81 Cutlass build thread

[3XBrownCutty]

hell yeah looks real good!! just got mine back yesterday, time for inspection!

 

[81cutlass]

This is what happens when you want to swap cams, clean up the butchered wiring and do a little cleaning. Turns out my lifter tick was a bent pushrod, and one of my cam lobes is 75% or so. Thankfully I have a semi insulated garage and a pair of heaters.

 

[Blake442]

A couple small heaters go a long way!

I had to put a transmission in my Caprice the week before Thanksgiving, and if not for the two little electric heaters I borrowed from my dad, it would've been the end of me!

 

[81cutlass]

My heaters arnt small! 😀 One of them is a kerosine 40,000 BTU nipco and the other is a propane tube one, must pump out 50,000 BTU. Only problem is the kerosene heater stinks if you run it for over a half an hour. Burns the oxygen out of the air and then throws a bunch of fuel into the air. Its like standing behind a car running real ritch. The propane one is so much cleaner.

Painted the front framerails up nice today, and sent my heads off to get a valve job.

 

[86MCCL]

Keep up the good work,nice to have a place with Heat.Enjoy. 🙂

 

[82Calais]

Your car is looking good & getting closer. Keep up the good work.
Have you ever been to Grove Creek Raceway? It's an 1/8 mile track.

http://www.grovecreek.com

 

[oldscutt85]

Car is coming out great man, wish their was junkyards like that were i lived iv been trying to find the same inteerior for years along with all the window trim.good job bro

 

[Veltboy618]

looking good

 

[upandaway84]

Nice progress. Had the same pushrod issue when I picked my 79 Cutlass.

 

[matt79]

Hey its looking good nice work