67 Bel Air

[Evldoer]

I bought this car from my brother, who just lost interest in it after doing all of the hard work. When he got it about ten years ago it was a rust free southern car with a healthy 454. He drove it off and on for a couple years and then decided to paint it. The body came off the frame, and everything was refinished. Frame blasted and painted.Body stripped down to bare metal and refinished with House Of Kolor start to finish. The suspension was assembled with alot of Hotchkis parts. And that is when progress came to a halt. It sat in his garage for 5 years like this. I bought it a year and a half ago, and am just now getting started on it. Here is what we are starting with. I almost feel like I am cheating, starting with something this nice that has alot of blood and sweat stuck into it already!:naughty:
So far I have fit a ls in the car with a t56 trans. I am working on getting some ls1 brakes on it. I will need a pair of hubs from Kore 3 to make it work. stay tuned, more pics to follow!
this shot with bags aired up

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and down
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[Jon69RagTop]

Awesome, great head start. Lots of info on forums like this, I'm dropping in a LS2 right now in a 61 Bel Air, if you have any questions just ask.

[Evldoer]

Awesome, great head start. Lots of info on forums like this, I'm dropping in a LS2 right now in a 61 Bel Air, if you have any questions just ask.

Thanks Jon, I might hold you to that

[Evldoer]

In order to get the T56 in the tunnel, I had to massage some of the tunnel. a couple spots right above the access plate on the trans, and this spot in the pic. The dark area is the metal that I used an air impact hammer on. I prefer this method to cutting and welding any day
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[Evldoer]

I decided to move the engine back closer to the firewall, this will give me room to work with the radiator. this pic shows the plates I used to set back the mounts
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after trimming
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and the next two pics shows how far back I moved the mount. First pic is stock location, second is where I put it.
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And with the engine in, this shot shows the distance to the firewall
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[Evldoer]

I am able to use the original crossmember, and locate it in the original spot, but I had to modify the center mount for the trans.
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This shot shows the front of the oil pan to the crossmember. I already cut the bump out of the passenger side of the pan because it would be touching the frame
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[Evldoer]

This is a truck pan, so like everyone else that uses them, the hang down too low. I did try an F body pan, but since these B body cars have all of the steering behind the crossmember, that pan would have needed to be cut also, so the truck pan is what I will use.
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[Evldoer]

I cut the bottom of the pan off with a cut off wheel, and then took the mill to it so I have a nice clean and flat surface to weld to. I will have to round up some 1/4 inch plate for the bottom. Im not sure how I will configure the drain plug yet,I will give that some thought.This pic also shows the area at the front of the pan that I cut out for clearance on the crossmember.
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[rose jackets67]

I'll definitely be following this build... My '67 Impala needs lot of modernization when it comes to suspension and braking. Car should be lots of fun. Is it a stock LS going in?

[Evldoer]

I'll definitely be following this build... My '67 Impala needs lot of modernization when it comes to suspension and braking. Car should be lots of fun. Is it a stock LS going in?

Yes, I will be using an engine out of a 2000 camaro SS, and just keeping it on the tame side for now. I bought this car wrecked for 3500$, had 80,000 on the odometer. I kept all the brakes and rotors that I will use on the Bel Air. Kept the seats and door panels, and of course the engine and 6 speed trans. I sold the body for a good price, and sold the seats, so i did ok.
This is what the camaro looked like when I got it. Had a light front hit. Car drove down the road just fine, but it had a junk title.
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[SparkyRnD]

that'll be a cool car with an LS, and I love the silver color.

[nicke]

Love it. Keep the pics coming! I'm curious to see how your oil pan turns out. You are going to mod the pickup tube as well right?

[Evldoer]

Love it. Keep the pics coming! I'm curious to see haw your oil pan turns out. You are going to mod the pickup tube as well right?

