to build my own. I'll be watching the rest of your build.

 

[Wraith]

So parts came in this week and I keep moving forward as I have a finish date in site, Drag Week 2017 with a backup plan of October 10, 2017, one day before my 45th birthday, this will be my birthday present to myself. :evil:




Got up and finished grinding down welds from floor pan installation and sealed it all up with Corroless before I seam seal and undercoat with U-Pol Raptor liner.



I also have a spare tire delete panel from Scott Rod Fabrications I need to rivet in before I undercoat.

 

[ssn696]

With those done I can seam seal and then Raptor Line the floor to get it back on the frame and mounted for good.

Incoming parts for this week are new body mount bolts, 3" studs for the rearend, Buick Lucerne PS pulley, rebuilt tilt/floor shift column, and gasket plus a Speedway 22 circuit wiring harness.

Now this build is current and WILL keep moving.

Too bad I can only hit 'Like' once per post.

 

[Wraith]

Rolled it back over and decided to knock this out while I was at it.