HAFRODs 78 Aeroback Salon build

[HAFROD]

Just an update on this car. I may be building a mild cam 400 small block for it. I have two good virgin 400s in my garage. The other is for my 55. I can't do anything till this coming summer because I promised my wife I'd remodel the inside of the house this winter.

 

[clean8485]

Thanks for the update Hafrod. Hope that all of the remodelling (both house and car goes well. Keep the updates coming.

 

[1evilregal]

I was starting to worry that this had become an abandoned project, glad you're still with us, and I know that "honeydo" list never goes away....

 

[HAFROD]

I am hopefully Z Chroming my 55 Monday. I already have it masked off and ready. Next weekend I'm going to pull the engine/trans out of the Salon. Going to strip down the engine and take it to a machine shop. I had bought a killer dual electric fan/shroud combo for my 82 Jag project. I traded the jag off for a 56 F100 truck so the fan/shroud will go on the Salon. Luckily I have the factory steel top panel from a Grand National. Think they're the same as 307 cutlasses. I really like the electric fan/shroud kit. Check it out if your looking for one. I can live with the noise as long as it keeps the car cool. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/der-16927

 

[Injectedcutty]

That's a nice fan setup man! Shouldn't have any problems keeping the salon cool with 4000cfm. I have ran the spal dual fan setup on my built 355 for years with no cooling issues whatsoever, and those are around 2800cfm.

 

[Injectedcutty]

That's a nice fan setup man. Shouldn't have any problems keeping the salon cool with 4000cfm! I've ran the spal dual fan setup on my cutlass with built 355 for years with no cooling issues whatsoever, and those fans put out around 2800cfm.

 

[HAFROD]

I'm pretty fired up about our G body cruise down Route 66 next fall. This will get me the timeline to be finished by.

 

[L67ss]

I just read entire thread this afternoon. 4-speed had me hooked 🙂

 

[HAFROD]

It sure is funny how temperature effects my work ethic. In the spring and summer, I spend 90% of my time on my projects. Yesterday, I was planning on pulling the engine from the Salon today. Well, today is here, it's raining and barely above freezing. Yesterday I did wipe it down though. Lol. I could fire up my propane heater in the garage but I'd need the 55 pushed out. Not going to be pushing it out into crappy weather. So I get on here, catch up on some members builds, and get fired up to work on something. I badly need a shop built. This 2 car connected garage sh*t sucks. I'm not going to blame the multiple projects though. LMAO. I keep changing my mind on the engine to use. I really want just a stock 350 since this car appears original. Now I'm back in street racing mode and wanting to build a Monte Carlo SS. Bottom line is, the Salon is the closest to being finished of all the projects and should be tackled first. Waking up in a new world every day sucks

 

[axisg]

you know they have meds for that :/

J / K, I don't know how you do it. I would be laying awake nights just trying to keep up to what stage each project is in.