Well since she did pretty decent at they dyno I thought it would be a good of a time as any to start working on the front end. I don't mind so much now not driving for the summer as it burns a lot more gas than my Civic!
The primary goal is to remove both fenders. This is how it sits now. I will continue more tomorrow. I am going to also take more pictures thoroughly tomorrow of both fenders so you guys can see what I am up against.
I am going to be taking each fender to my work and have the body guys help me patch them up and get them primered. I'm also going to do some of my own painting with canned paint on some of the engine bay pieces, like the core support, fan, etc. Just to brighten it up.
While apart I plan to go at the intake again. Leaking oil and coolant externally pretty bad last time I ran it. Going to go with the edelbrock performer air gap intake, and probably a 650 edelbrock carb. Not looking for a high-performance carb I will tune all the time. Just one a bit better than what we have now to match the intake and maybe pickup a few ponies in the process. Afterward I will take it back to plainfield for a second dyno run!
Also if the finances allow it, I will put on a disc brake conversion kit. Worse case scenario I can do this later. Also possibly new shocks and springs all around as well.
Anyone have any ideas, input, ETC for this let me know. This will be an ongoing project that will be mainly to spruce the car up make it more presentable (not award winning though) and safer to drive. I also want to put a brass plaque inside the car in honor of my late uncle, the original owner 10 years ago.
thats all for now but I will have more pretty quick. What I have found interesting is on this 39 year old car the worst rust was on the bottom of the fenders, and on studying what's left of them they are perfect water traps. Perhaps in the repair somewhere I can add some drain holes. Everything underneath is in dang good shape. I have plenty more on the car to do but this is a good start!
The primary goal is to remove both fenders. This is how it sits now. I will continue more tomorrow. I am going to also take more pictures thoroughly tomorrow of both fenders so you guys can see what I am up against.
I am going to be taking each fender to my work and have the body guys help me patch them up and get them primered. I'm also going to do some of my own painting with canned paint on some of the engine bay pieces, like the core support, fan, etc. Just to brighten it up.
While apart I plan to go at the intake again. Leaking oil and coolant externally pretty bad last time I ran it. Going to go with the edelbrock performer air gap intake, and probably a 650 edelbrock carb. Not looking for a high-performance carb I will tune all the time. Just one a bit better than what we have now to match the intake and maybe pickup a few ponies in the process. Afterward I will take it back to plainfield for a second dyno run!
Also if the finances allow it, I will put on a disc brake conversion kit. Worse case scenario I can do this later. Also possibly new shocks and springs all around as well.
Anyone have any ideas, input, ETC for this let me know. This will be an ongoing project that will be mainly to spruce the car up make it more presentable (not award winning though) and safer to drive. I also want to put a brass plaque inside the car in honor of my late uncle, the original owner 10 years ago.
thats all for now but I will have more pretty quick. What I have found interesting is on this 39 year old car the worst rust was on the bottom of the fenders, and on studying what's left of them they are perfect water traps. Perhaps in the repair somewhere I can add some drain holes. Everything underneath is in dang good shape. I have plenty more on the car to do but this is a good start!
