64 Chevelle Build

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Headers have been made , finished and coated...

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Doesn’t look like much, but I’ve gotten a lot done in the last week. The engine, headers, steering, clutch and shifter are in permanently…I put a bench seat shifter handle to move it back a little. The factory console one was too far forward for me.

The headers fit perfectly and look great.

Going to change the air cleaner, but not sure what style to use. Probably going with a stock Z/28 style…Going to pick some wheels next…

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My rear tires came today...The fronts should come tomorrow...

Wheels should be here in a week, or two. I went with Rushforth wheels....

I have about 1-1/4" total clearance in the rear, or about 5/8 per side. I hope that is enough....

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Working on the car for the past couple weeks. Finished brake lines, moved shifter handle back to center of console, mounted rear bumper and working on front bumper.

My Sc*****z chassis didn't have any rear bumper mounts, but had the front ones. I tried buying a rear clip with all of the brackets from them but after 2 months, I got tired of waiting for them to make a set on 'the jig', so I made my own and welded them onto the chassis. Thinking the fronts were OKay, I never even checked them against my original frame, before I sold it.

Anyway, fast forward (?) a year and I am ready to mount the bumpers to the car...The rear bumper fits pretty good even after I had to cut the entire rear clip completely off and remount it because the body didn't fit onto the chassis.

Now I try to mount the front bumper onto the chassis and can't believe it. Doesn't even come close to fitting. The brackets are at least 8" too short, about 1/2" too wide and about 1-1/2" too low. Not one bolt will even line up with the nuts they have welded in the tubing. Rather than flush mount nuts on the inside of the bumper bracket, they drilled a 1" hole and welded around a hex nut. I tried grinding the weld and nut flush with the mount so the bumper bracket would sit flat on the entire mount, but when the weld was nearly flat, the nut fell from the tubing mount.

Since the bumper brackets fit so badly anyway, I just ended up cutting the entire mount from my powdercoated chassis. I am going to make new bumper mounts, weld them to the frame so I can use the factory bumper brackets.

Some pictures of the weeks progress below....There is quite a bit of grinding dust just from cutting the mount from the frame...The mounts are also lying on the floor....





Comparison of the ones which were originally on the chassis and the new ones I made and welded onto the chassis


Rear bumper mounted…



New Air Cleaner and brake lines

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Made new brackets and welded them to the chassis. The front bumper is finally mounted....

Before welding



From the inside



Tacking it on...



Welding...



More sparks just because they look cool...



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Finally received the wheels and got them mounted and installed. I am still going to lower the car a little bit more to optimize the control arm angles.







Closeup of wheels

[MOREHORSEPOWER]

Car is looking really good !! What size tires on the rear ?

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Car is looking really good !! What size tires on the rear ?

The car is NOT mini tubbed...275-40 x 18 Rear and 248-40 x 18 Front

[beater65]

I love that I know I can fit a 275/40/18. That's size I wanted to run on my 65 wagon.


Man that sucks about the chassis, that's a nightmare when you spend big $$ to get bent over like that.

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I love that I know I can fit a 275/40/18. That's size I wanted to run on my 65 wagon.


Man that sucks about the chassis, that's a nightmare when you spend big $$ to get bent over like that.

Yeah, but that is all over and done with now. That being said, remember that my chassis is narrower than a factory chassis in the rear and all I have are the inner fender wells to contend with. I actually have a little more room towards the back...

Gary

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Been a while....In the final stretch...
Brakes are all finished
Exhaust is in for the final time
Fuel tank is in and lines have been run
battery has been mounted in the trunk and cables have been run to the front
Wiring is about 75%. Just need to finish modifying the front harness and hang the wires in the trunk.

Pics........

Got the battery mounted into the trunk
Batt


Ran the fuel lines and pos and neg cables to the front of the car
Wiring
Looking towards the back of the car – Pass side



Looking up at the engine – Need to lengthen the pos cable


Looking down at the pos cable – I want it to run parallel to the neg cable and fuel line.


Still have to finish the front harness and that is about it…
Wiring mess




Fuel Line – Fuel Filter
Looking towards the front at fuel filter


Looking towards the front


Rear bulkhead – Line from tank connects here



Problem with fuel tank neck – Too low
Took it to the guy who made my headers and he fixed it while I waited..

Fuel Tank
Before…



After…




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