Yes, pickup tube has been cut down. I had installed the pan, but today I removed it and took some pics for you
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So I ended up welding a piece of 3/16" on the bottom of pan. Then I made this little "thimble" to weld to the pan to use as the drain plug bung. I will tap it so I can use the factory drain plug.
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Here is the bung welded to the bottom of the pan
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And here is the pan all welded. I will grind the weld down when I prep the engine for paint, but for now it will remain like this
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[nicke]

Nice work! That looks fantastic! I'll be following this thread for sure!
-Nick

[Evldoer]

Ok had some time today to work on this car. I put the engine and trans in. Dont worry, once I figure out how to mount everything it will be pulled out, cleaned up and painted.
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Once the engine was sitting on the frame, I determined what material had to be removed from the crossmember to clear the alternator on the drivers side and the a/c compressor on the passenger side.
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And with the pieces removed
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And now I have room to bolt up the alternator
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[Evldoer]

Side views of engine. I have alot of room for headers from what I can see. Not sure what I am going to go with. I have seen some other build threads where guysd are using camaro headers. I will have to check that out.
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And this shot shows how the modified oil pan now looks in the car, and it doesnt hang down below the cross member anymore
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[Evldoer]

I have been working on getting the a/c compressor to fit in the lower passenger side of the engine compartment. To do this, I had to relocate the compressor farther forward from the original mounting place. Instead of running the a/c pulley off the factory a/c serpentine drive groove that is closest to the engine, I moved it out farther, and added another serp. groove to the outside of the pulley. I took a truck balancer, and cut the a/c serpentine groove off. After truing up on the lathe and cutting on the mill, I drilled 12 holes in it with countersinks for some small socket head cap screws. This pic. shows this piece bolted up to the original balancer
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I milled up some aluminum brackets to mount the a/c compressor. These are just my "prototypes", they will look much better when I make a new set on the cnc.
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[Evldoer]

I mounted the belt tensioner down low. I had to make a new smaller diameter pulley for it because there is less room between compressor and crank pulley.The factory pulley just wouldnt fit. I still need to find a belt that will fit.
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[nicke]

Nice work. Go ahead and buy some headers and tell me what works, so I can copy you ;-)

[Evldoer]

Nice work. Go ahead and buy some headers and tell me what works, so I can copy you ;-)

MMM headers. I'm not sure what I will do with that yet, time to start looking for something.


I will be running a new corvette ls3 water pump. I think they look so much better then the ls1 style, and the upper radiator hose doesnt need to be routed across the pulley. here is a front shot of it mounted on the engine
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The corvette pump pulley sits closer to the engine by 3/4 of an inch, so i had to mill a pair of spacers to bring it out to line up with the rest of the ls1 pulleys.
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[WILWAXU]

Good looking "Big" Chevy.

[CruizinKev]

:twothumbs me likes! good work so far!

[Evldoer]

:twothumbs me likes! good work so far!


Good looking "Big" Chevy.
thanks guys, just doing what I can here.
Decided it was time to give the floor boards a new finish. Thas is what I started with. Sure is nice to work on a car without any rust in the floor pans.
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We use this product at work to paint keels and lead bulbs that they use on the big "CUP" sailboats that you see racing on TV. It is an epoxy ceramic coating, usually sprayed on, but I just brushed it on, didnt want to waste a bunch of time taping everything up. It is pretty thick when mixed up.
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I decided to take it a step further, and ordered some ceramic micro-ballons. this stuff comes in a dry form, to be mixed with something.It makes the coating thicker, helps with noise dampining, and also acts as a heat barrier. You have heard of Lizard Skin, well basically this is the same thing. Picture shows the micro ballons before I added it to the epoxy coating.
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after two good heavy coats
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I am happy with the way it turned out. There is definately a noticeable difference in the "body" of the sheetmetal, I hope it helps with the sound deadening and heat reduction in the interior. I will also be covering it with Dynamat

[Evldoer]

