🔧 BUILD Taws697's 1963 Biscayne Build! the anti-swap. Engine updates on page 5

[CoppeR]

Should make for a good winter project. That’s what I plan to do. Then I can take driveshaft measurements and send them to Inland Empire.

Oh got a long list. Had suburban make my driveshaft including slip joint

 

[taws697]

Finished wiring up my under-dash gauges and found some time to put together the 9” rear. I painted the third member in red oxide primer like they did from the factory. This thing is a monster compared the the little rear that came in these cars.

 

[stock-t-bird]

your project is coming along very nice,well done sir

 

[taws697]

your project is coming along very nice,well done sir

Thank you! Hopefully we will be cruising in the spring.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Rear end looks nniiccceee

 

[Five-0]

I love the attention to detail and the subtle and clean mods. My kind of build for sure.

 

[greasy]

That rear end looks great! Nice job, the red oxide primer is a very cool!

 

[Euro]

Damn! Just read over the whole thread, what a car. I can't wait to see it tied up and ready to rock.

 

[taws697]

Damn! Just read over the whole thread, what a car. I can't wait to see it tied up and ready to rock.

Thanks! I really hope to be banging gears come spring!

 

[taws697]

So, it’s been somewhat frustrating because I haven’t been able to find much garage time. I did manage to disassemble the rear suspension and remove the rear axle. I’d like to press the bushings out of the control arms and send them out for powdercoat along with all of the bumper brackets.

The drivers rear body mount needs replacement as well. It’s common for them to rot out due to a poor design. There’s an hole in it for the filler neck and the rear tire slings stuff up there. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can work on that and begin cleaning/painting the underside of the car.

 

[CoppeR]

I’ll have a full upper and lower control arm set once I swap out my rear end if you want freshly powder coated and new bushings

 

[taws697]

I’ll have a full upper and lower control arm set once I swap out my rear end if you want freshly powder coated and new bushings

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Man, the bottom of that thing is clean!! Do you have 2 uppers?

 

[CoppeR]

Man, the bottom of that thing is clean!! Do you have 2 uppers?

Unfortunately just the one only option in 59

 

[taws697]

Unfortunately just the one only option in 59

I’d be interested in your 2 lowers and 1 upper depending on when you are pulling them out.

 

[b00sted]

Awesome, one day I'm going to do a 63 or 64 Impala.

Hittin switches for the bitches

 

[CoppeR]

I’d be interested in your 2 lowers and 1 upper depending on when you are pulling them out.

I’d say about 2 weeks

 

[Limey]

taws697 Man I just read this whole thread, Gotta say I am very Impressed at the level and attention to detail. Your thread is making me want to blow mine apart BUT no garage for a Minute at least, BUT man this sure gives me inspiration to get mine done when spring pops in 7 weeks

 

[taws697]

taws697 Man I just read this whole thread, Gotta say I am very Impressed at the level and attention to detail. Your thread is making me want to blow mine apart BUT no garage for a Minute at least, BUT man this sure gives me inspiration to get mine done when spring pops in 7 weeks

Thank you. Yours is going to be mean with that big block!

 

[Limey]

Thank you. Yours is going to be mean with that big block!

Wait what you read my Thread Cool Thank you

 

[taws697]

I started tearing into the crusty body mount. It’s way more involved than I expected. Multiple pieces of sheet metal are tucked into each other and spot-welded together. I pulled out the cover plate first, then removed the box mount. The trunk sheetmetal that provides support for all of this was real thin. So, I cut a section of it out.

I made a replacement patch panel out of 16gauge steel. It required a bend that had a long radius on it, so I cut a slot in a piece of 3/8” black pipe and stuck it on my bench vise sheetmetal brake.

I welded that piece in place. Hopefully in the next few days I can weld the box mount and cover to this new piece.

 

[Eagle]

Nice fab work! Love the little magnets... its probably really common for this kind of work, but its something I've not seen before.

 

[taws697]

Nice fab work! Love the little magnets... its probably really common for this kind of work, but its something I've not seen before.

Yea, those things have been super handy.

 

[taws697]

I REALLY need to go back and update this thread. But, I finally got the thing to idle decent. Turns out, when the guys at the Holley factory drop a screw in the float bowl……they leave it and go grab another one lol. Anyway, here’s some videos:

 

[Shawn1112]

That sounds good!!! When will it be street ready again?

 

[Pro Stock John]

Despite my '67 is swapped I really like clean stock appearing builds like this.