alright, I have to make some templates first. I wanna finish the firewall first, by the time I finish that my steering shaft stuff should be in so I can do that. Then I can do the tunnel and the floors. Once I do that I will prob come out with a bunch of stuff to roll.
Sounds good man.
couple small things I did this weekend. Still waiting on steering parts.
Got about 2/3 of the firewall done. I ran out of sheetmetal so I have to go buy more this week so I can do the passenger side.
and shaved the wiper holes on the body, there is a piece of stainless that goes over it that will need to modified too but thats down the road.
Bump for the rest of the network to check out.
Holy fucking shit. Six to midnight.
I’m also considering getting my hands on a '54 Chevy 210 to chop and slam, and you have a '67 Ford while I have a '68. Are we brothers from another mother?
Wow, this is incredibly neat.
good shit! I like the diversity of the 67 to the 54. Polar opposites.
Yeah!
This thing rules.
:tspry: hell yeah. I like having diverse cars. I feel the same way going from the fastback to the Evo, night and day.
Awesome rides dude, your fab skills are fucking tits and your selection of vehicles is most choice. Welcome to the NYSpeed group and I will be following this build closely for sure.
Finished up the otherside of the firewall today. I’m also about half way though getting the steering linkage done, so ill post up a couple pics after im done.
Insert I made that was a mirror image of the other side.
and all done, I still have some metal work to do behind the motor that I’ll take care of that when I send the motor out to get some goodies installed.
and what I started with.
awesome build
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so how is that diamond pattern created? i love it
Looks awesome Dave!
The diamond pattern is done with a tipping wheel (basically a sharp edged upper roller) and a skateboard whell as a lower roller. I have three different lower wheels one is just a flat skateboard wheel, one has a v cut into it about a 1/4 wide and 1/4 deep. The other is a 1/8 wide square groove taken out of it. Whats cool about using these wheels as lowers is that you can overlap a previous line without distorting any of the previous beads. Then it is just taking time to trace all the lines. Skys the limit to what you want to do with a bead roller. The different grooved lower wheels allow for deeper patterns and bigger pleats. Once all the diamonds are done I use a set of 1/4 step dies and roll the edge to either push the design in or send it out.
Is that the blower motor, top left, and ducting? What’s in the hatch door on right?
Love the factory stamping stiffeners by the doors
The blower motor is on the passenger side, the two ducts were for fresh air vents, and the access panel was for the factory wiring/wiper setup.
Had another productive day today, got the steering column/linkage all squared away.
getting the angle for the support/bracket was fun. (ignore the welded steering shaft- its only for mockup and was made out of parts I had left over. I will order a new one)
I used the column/wheel out of the parts car because it was just about perfect, I will also be modifying the stock power-glide column shift to work with the 4L60e.
I also fit the factory inner fenders and roughed out the cuts for the suspension/modded frame.
I’m very happy with the engine bay so far, Now that the metal work is done for the most part I will turn my attention to the motor/front drive setup. I ordered a bunch of stuff that should be here this week.
got some more front drive parts on, Its a mutt of a setup, Right now it has a GTO a/c compressor, a cts/v crank pulley ( not pictured ), and a L77 caprice PS pump. I wanted to keep it all factory gm stuff, I also wanted it to tuck below the top of the motor as much as possible, the new setup will give me a ton more room up front of the motor for a fan or thicker radiator.
however now you can see the issues, the GTO stuff is about 5/8 offset compared to the new stuff (waterpump/ ps pump). You can also see how much it tucks back compared to the truck crank pulley.
after taking 2 steps back I was able to take 1 forward and get this to replace the stock truck intake, I have a set of upgraded heads that will flow better and raise the compression to make more power.
got lucky on the firewall too, no modification needed.
I am undecided if I wanna make the engine bay look like it was factory in which case I would leave the coilpacks on the motor or go more of a custom/bare bones look in which case I would re locate the coilpacks and possibly change the valve covers and do something custom.
with the coilpacks still on.
bravo!
Keep up the good work.
your runnin ac? whats the plans for a heater core and all? Also look into an alt bracket that puts it down low instead of up on the drivers side head there. Its fun though isn’t it, with all the choices for front accessories for these motors you can conger up all kinds of solutions, then run to napa and get new parts for the build!
Personally I never liked the looks of the fast, yes its a great performance piece but it looks like blob up on top of the motor IMO. in a sleek custom car like this personally I would have rocked a $75 stock car intake hiding under a vette engine cover. simple, clean and cheap. The car is going to be a boat anyways, and its not like its supposed to be a rocket, 50hp less wouldn’t bother me none. but to each their own, just my 2 cents bro. Ohh an what heads did yea find for it?
PS, sorry shit has been hectic at the wood bro’s camp and we couldn’t make it out last weekend, you know how that goes.
I have a/c look on the pass lower side of the motor. I am going to be buying a heaterbox from Old Air Products that ill mount where the factory one was, it will have the hoses coming out of the side rather than the front of the firewall. I always use OEM stuff when it comes to mechanical, I don’t mind paying extra for knowing I wont have to replace it a year or two down the road. I get a good deal on OEM ac delco stuff though work so. As far as the manifold goes, its a fortune I think list is almost $900 I got it for considerably less and I think if done properly can look badass. I’m not a fan of engine covers, thats the easy way out, I like to see the mechanical-ness of the motor, obviously as clean as possible. The car is heavy therefore I need all of the power or torque that I can get, its not a racecar but at the same time I do want it to be able to move pretty well. I found some ls2/ls6 heads that im having re-done and cleaned up, as well as bigger valve springs for the custom ground cam.
Nice little dodge on not needing to mod the firewall further.
I see dave. Well thought out. And good point on the engine cover thing. That made me think more about my opinion on them actually. I like them on the old original chassis with new powerplant builds that look OEM+ if you will. On a custom like this, you are right they do hide alot of the work… I didnt think that far into it when I replied earlier. And im glad ya didnt pay full price on that intake! lol