Ok so I felt like it was time to give some attention to the brakes. I have a pair of billet hubs ordered from Kore 3 and I also went with the screw in wheel studs and billet center cap. Very nice piece from them, to say the least.
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The front spindles on the car are from McGaughy's, 2 inch drops and they accept G body rotors and calipers. Not a bad combination, and alot better then the factory drum setup. Since I had the 2000 camaro as a donor, I wanted to use the brakes from it. so the spindles got clamped down to the mill and I milled some flats
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holes drilled and the rest of the old integral caliper mount trimmed off and clearanced for the ls1 caliper and bracket. this pic shows the before and after mod
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Pic with caliper bracket
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and with the C5 rotor and caliper installed
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and next up is making some spacers that are .750" to go between the caliper bracket and the spindle.
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So we go from 10.5 inch rotors to 13 inch.
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And much better to look at for sure
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shot of the backside
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Next up will be tackling the rear brakes

[MichaelUser]

thanks guys, just doing what I can here.
Decided it was time to give the floor boards a new finish. Thas is what I started with. Sure is nice to work on a car without any rust in the floor pans.
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We use this product at work to paint keels and lead bulbs that they use on the big "CUP" sailboats that you see racing on TV. It is an epoxy ceramic coating, usually sprayed on, but I just brushed it on, didnt want to waste a bunch of time taping everything up. It is pretty thick when mixed up.
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I decided to take it a step further, and ordered some ceramic micro-ballons. this stuff comes in a dry form, to be mixed with something.It makes the coating thicker, helps with noise dampining, and also acts as a heat barrier. You have heard of Lizard Skin, well basically this is the same thing. Picture shows the micro ballons before I added it to the epoxy coating.
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after two good heavy coats
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I am happy with the way it turned out. There is definately a noticeable difference in the "body" of the sheetmetal, I hope it helps with the sound deadening and heat reduction in the interior. I will also be covering it with Dynamat

That looks really great. I like that it is brighter too. The reflective quality will make working under the dash helpful. Of course until carpet is set in place.

[Evldoer]

Yes you are right, it is a lot brighter under the dash, and cleaner too.

[Zoomin]

That's the smart way to start a project right there.

Nice tip on the paint, thanks

[Evldoer]

Ok i made up some brackets out of aluminum to mount the rear calipers. Used 3/8 plate, mounter to the back side of the axle housing flanges. I did not need any spacers, and it turned out well.
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[Evldoer]

I machined up an angled block to mount the clutch master cylinder. I am using a Wilwood 3/4 inch bore. I used the same thing on my nova and it works well, so it should be fine for this car.
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I made a plate for the inside of the firewall that bolts to the angle block, this should help keep the firewall from distorting when pressure is applied to the clutch pedal.
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I turned this little thing on the lathe. 5/16 fine thread on one end to thread onto the pushrod for the clutch master. the other end(big end) slides over the original clutch pushrod and will be welded. I had to bend the rod 45 degrees to get the angle correct.
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[Evldoer]

I went with Vintage Air Gen 4 super cooler. I figure with a big car like this it will need a strong a/c unit, and there is room for it under the dash. To control the unit I picked up a Dakota Digital VHX unit. Its not cheap at 400$, but I feel it is the best unit on the market right now.
I mounted the control box for the VHX unit directly to the Gen 4 unit, and did as much wiring on this setup on the bench before mounting it under the dash. This pic shows the Gen 4 with the Dakota Digital black box mounted.
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This is the VHX unit
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these pics show the super cooler mounted. still hangs below the dash, but it shouldnt be noticable when the car is done
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And this shot shows the Dakota Digital controller mounted in the dash. Looks like it was meant to be there.
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[Evldoer]

After alot of time spent not working on this project, its time to get back to it. I purchase a set of Rushforth wheels for it in the Rated X series, and am very happy with the way they look on the car.

[Evldoer]

I now have the engine cleaned up for paint and have been working on getting a bunch of the parts ready for paint also. I have a Holley High Ram for the engine, so I made some brackets to mount the coils under the intake. They turned out nice.

[Motown 454]

Very Nice ! The car looks great, you've done some really nice stuff here. Those brakes should make a big difference.

[MMcMasters]

Car looks great!!

[Evldoer]

Thanks guys its coming along. Can't wait to see how the brakes perform.

