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SShink · SShink

I decided to bling out the Malibu a little bit since I think it has a bit of a 'grandpa car' look with the Rally's, and REALLY liked the rims Bryan put on his, so I'll blame him.

Mine are 17's and not 18's/20's like Bryan as I'm still an old skool guy at heart, but like a little bigger rim than a 15". So...

Screechers · Screechers

I'm getting my new ring and pinion in this next week and am looking to save some money by doing as much labor myself as possible. I know i don't have the correct tools to correctly swap gears myself and am looking for someone wiser and with correct measuring tools to help. I can supply food and beer and can g...

dashboard · dashboard

Got a buddy thats doing some work on 65,000 mile completely original one owner 72 402 4 speed SS (U code). The car has spent a lot of time in storage and is in great shape. Owner just wants to drive it more now and wants it looked over and made safe for driving, fluids, belts, brakes etc. One of the first thi...

jim larson · jim larson

Mitch have you changed your email as a message I sent you today was returned? I think I may be leaning towards replacing the whole crossmember. Here are a couple of photos. -- Edited by jim larson on Saturday 10th of December 2016 08:18:53 PM -- Edited by jim larson on Saturday 10th of December 2016 0...

67ss · 67ss

I'll let mike tell all the backstory on this. What we are doing at this point is trying to get it running. Pulled the oil pan off checked everything on the bottom end and it looked good. Motor was supposed to be rebuilt and the rods have numbers on them so it appears to be true. Cam, lifters and cylinder wall...

bowtie · bowtie

Backstory: I have a SBC with centerbolt valve covers. No holes on LH side, breather and PCV on pass side. Need to have PCV in drivers side. Been running the tall, plain, polished valve covers for a bunch of years. Now that you're caught up... I stressed and shopped, trying to find something that had the s...

more ambition than brains · more ambition than brains

We had a lively discussion this Saturday at the Club meeting. Discussion was relative to the moisture resistance of 2K primers/epoxies. In other words catalyzed products. Mitch was of the opinion that they were impervious to moisture. I differed. I contacted my paint rep. from BASF, he...

jim larson · jim larson

As some of you may know, I am replacing the upper trunk crossmember. Due to the generosity of parts and help from Mitch, Karl, Randy, and Keith . I wonder if anyone would care to comment on what I can use to make sure rust doesn't come though the on the upper trunk pan. I about 6 hrs stripping it of paint and...

John D · John D

Awhile ago I mentioned my next venture in scale might be a tribute to the cars in "American Graffiti". Well I've gotten started on the Steve Bolander / Terry the Toad's '58 Impala. The reason I started with this car is that '58 Impala kits are readily available, and the car in the movie is a basically st...

John D · John D

Well... I decided to do Milner's '32 5-window next. Starting out with Revell's "32 5-window 2in1" kit. I'm going to have to chop the top myself, cut the rear fenders, and probably fab the front "cycle" fenders from sheet-stock. I found an old "6 deuces" manifold in my scrap-box. Interestingly enough...

67ss · 67ss

Put a bigger cooling fan on the stand today. It is a Ford Taurus two speed fan. Using just the high speed of it and man does it move some air. Dashboard saved this from the garbage a few years ago for me.

John D · John D

I've been looking for a setup like this for a few years now. You can either buy new - at a pretty stiff price for the base machine - then remortgage the house to buy tooling & accessories, or try and catch one on Craigslist or Ebay. In my experience while searching, these rigs only come up for sale used (...

4-door Chevelle · 4-door Chevelle

Well, after much shopping and not finding the right car with the amount of money I had I have decided to fix my car. Part of the decision is influenced by the fact that I spent a chuck of change when we bought a house in Crystal but I am OK with that. I am still working on getting parts and will have a few questi...

