My Limited Four Door Project

[Smartin]

You got that right. Next milestone is seeing it sitting on that big black frame attached to a nice shiny transmission.

[Smartin]

I bolted some stuff on the engine yesterday...have to get a new vac advance can for the distributor. I sold my NOS one on ebay a month ago (oops), thought I had another one in the basement. I searched for it for an hour. Tomorrow, I'm going to pick one off a buddy's parts car, and hope it holds vacuum.

[dvonk]

nice, that looks awesome!

[Smartin]

More engine photogzzzz! Exhaust manifolds, fuel filter, distributor, plug wires, and choke tube installed...

Engine oil filled and primed. Great pressure, even when I forget to install the gauge and it shoots clean oil all over the garage floor

[Smartin]

Big day today...the engine and transmission are back in their home!

I had a heck of a time fitting the splines of the driveshaft back into the tailshaft of the transmission until I read the manual, and saw that there are blind splines that need to be lined up to go in. After I lined them up, it only took some wiggling of the driveshaft, and it popped right in. That only killed an hour of the day.

[Smartin]

With the help of a couple neighbors, I rolled the chassis into the other garage spot today, in anticipation of cleaning up the underside of the car body. Instead of working on that today, I decided to throw some parts at the engine. This is my favorite part!!

The poor body ready for more surgery...




AC compressor, generator, and power steering pump made their way onto the engine today. I have some major dust buildup on the frame...ugh. I'm not happy with the finish of the air cleaner, either. I will need to repaint the lid.










I thought this would be interesting to compare the before and after shots...

[skalman]

Looks great. You have done a very nice job!!

[Smartin]

Thanks!

I should have the underside of the body painted tomorrow. I am waiting on paint for the firewall. Once I get that done, it's time to drop the body back on the chassis!

[RoadMaster75]

Awesome job so far Adam...!

I was wondering if you had your Flight Pitch Dynaflow rebuilt....?

If so, by who and what sort of parts availability issues did you run into..?

Thanks!
Mike
Roadmaster75

[Smartin]

Mike, my car was converted to standard dynaflow sometime during its life. I just put a few new seals and fluid in it. I had no problems with it before I took apart the car.

[Smartin]

[RoadMaster75]

Looks like she's gettin close Adam!

When do you anticipate the body being re-united with the chassis?

Mike

[Smartin]

It's ready to drop on, as soon as I can find 8 guys to help me do it Hopefully, by the end of the month I can have it back on the chassis.

[dvonk]

awesome, looking good! youre really chugging along on your restoration!

[Smartin]

Today was a VERY productive day! I had some help from everyone, it seemed. Family, club members, and friends from several different worlds came out and gave me a hand in the body drop festivities

The entire setup had to be scooted over to the center of the garage about 2 feet, so out came the chassis. The body was nearly touching the wall on one side, and there wasn't any way we could squeeze over there.




Body scooted over...chassis goes back in.




Steering is always a challenge.




No action shots...it took everyone we had to maneuver the braces out of the way and carefully lower the body to line up the front mount holes. The firewall is obnoxiously close to the engine in some spots, so we had to be careful not to break the throttle linkage (again).

Woot!




...another obligatory goofball shot...