Today I painted some parts. Glad that's done, and I'm happy with the way they turned out. The blue engine should look good surrounded by the silver cowl and inner renders.

[IMPALAMAN1]

Looks killer. Definitely subscribed.

Is the high ram going to clear the hood?

[Evldoer]

It will clear the hood. The car has a Glasstek cowl induction hood. Shouldn't be a problem.

[IMPALAMAN1]

i would be curious if it would fit... i am working on a 68 and havent decided on the intake yet.

[Motown 454]

Is that the same blue as on the Fender stripe? Its going to look great in there. Are you milling the bosses for the coils off the valve covers or are you using different ones?

[Evldoer]

i would be curious if it would fit... i am working on a 68 and havent decided on the intake yet.

I bought mine from amazon last year for less than $500 brand new. That's a good price because it came with the holley fuel rails- I paid $200 just for a pair of holley fuel rails for my nova. All in all a pretty good deal. If you can make it work it would be worth it. Once I get the front fenders on I can take some measurements for you.

[Evldoer]

Is that the same blue as on the Fender stripe? Its going to look great in there. Are you milling the bosses for the coils off the valve covers or are you using different ones?

The blue on the fenders is oriental blue candy. The engine was painted with cobalt blue candy. I'm not happy with the style of the 2 colors painted over the silver and plan on doing something different. I haven't decided yet but it will either be two toned with cobalt blue on the top or just a cobalt blue pinstripe along the top of the fenders the full length of the car.

I'm using a pair of GM Performance valve covers on the engine. I painted them off the motor and used factory covers instead of tape over the rockers.

[IMPALAMAN1]

The blue on the fenders is oriental blue candy. The engine was painted with cobalt blue candy. I'm not happy with the style of the 2 colors painted over the silver and plan on doing something different. I haven't decided yet but it will either be two toned with cobalt blue on the top or just a cobalt blue pinstripe along the top of the fenders the full length of the car.

I'm using a pair of GM Performance valve covers on the engine. I painted them off the motor and used factory covers instead of tape over the rockers.

yes that would be great for some measurements.
headers look good. no issues with the steering box? i saw you moved the motor back. going to be a fun ride!

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Looks great love the new wheel choice..

[Evldoer]

Looks great love the new wheel choice..

Thanks, I really like the way they look on the car.

I repainted the firewall. The seam sealer that was used on the top seam had shrunk and cracked. The paint was peeling and it didn't look the best. This also allowed me to paint the bottom of the trans tunnel where the sheet metal was massaged to fit the T56 transmission. With the firewall painted I can start installing parts.

[Evldoer]

I also painted some small parts while doing the firewall.
I disassembled the steering column completely to clean, paint and re-grease everything. Its a good thing I had it apart because the lower bearing had let loose at some time in its life and was sawing through the steering shaft. Who knows how long it would have lasted before it cut the rest of the way through?
This was an automatic column so I shaved and filled the shift lug on the column collar. Nice and smooth now.

[Evldoer]

I ordered an air ride controller from Ride Tech when they had their black friday sale so the wireless remote was thrown in for free. Hard to pass up a deal like that.
Today I mounted and wired the solenoids and controller to an aluminum 3 gallon tank. Nice tight little package now. The tank will get mounted on the hump behind the back seat.

I took the seats in to an upholstery shop 2 weeks ago. It sounds like its going to be a long wait to get them back. I chose to stay with the factory bench seat. I want to have the seats built up with foam for bolsters on each side to keep a person planted in the seat better. I just wish upholstery shops weren't backed up all the time.

I'm also waiting for the trans to get rebuilt. The builder told me that some of the parts are on back order from Tremec. I hope its done soon because I would like to get the engine in so I can start hanging the front sheet metal.

[Evldoer]

I had the bumpers rechromed by a company in Milwaukee called Exclusive Metal Finishing. Cost was $1100 and they picked them up and dropped them off at my shop. They had them less than a month. I was shocked they had them finished so fast. I was expecting it to take 2 or 3 months.

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Billet Bel-Air!