What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2021]

[UC645]

So, if you like the view, which is cool, why not give some thought to simply capping the whole thing with a clear plastic cover? Mostly flat, a little curve, and everything behind it is still visible as it is now, only protected from crap invading the area from outside.



Nick

In the future I’m going to make a whole panel, akin to what 454muscle (at least I think that’s who it was) did to his GP dash, but I’m not sure if I’ll go clear plastic or aluminum with some paintwork. In the meantime I’ve got this bezel I fixed up:

My selective OCD could never live with those two odd-man-out orange needles, but it looks good otherwise

Yeah, I’m not sold on it either, but Equus didn’t offer the black and white water temp and oil pressure gauges with electronic sending units when I bought everything. They released those 4 months ago, go figure. At least those are the ones I need to pay attention to the most.

 

[CopperNick]

So I regularly get video notices from the Power Nation site about episodes that they have to watch. Received one today and took a peak at the latest CarCass project. Not a G-Body BUT, the camera crew is only a few frames into the shoot and the first thing the cameras see is not one or two but THREE front clips from what I think are a 80's G-Body Cutlass. Inner and outer fenders and rad cradles and grille sections all in a heap. Not in bad shape on an immediate quick peak basis either. So I am thinking okay, this is going to be another one of those anonymous honey-hole parts yards that is off in the middle of the back of beyond and you have to know someone for a seriously long time to even get a whiff of the location and surprise surprise, surprise!!! The Name of the facility is Bobby White Motors and the location is Columbia, Tennessee. What the two dudes toted off from that yard was a C-30 Chev truck set up as a wrecker with what appeared to be a Holmes unit mounted out back. The victim is a serious rust pile; the body floor is two flakes short of a rusticle and the frame is done. Serious rust belt casualty. They have plans and dreams for it, yadda, yadda etc., but it was the g-body stuff that caught my eye. No road address or phone, dunno about a website have to dig around on that. Buy for bait, now I am wondering what else is sitting out in the fields? Wide open fields, very little high grass and no encroaching trees. F****** Covid!! Be worth a road trip even with the border in the middle just to check the place out and see what can be had and for how much.



Nick

 

[Kvn82G]

Put in a holley intank fuel pump. Still using a carb so got to run return line. I'm using holley 12-879 to cut down pressure

 

[CopperNick]

Oh, yeah, started digging out the parts needed to re-assemble the rear brakes. Going to go with the new shoes even though the current ones still show the manufacturer's tool marks on the friction material. Brand new/ten years old and, I think, destined for the just in case shelf or for install in one of my back up rear ends.



Nick

 

[Rigo’s87]

Finally got a house with a garage and drive way of my own. 🥳
Still moving stuff but sat down to relax a bit.

 

[Texas82GP]

Finally got a house with a garage and drive way of my own. 🥳
Still moving stuff but sat down to relax a bit.

Congratulations!

 

[Rigo’s87]

Congratulations!

Thanks

 

[DSPbuilt]

Started her up at work let warm up. Did a couple burnies and let the co workers hear that LS chop.

 

[Doug Chahoy]

Got my PITA turn signal switch replaced. Mounted the UMI front triangular frame brace. I was impressed to say the least how thick the tubes are. As always when I go to do something simple, like this install. It would have been done in 10 minutes. But when I went to do a final torque of the crossmember bolts, they spun in the holes. So right or wrong I welded the rear attachment points.

 

[Scoot-71]

Yesterday I decided to replace the seats in my Malibu, I picked up some Honda Civic seats for $100, I do not recommend Honda seats, took 6 hours to get drivers seat in, alot of stupid fabrication was done, I had to cut factory track to lower the seat, what a pain,