Don't forget, the second half of hurricane season is coming down here. Our weather is subject to change by the hour as well.

There's no utopia. ;)

Replaced the recently installed Moog "Cargo" springs in the rear of the Sprint with a new pair of Moog 5379 coils from Rock Auto.
I like the new stance...lowered the rear down about 1.5"... even now with the front end.

Hey John...New pic in signature...finally!! Wheels lookin' good.

Dang Bill ,that looks killer , What do you have planned for the cargo coils ? Those wheels look so right on there .

If you want them...they're yours.
I put them back in the Moog box and just sitting on the workbench. Actually will fit any '67 up Chevelle.

Tim and I just painted and installed that steel 2" cowl hood last week.

looked at mine like do i want to drive it and that is about it :(

Bill ,I want those coils ,just hang onto them for me .

So Bill, when are we going to see some pictures.

Ray ,he has one in his signature of it after the hood and wheel swap .

Thanks John, forgot about that. Looks good.

My column firewall brace, gasket and column cover for the dash came today. I got a kids B-Day party to go to so I out of the running for the day.

Will do John.
BTW...never heard back from Nick. :confused:

I could not get him either which means its probably sold .

I was down working out and my boy was with me. He said Daddy let me play gran Tourismo 4 in the real car.

So I let him sit in it while i did my thing. He was making the racing engine noises.

He never seen a stick shift car. He is asking Daddy why does this car have a extra pedal. I explained it is for a manual trans as opposed to a automatic. Just like the game.

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Look at that smile ,he has the disease now too.

Lol, ya he's hooked

Went over to the huge, annual car show/swap meet over at the Daytona Speedway. Was able to get a trunk pan for the 69' from Ausley's, but nothing else. :( I had my father with me and he just couldn't do all the walking required. I wish I could go tomorrow, I am stuck at work all day. :grumpy:

Yeah, I spent most of yesterday walking around that infield.
Also made a purchase from Ausley's...a turn signal switch for the Sprint. Tired of the left signal not turning off...

Was doing the front turn signals today. Cleaning and painting the housings. Tested and one had very high resistance from the body to the ground of the bulb. That was a slow blinker and dim light waiting to happen. Dab of solder and we good to go. Glad I am Charlie Anal sometimes. That would have been a WTF once it was together.

Tomorrow buff up the lenses. I had 2 perfect ones out of 6 I had. I love when that happens. Chips cracks and corners missing from rocks over the years.

Spent 8 hours in my garage today. Had to seal some gaps in the walls which required me to do a lot of moving things around. This old lady did pretty good moving tool boxes, BMX bike racks, tires and lots of car parts. Actually got almost everything done that I wanted to. Grumpy and my son Jacob plan on using the garage to work on some of the BMX bikes they have and needed for the garage to to be a little more secure so that was done too.

I am feeling a little sore right now, but also relieved that I got it all done. Good thing my car is in storage, but I am sure it will like all the changes when it gets back in the spring.

Under hood wiring done. Horns in. I sat for a long time under the hood with a capfull of mixed hot rod black and a paintbrush. Touching up where i sanded the grounds, boltheads, anything i could find that needed touched up.
Now off on the next adventure.

I know it kind of kiddy like. Buddy came over to use the weight machine. I just sat in the chevelle while he worked out and shot the bull.

Van engine is a disaster. Cracked head. Hydraulic ed a cylinder. Cracked the piston ring. Sent ring shrapnel through the engine. Oil pump picked it up. Got a piece on a rod journal. Anti-freeze in the engine. It is a Greek Tragedy.

She sounded perfect last time I fired her up before I tore her down. I miss my van already.

I looking at a mercruiser crate engine for it. I should hear back tomorrow.

My son ask tonight when we came home. When we going to fix the chevelle some more.

Sounds like he likes to get out there and work with you.

The pictures in this post are from about two weeks ago. I did some more work on it yesterday. I only work on it on weekends because the car is at a friends place which is about 20 mins. away. Now the air conditioning plenum is out and two thirds of the firewall has been ground down and sanded as well both inner fenders are out and the wiper motor is out. Next it's on to the drivers side remove the brake booster and get that side of the firewall ready for paint.

Did I mention this is going in to replace the worn out 350.

Complete rebuild, 350 HP 350 Corvette Engine.
4 Bolt Main Block, tanked and honed.
Crank is 10/10, polished.
New Cam Bearings and Freeze plugs.
All new Bearings.
New Flat Top Pistons and Rings.
New 3 Pc Timing set.
New Oil Pan and Timing Cover.
New 350 HP 447-447 Cam and Lifters.
refurbished 882 76 CC Heads, mild porting.
1.94 and 1.5 valves, new positive seals.
New hardened tip push rods.
New rockers.
New Weiand Aluminum Intake.
Vintage Aluminum Bow Tie Valve Covers

Welcome 71 Stnbrgn ,nice looking 71 there and the transplant looks good too.

Been trying to work up the ambition to do an engine swap on my Sprint. New motor is ready to drop in and hanging on the stand.

Comes down when mommy tells him to go get daddy it time to quit. And get ready for supper.

He is my little quality control inspector. He gets his little flashlight and shines it. UMM HUM UMM HUM looks pretty good. If he sees something wrong he says your gonna have to fix that.

Thanks son I never would have seen that.

He definately old enough he getting interested.

I told him on his birthday. Wow that a nice car I want that one. He said Aw dad but you already got the chevelle.

So his little mind knows it is my toy.

I went out to the shop today and cranked the Malibu vert ,the El Camino and the 72 Chevy truck and let them run while I got some firewood up .

Out with the 1970s safety technology
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In with the new finagled 1980s
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Looks great Eric .

It was actually kind of sad pulling the old shoulder belts out. Those were probably one of the few things left that were original to the car, although completely useless!

So are you keeping the old stuff? I like the look.

The factory stuff will go in a box to likely not see the light of day again for many years. Honestly, the 3 point is easier to use and feels better. The shoulder belt locks like a newer car which if nothing else, provides peace of mind that my nose won't kiss the steering wheel.

I put 3 points in about 5 years ago as it just did not feel right with just a lap belt and I'm very happy I did.

Went to my neighbors garage where I've got my car stored twice last week (Sun & Thur) and started it up, let it get up to running temp then shut it all down. Didn't disconnect the battery as nothing is running on it.

Went out yesterday and it was bone dead. (it was also 6° outside and garage is not heated) I have a small charger, so I put it on the on the start car position. It cranked over a few times then quit. I took the battery out and put it down the basement with the charger on trickle charge. Took a real good look at the battery and found a small date sticker on it 03/06..........guess its time to start looking for a new battery.

What do you guys think is a good battery for me to get? Its a stock 350/330 with nothing extra as far as electrical.

I just buy the cheapest one now days ,have had better luck with the cheaper lines from O'Reileys .

I drove the El Camino to work today ,was supposed to deliver some goodies to a charity at one of the local schools afterwards today but the lady got sick and had to postpone it .It was nice to get her out though .

I hope you are talking about the Elcamino and not the sick lady.

Yes ,I was talking about the Elky ,dont need no sick lady .

Removed rusted out and bent trunk lid.
swaped in a amd lid...it wont close on left side.
Left quarter panel is down about an inch.
Started grinding 3/16 inch of filler of left quarter to reveal previous botch repair.
Rear bumper and complete interior removed ...stored in the living room.