BUILD THREAD 86 GP 2+2~Blown 6.0

[81cutlass]

Loaded up for the drive tomorrow. +2 Bonus points for the pontiac snowflakes on the dolly trailer. I had a set of olds ralleys on there but the tires were a little weatherchecked and didnt want to drive on them that long. Almost had the BOP rig. Now I just got BPP.

 

[Blake442]

Ready to roll!

Just cut the stitching and take the leather off the wheel.
They don't look that bad underneath...

 

[81cutlass]

Got settled in and got the nose on the car. Theres something wrong with the bumper on the passenger side. I measured and the shock is pushed in on the passenger side like an inch more than the drivers side. Do the bumper shocks push in and get stuck?

Might cut a hole in the hood tomorrow. :/

 

[SoFloG]

They sure do get stuck

 

[jiho]

Seems like it's about all they really do in life. Except the one that got hooked on a pillar, pulled OUT and stuck.

 

[Turbo Zach]

Welcome to Iowa by the way!

 

[81cutlass]

Iowa is different. Never had a license plate without lakes (MN) or bison (ND) so theres that! haha! Its not much different though.

I got the rest of the nose bolted on after work (that took forever). Also got the hood bolted on and it damn near fits without a hole. I need to get a different altenator tensioner and move my air intake setup around but its about an inch from closing. I think if I had a f body oil pan it would fit the way it is.

I think what im going to do is cut a little bit out of the reinforcing from the hood and space up the rear hinges like 3/4". That should do. It will look a bit stupid but nothing on the car is really straight.

I also found out why the bumper shock was stuck in. I think the original owner hit a rock or something with it and it got pushed it. I got it out maybe 1/4" with a pry bar but thats all I got. I need a porta power or something.

First time the car has had a hood in 15 years (my best guess) since it blew up in 01 or so.

 

[81cutlass]

So I robbed peter to pay paul yesterday. The cutlass is back to daily driver duty and I noticed the column lockout wasnt fully going up so I had to help it to turn the key off. I thought it was out of adjustment but no biggy. Parked it on my driveway which is a little angled and the car wouldnt go into park. Turned out the cutlass broke the shifter cable at the bracket so I stole the one off the GP. The cutlass never had a true 200r4 setup (th350 modded to work with overdrive so I had to rob more parts then I wanted.

The GP trans is the dirtyest thing i have ever seen. It had a leak and lived down a gravel road so it had about a 2" layer that I had to scrape off to get the parts I needed.


What a pair!


And I bought a lathe, and my buddy bought a mill. I was going to put the money into a th400 build but I am a monarch lathe afficinado. 1941 4000lb chunk of cast iron! Needs tooling and electrical work but its almost exactly what I wanted.

 

[81cutlass]

And I got the hood to close without any holes in the hood. Just cut some bracing. Need to get the air filter back in and make a new alt tensioner but otherwise were good!

 

[Turbo Zach]

We're is the firebird? Hope you can keep something together for the first Sunday in October. Big state wide car cruise and show. Cluise To The Woods. I have a lathe. A old bench top belt driven South Bend. Only used it once, but sure is a cute little booger. I have ran a lathe like that one before, they work good.