Re: My Cousins 73 SS 454

by BlackChevelleSS Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:17 pm

It should be painted blue after a while but itll probably be primer black for that while till it gets painted.
Yep the were clacking, 2 were hitting the valve covers and one was loose, like real loose. It runs better and no mo clackin. LOL.

Picked up a fuel cell to throw in the trunk till the tank is done getting sumped. Now just gotta find some wheels and tires to hold up for a while. But it moved out of the shop and got the windows installed. still working on the details. Small stuff like wiring and gauges.

by The Dude Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:15 pm

Duuude........ I've got a set of wheels that would look killer on it! J/K

You call wiring small stuff? I know it's not hard but depending on how much wiring you have to do, that stuff starts to get tedious. Worst I ever done was helping my cousin completely rewire his old 63 truck front to back. Crap took forever & in hindsight a prefabbed harness would have saved time. I also emergency rigged my old Bronco with speaker wire hooked up to a toggle switch one night while coming home from work. All of the lighting went out & I was 5 miles from home. LOL that was fun.

by BlackChevelleSS Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:31 pm

yea, I hope it works, just small wiring stuff, fan and fuel pump ect....

by Limey SE Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:29 am

Rago wrote: Worst I ever done was helping my cousin completely rewire his old 63 truck front to back. Crap took forever & in hindsight a prefabbed harness would have saved time.

Thats where I am at right now started laying out everything in garage to install wiring the crap I bought from ebay is just as bad as the old harness, Tax time i am gonna just bite the bullet and get a wiring harness prefab already made up,cowl hood, so over winter gonna start on body nothing i can do till tax time unless i get brought back to work have been layed off for a few weeks now

by BlackChevelleSS Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:35 am

well the car has 150 miles on it now. Bought a set of wheels, the cragars didnt look good. 15x10 with 4" BS makes it look like a cricket with the 350 non air springs and a 454 on top of em. But installed a hurst shifter in the factory center console. The radiator is junk, leaking and causing overheating.

by Limey SE Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:42 am

pics of the 10" wide or they dont exist LMAO i love the 10" wides if you wanna part with them

by testpilot61 Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:34 pm

What a great job and tenasity to stay with the project. You have accomplished what most wouldn't try.
Did you finish? Any more Pics? How many burn outs? Where do you live. Im in Tulsa.
Have you got your ride painted? Great bunch of pics showing your progress and certainly hope your back to work.
My 76 has taken me a very long time to restore. All I like is a nice set of wheels.
Thanks for sharing your pics. jerry

by BlackChevelleSS Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:20 pm

Hey jerry, we in tulsa also. We talked to you at the Ok chevelle owners meeting at Ihop. We had my 70 and that dark green 73 then. Traded the 73 to Rago on here.

by The Dude Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:05 pm

Yipper. My 76 also came from Broken Arrow, just downstream of you. I'm only an hour drive away if you're interested in these wheels cheap:

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PM me to let me know. Gonna try to sell these to help fund my motor build.

by BlackChevelleSS Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:21 am

SO this car might be going back together.... Think it can happen in 30 days??? I hope so let the progress begin!

by Limey SE Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:38 pm

Amen Brother ha you may get it going faster than I have for Limey LOL

by The Dude Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:27 am

30 days? Absolutely possible with enough help. I'm rooting for you. That was a nice ride that still deserves another chance.

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:12 am

It got the new frame under it last night, all the lines and the rear suspension is swapped, front suspension coming this week (still have to get it off old frame)

by BlackChevelleSS Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:13 am

well broke my finger, gonna be a long haul but still in the game, THIS CAR WILL BE AT THE LAST EVENT EVER AT TULSA RACEWAY PARK!

by Limey SE Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:19 am

sweet gonna have some video I hope of it as well, and hell no not your finger already seen that mess LOL

by The Dude Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:12 am

At least it wasn't your leg this time. Rolling Eyes

So I guess I'll be the first to ask this, but are you still planning to run the same engine that you had before?

by BlackChevelleSS Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:02 am

lol i just get hurt all the damn time. still heres a pic, got the brakes blead and the rear bumper on.

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