Aren't there small diameter aftermarket HEI Distributors? That might work.
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Aren't there small diameter aftermarket HEI Distributors? That might work.
Wow, thanks Tabasco!!! This will really help when I get to putting my interior together!!!
Well I finally got my 55's firewall Epoxy Primer'd, now I've got a bunch of body workin' to do!!! It's not very smooth.:sad: Somehow I'm unable to load a picture!!
Well it's about to happen!!! I've finally got good weather so I can start painting my fire wall!! Yipee!!! 1st Epoxy primer, 2nd some body working, 3rd primer, 4th Grabber Blue, 5th Clear coat!!!...
Howdy you All,
I'm looking to change out the cam in my '55 Belair engine. It's a '75 350 SBC I think it's 8:1 compression. When I rebuilt this engine back in the '80's I put a stock spec. cam in...
Welcome to the site, I love those trucks, I had a '55 GMC in High school!!!
3725306 heads are 56 Power Pack Corvette heads, 3837109 intake is for 56 Corvette, and the 3731548 Block is a casting for a 57 265 or 283. I did some googling to find this info.
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I've finally got my firewall stripped down, but the weather is too cold and wet to start the painting and priming!!!:???: Anyway I have a question for down the line, my engine is a '75...
Thanks Bama, I appreciate your idea!!!
Hey ya'll, I've pretty much got the fire wall ready for epoxy primer!!! I'm thinking about removing the frame from underneath the body so I don't get any paint on the powder coating! I don't want to...
I bought a used CPP tilt column from a custom shop up in the Sacramento Ca. area, it was changed out for the customer to a better quality column! I was told not to use the column by people on this...
Thanks Guy's, I got a lot of the other half of the firewall sanded today!!! I'm worried about using paint remover so I don't mess up the new powder coating on the frame. I tried Brian's process it...
Thanks Brian, I might try that!
I HATE SANDING!!!!!!!!! Man it's taken forever to get just 1/2 of my firewall sanded/striped!!! I'm using a pneumatic angle grinder with 2" diameter sanding discs with either 36 or 60 grit!! Can...
Wow that sucks!!! I hope it didn't do any damage to your paint!!
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I love those 12 pt nuts and bolts!! I used them when I was assembling a satellite (EUVE) for NASA!!
Thanks Laszlo!!
Thanks Bama, I'm not using rubber mounts, they are Polyurethane so I don't think they will compress much!
Hey Everyone,
I have my frame up and under the body, it's in great alignment and I'm happy!!! It's sitting solid on some of the body mounts but I need to add some shims to some of the mounts, the...
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I'm in a good mood!!! I've gotten back my powder coated frame and was able to undercoat the bottom of the floor!!!!:D Here's some pictures of it!! Tomorrow the frame goes on and the...
Thanks Laszlo and Bama, Yeah I think I'm going to skip them also because I'm using urethane mounts as well! Have a good one!
Thanks Bama!! I haven't been able to find them for sale so I may have to make some!!
Hey Everyone,
I found this rubber strip on top of my '55 frame when I removed it, I'm pretty sure I found one many many years ago while working on my '55! I looked in my assy manual and it looks...
Yippee!!! I dropped off my frame to the powder coater today!!! Now I have 3+ weeks to get the stuff done prior to putting the frame under the body!!!:D
Thanks for you guys help!!! I starting today with the cutting off of things and welding up some 1" x 3" holes my dad cut in the bottom of the frame for the tranny mount he made. I'm going to wire...
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I'm trying to figure out if there's a process for placing the body back on the chassis, I would like to know if there's a way to go about shimming the body on the mounts. Do I just set...