The Junkyard Interchange and Rarities Thread

[williamattop]

William, glad to see you back on the Forum!

Thanks. Been super busy. But now with the holidays out of the way starting another swap on the SS.

 

[Wageslave]

Any year specific? Any big mod to wiring has to be done?

I used a fan controller from Autozone on my dual fans. It was about $50 and worked pretty well, but I would reccommend getting the type that has a screw in sensor for the head. The radiator fin type is not all that accurate. You may also be able to tie into the factory temperature sensor if you have a gauge dash.

 

[Matthew Goeke]

anyone know if an fbody radiator works in a 78 regal?

 

[emperorbrownsuga]

I have one in my 87 Monte carlo, came out of a 89 305 RS camaro. It does have a heater hose return nipple on the passenger side, so if you aren't going to use it you'll have to cap it off.

 

[godlemmy]

my dad and I put a 4 core rad out of a mid 70s fbody in his 78 Malibu to cool the bbc. we were even able to use a plastic flex fan from jegs along with the gbody rad shroud. just had to modify the shroud to fit the larger rad core.

 

[L67ss]

Kinda surprised me that my granny 86 cutlass came stock with aluminum bumpers

 

[timo22]

Not sure if this has been covered in this thread so l will post it. For guys wanting to box in their rear lower control arms,most times the arms are rusty, sometimes bent and have 30 to almost 40 year old bushings in them.
Instead of using those arms , go to the junkyard and look for a 4 th gen Fbody I have found several sets that are almost rust free with way newer bushings. Another plus is they are even easier to pull than a GBody.
Timo22

 

[L67ss]

View attachment 63516 View attachment 63515 View attachment 63510 Not sure if this has been covered in this thread so l will post it. For guys wanting to box in their rear lower control arms,most times the arms are rusty, sometimes bent and have 30 to almost 40 year old bushings in them.
Instead of using those arms , go to the junkyard and look for a 4 th gen Fbody I have found several sets that are almost rust free with way newer bushings. Another plus is they are even easier to pull than a GBody.
Timo22

Was mentioned but no pics were provided for comparo

 

[Andebe]

This should be required reading for new members. Great stuff here.

 

[oldolds]

my 1980 cutlass calais has bucket power seats but the coupling to the motors are bad and impossible to find what other years will fit or what other cars have bolt on parts to fit?