Dad's car is at the body shop

[MetroRob]

looks a little different today, Transmission was sent out this morning for a rebuild, Ordered a Painless 60109 700 R4 Torque Converter lockup kit. Transmission should be back for Thursday and in the Car Friday, hopefully I can drive it to the Muffler shop next week for the Xpipe and cut outs, I'm looking for a rear end this one is a little sloppy

 

[mclellan83]

Really like the look of the car minus the wheels, are you getting just bigger rear version of what you have?

 

[MetroRob]

Really like the look of the car minus the wheels, are you getting just bigger rear version of what you have?

yeah going to see how 20's look the staggered look should work

 

[mclellan83]

yeah going to see how 20's look the staggered look should work

I'm biased but i do like 20s

 

[MetroRob]

Update:
Transmission went in, converter didn't fit and likely was the reason the Pump failed.. hmmm not sure regardless they swapped out the converter and all was good, Carb went bad ordered a new 770 With Manual Secondaries and Manual choke,
Then the car went back to the paint shop for wet sand and polish, Dash is installed (Autometer Innovation) steering column fixed and cleaned up some wiring and new brakes all around. I'm now on the hunt for a 8.5 inch rear end the 7.5 in the car needs a rebuild and a new chin spoiler (Valance)

Felt good to drive the car its been 10 years

the pics are pre wet sanding

 

[ck80]

Got everything into your original thread which is unlocked now. This way your build will all be in one place.

The board software automatically locks things that go too long without an update, but, they can always be reopened if you ask

 

[gbodytoys]

Update:
Transmission went in, converter didn't fit and likely was the reason the Pump failed.. hmmm not sure regardless they swapped out the converter and all was good, Carb went bad ordered a new 770 With Manual Secondaries and Manual choke,
Then the car went back to the paint shop for wet sand and polish, Dash is installed (Autometer Innovation) steering column fixed and cleaned up some wiring and new brakes all around. I'm now on the hunt for a 8.5 inch rear end the 7.5 in the car needs a rebuild and a new chin spoiler (Valance)

Felt good to drive the car its been 10 years

the pics are pre wet sanding

Always happy to hear someone got the chance to drive their car!!! Looks good.

 

[MetroRob]

Always happy to hear someone got the chance to drive their car!!! Looks good.

Thanks !! Now I get to jump back into Model Car building While waiting for things to warm up and before the next project gets here

 

[MetroRob]

Finally the 20th of April and 90% of the bugs are worked out. Build a car they said its fun the say

Put on a new Holley 770 could not get the car dialed in would run ok then proceed to be a bag of crap was fouling plugs on all 8... This motor is fresh everything is new.. Well we assumed. after 4 plug changes an oil change (Oil was good, Filter clean) I put the brakes on progressing forward and ordered a Holley Sniper 2 EFI with return-less pump and a brand new tank.
fired it up let it do its thing fuel pump did not like the Oil Pressure kill switch, More on that in a minute. Finally fired up and seemed to run better got to the drive part and it was still a little argumentative.. Headed to NAPA and grabbed a new Cap and Rotor... Turns out the carb wasn't sh*t after all. drove it for a day of so letting the Sniper 2 learn parked the car in the driveway
Went to start it up and nothing, Turns out that pump draws more amperage then that switch liked the switch died So no more fuel LOL. Took a minute to figure that out jumped the switch and we were back in business until.... Turned the corner and shorted out the jumper wire... On the side of the road thinking im going to need to push this heap home I got to inspecting turns out when the jumper arched out it popped the fuse between the throttle body and the Display...
New fuse and boom fires up. Now for the embarrassing part... I pick up the wife we go for a drive man this car feels right like the last time I drove it in 2014 went down town to hit the strip... Stop and go got to one of the last red lights SMOKE !!!! think Whoops, Waters good, Oils good running great WTF Wheel Cylinder sh*t the bed causing the right rear to drag the shoes in the drum..

I mean it could be worse LOL

I've ordered a Holley 12-810 Electric Fuel Pump Safety Pressure Switch I would like to know that incase something bad happens the motor is safe

Looks like im doing brakes again this weekend LOL