'55 Chevy LS1 / T56

[JMG-63]

Andrew,



Browse turned into several hours of research, downloading and printing some 150+ pages of info and compiling a buy list for Waytek. How I never knew of these is beyond me but so thankful for the tip. Much appreciated.

Jeff.

[andrewb70]

Andrew,

Browse turned into several hours of research, downloading and printing some 150+ pages of info and compiling a buy list for Waytek. How I never knew of these is beyond me but so thankful for the tip. Much appreciated.

Jeff.

Glad to help Jeff. If you ever have questions, feel free to PM.

Andrew

[JMG-63]

One Bussman panel courtesy of Andrew's tip of the month.

Bought one semi-wired as I doubt I could pull off as nice a splice on a 4 to 1 setup. Came with a 150amp inline fuse as well as the bag of goodies. I have separate orders out for relays and additional connectors.

Burned a new top plate on the CNC Plasma and the car is none the wiser.

This setup is way way nicer than my 6 piece conglomeration. Once Thanksgiving is out of the way I can get back to wiring up this car.

Andrew, thank you for the tip - we actually bought a fully wired version to test out on our large truck builds at work.

[andrewb70]

One Bussman panel courtesy of Andrew's tip of the month.

Bought one semi-wired as I doubt I could pull off as nice a splice on a 4 to 1 setup. Came with a 150amp inline fuse as well as the bag of goodies. I have separate orders out for relays and additional connectors.

Burned a new top plate on the CNC Plasma and the car is none the wiser.

This setup is way way nicer than my 6 piece conglomeration. Once Thanksgiving is out of the way I can get back to wiring up this car.

Andrew, thank you for the tip - we actually bought a fully wired version to test out on our large truck builds at work.

I am glad to have contributed to your newly upped wiring game :-)

The 150 fuse is probably not necessary, but it won't hurt anything. I am assuming the Bussmann panel that you got has a built in power distribution bar built in. There are several ways to wire that in, depending on how you want it to operate.

Andrew

[JMG-63]

Wiring got put on hold for a combination of weekend work, a few holidays and a bare metal dashboard.

Needed to get my dash finished before I could move ahead with completing the wiring. For those not familiar with tri-five Chevrolets, the dash is all metal. Makes it easy to do some low cost customization like welding seams shut and enlarging the glovebox opening. Did the enlargement by welding the glovebox door and ash tray together to make one big opening. Relocated the glovebox light switch bracket from what was the center of that opening to the far left side and finally got the dash in primer. Tomorrow I will hopefully shoot some satin black. Once it dries I can install all my new trim and switches.

I like the semi-finished look of it in primer and am excited to eventually see what it will become in a few more garage days. The picture in my head is awesome.

The computer for the LS1 is peeking out of the right side of the glovebox opening - it took some doing to get it in there but it fits perfectly on the brackets I made.

Not a very 'pro-touring' like set of tasks or exciting for anyone except me but a necessary step along the way to getting this car wired up and drivable.

[JMG-63]

Dash is painted, assembly has started and wiring is in full force (for a novice that is).

Dash is painted with a satin black to keep the glare under control. Positive battery cable received a good dose of overkill in the routing and protection department.

[JMG-63]

Lots of activity since my last posting. January??

I now have a complete set of working lights, dash harness is complete, finishing off my instrument cluster harness, and am crossing items off my to-do list with a vengeance.


The hidden harness along the inner fenderwell and inside the radiator support is completely wrapped and run thru rubber grommets.


The headlights are upgraded Daniel Stern H4's, all other bulbs are upgraded as well. Way way brighter than anything from '55. Every single light works, dome, courtesy, clock.


I'm getting close so I even got it registered and am getting California vintage black plates assigned - the big old style!


Still a ton of work to do.