🔧 BUILD My junker Buick revival....

[Bob Kazamakis]

one or the other. Quadrajet would be the only carb I’d run on this thing.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Finished up my wiring for the most part. Still need to wire up my dummy light for the alternator. Wire insulation across the engine was cracking and falling off instead of using fusible links and antiquated ways I ended up basically wiring it like a newer gm vehicle with a 100a mega fuse on the firewall using a mix of new gal wires and wiring from my caprice harness.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Also got my Morris 3 point belts finished out back. These things were pricey but makes the car usable for at least my oldest. The fronts mean I’ll actually use a shoulder belt vs the original fixed shoulder belt which felt horrible

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

The rear seat back looks like new. Glad to see more progress !

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The rear seat back looks like new. Glad to see more progress !

I work on it nearly every night for about an hour or so.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

But....not having shoulder belts builds character

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

But....not having shoulder belts builds character

I mean the front always had shoulder belts, just not retractable.

I didn’t give a fuck about safety pre kids. Now I kinda do

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I grew up crawling around in the passenger footwell an I turned out perfectly normeral

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

A lot has happened in a month. Yet another “yay it’s running” to taking it apart again

Rebuilt my wiring harness successfully and cut down a bunch of shit I don’t need anymore. (Still haven’t connected my alt dummy light)

The carb was seeping quite a bit from having fuel in it and running so I yanked that and the fuel tank.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Next on the agenda is figuring out my venting. The original vents are destroyed and missing any sort of “filter” it used to have. I’ve read of people using charcoal canisters from later 70’s/80’s cars and still venting those out vs hooking up to vacuum on the carb. Basically the goal is to not stink like raw fuel in my attached garage.

This piece repopped is $40!

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Oh hey I forgot I bought new rear lower control arms to match my uppers. These replace the last factory suspension part front and rear.

Got the passenger side on but haven’t gotten to the drivers yet. Still trying to figure out e brake cable mounting shit.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Posted this in the thread about covers but figured I’d post in here too. Here’s the fuel pump access cover I drew up and had sendcutsend laser cut for me. Still need to tap and counter sink some of the holes.

Plan for now is to just squish the raised bits down and sandwich them with the two flanges. I wish SCS could do grooves so I could have done an o ring but I’ll probably just do a small bead of rtv, let it dry and squish it. If I ever replace the trunk floor I’ll probably just weld one of the flanges in but I’m sick of welding rusty metal and want this thing back on the road so that’ll have to wait.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

This seems like it’ll work well. If I ever replace the trunk I’ll just weld this in vs bolt.

 

[daturbosix]

Why not weld it in now?

And then body caulk around everything....

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Oh and I just used 12” knipex pliers to squish the shape in the floor flat

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Why not weld it in now?

And then body caulk around everything....

Because the floor is junk, I’m lazy and I won’t want to waste hours replacing it right now. I can reuse the flanges or order a thicker one to weld in later.

 

[daturbosix]

Oh and I just used 12” knipex pliers to squish the shape in the floor flat

Ain't stupid if it works

 

[daturbosix]

I did not scroll back, but what tank and pump setup is this? LSA swapped 66 GTO we are doing.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

My plan has been get it on the road asap, if I have to cut some corners that’s fine

 

[cap42]

Honestly if you welded it in you'd still need to seam seal it... plus chasing welds on rusty metal FTS!

I agree bolt in is fine

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I did not scroll back, but what tank and pump setup is this? LSA swapped 66 GTO we are doing.

Rick’s restomod tank. Basically a baffled stock replacement tank. It’s baffled front to back and side to side. It’s got dual 450’s in their billet hat. You can also drop a gm assembly in the tank. That was my original plan since the caprice uses the same pump assembly as the zl1.


They told me as long as it wasn’t a full blown race car on slicks the tank would be just fine for what I want. They suggested a stainless custom tank if that’s what I wanted to do with the car

 

[daturbosix]

My plan has been get it on the road asap, if I have to cut some corners that’s fine

Don't feel bad, I've seen much worse on what's supposed to be high dollar cars... Mostly stuff that has big wheels on it and candy paint.... Lol

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Honestly if you welded it in you'd still need to seam seal it... plus chasing welds on rusty metal FTS!

I agree bolt in is fine

Exactly why I don’t care to weld on this trunk. Welding crusty metal is not fun

Had enough of that with my inner fender

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Tossed the tank up to see how it ended up. I’m pretty happy with it.