1964 Fairlane K Code

[jarretts70]

I like those wheels, but I'm also kind of old school & think wheels should be shiny.....

Question - when you fabbed your floor pans did you build any sort of sub-rails or did you weld the pans straight to the Morrison frame?

[jschmidt97306]

I like those wheels, but I'm also kind of old school & think wheels should be shiny.....

Question - when you fabbed your floor pans did you build any sort of sub-rails or did you weld the pans straight to the Morrison frame?

We used 1/2" x 1" tube steel 12" O.C. more or less across the frame rails to stiffen the floor. We set it up so the body with the floor and tubing will unbolt and the body will come off the frame.

[jschmidt97306]

New ride height with mock up wheels.

[jschmidt97306]

New Buckets with stock 64 console. Inner fenders and tear down for paint coming.

[jschmidt97306]

Stock Console, needs some help to fit new tunnel.

[silver69camaro]

Looks great! I'm saving your photos for future reference. Can't wait to see it finished.

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

Very nice looking car. Love the shade of red on this now, but I am sure the red you are looking at will be nice too.

[jschmidt97306]

Stainless and Aluminum ready for straightening and polish. Not too bad of shape for over 50 years old.

[jschmidt97306]

Dropped Motor Back in.

[jschmidt97306]

You never know until the moment of truth!

[wfo guy]

If you haven't, you might take the cover off the plenum on the under side of the intake and looks for machining chips and debris. This has been found more than once in that style of intake no matter who made it. Looking good.
That's gonna be way nicer than the one I had in 1969!

[Motown 454]

Just got a chance to check in, Man it's looking good!

[jschmidt97306]

Thanks Buddy, We did check the plenum before we stuck it in the car last year and ran it for one summer, before the big project. Hopefully we will get the tuning squared around this time. They want to run fat. We bought the upgraded controller so we have more tuning flexibility.

[jschmidt97306]

Got rid of old speaker / defrost grill and added a couple of cup holders The old stock console took tons of work to make correct. Car is coming apart for paint this weekend also down to last hood in trying to get the " right look" scoop. Finger crossed on this one!!!!

[wfo guy]

What look are you going for with the scoop? I'm sure you know the only common scoop was the Thunderbolt from 64 but you're not building a drag car. How much taller does it need to be or is it just for aesthetics?

[jschmidt97306]

Need 2 inches on the high side to clear the stacks. Not a fan of the upside down frying pan Thunderbolt scoop. The big problem is starting with a hood that has a minor raised cowl already. Everything you put on top of that looks like an afterthought.

[jschmidt97306]

Disassembly / Sandblasting & Powder coating.

[jschmidt97306]

[wfo guy]

Sure hope those are speed rated caster wheels.

[Tincup]

Very cool build, nice choice of powerplant....