Lost in the 60s · Lost in the 60s

I've been getting the rollback road worthy for the past week. It needed a LOT of attention from age and sitting. The right rear wheel cylinder was completely blown and drenched the shoes. Instead of trying to dry them out I replaced them, and nearly every other component in the drums. The gear lube in th...

jim larson · jim larson

I got a funny little noise that has been bothering me. I am almost sure it is coming from my M20. I only hear the noise under certain circumstances. No noise in first or second gear. Mainly happen when cruising from 40-50 miles per hour and on a level grade and in 4th. Happens when I have almost no throt...

Chris S · Chris S

Found this in a parking lot last weekend at a marina in Mendota Heights. Never found the owner, I would have liked to hear the story behind a build like this.

cooz65 · cooz65

Hey guys, I've had the S10 up on the road now for about three months now and everything has been working fine. It sounds like I've got a wheel bearing going bad and I wanted your guys input on brand. I've replaced the side I'm almost positive that it is, before, I'm not sure how many miles ago, but it seems th...

67ss · 67ss

Finally getting around to assembling this thing. Here are some specs: 1969 396 block bored 30 over, 1967 215 closed chamber heads with stock valve sizes and minor intake porting. Keith Black small dome pistons that puts compressions at 10.2:1. Lunati voodoo cam 227/233 duration and 542/554 lift...

Chris S · Chris S

Guess I came into the parking lot at work a little too hot this morning. Heard a bang but couldn't tell what it was. When I left the shifter almost hit the passenger seat. I will have to look harder for a fan shroud now.

Dave Seitz · Dave Seitz

So this year I changed jobs to get into a "safer" line of work. Since I started at the new job I once again tore my rotator cuff and bicep. followed up by having a couple sheets of Melamine fall on my head giving me a concussion. So Monday I have surgery AGAIN and will have my arm in a sling and out of work for 6-1...

Grajmahal · Grajmahal

After ogling the Tremec conversions at car shows for the past couple years, I finally decided to pull the trigger on a complete t-56 Magnum kit from Hurst Driveline Conversions this spring. If some of you are considering doing the same, I wanted you to know what you are getting into.I had inquired of...

4-door Chevelle · 4-door Chevelle

So, when my electric fan kicks on I want to have my HOT light come on in the dash. Silly I know but I want to know when my fan is actually running. It appears the dash is hot (+) and the temp sensor will provide a ground when it gets up to temp. I think I can use a relay but I can only provide a positive trigger and no...

SShink · SShink

Chris, is this similar to the air gap we put on the vortec heads on the vert 350? Link to Knock Off Intake It looks similar, and is about $100 cheaper then Edelbrock, and yes it's China import so no debates about that from everyone please. I replaced the heater core in the '71 this weekend (not the funnest t...

SShink · SShink

The forum seems to be on life support or nearly catatonic, so thought I'd spice it up a bit.

O.k., let the bashing begin... I'll beat you to it and call myself a Chevelle 'flipper', attention deficit disorder, wandering eye, or any other name you want to call me as we sold the vert. Yes, it h...

Chris S · Chris S

I have had heat issues with my car since I have owned it only when sitting is traffic, not while driving. It was brought to my attention at Car Craft that the cooling fan sat behind the fan shroud which isn't helping any. For Christmas I received a larger spacer to move the fan into the shroud. Worked re...

more ambition than brains · more ambition than brains

Another new adventure. Have cars stashed three different places. One I was buying, two rented. Purchased some land out south here (Farmington) Closed today and leased another building. Have a purchase agreement to sell the So. St. Paul location. Will be clearing everything out of Castle R...

Tony Hoffer · Tony Hoffer

It looks like the Astre will be going down to the bodyshop sometime near the end of July.. The doors on the car had the economy chrome sideview mirrors and I would like to switch to the GM sport mirrors I pulled off of the cosworth vega parts car I have.. My question is had anyone ever rebuilt one ? The mirror...

Tim H · Tim H

Finally feeling up to try out a new buffer. This one runs a bit slower than the last one but over 20% more horsepower.

GG 1969 Convert · GG 1969 Convert

Greetings All! I am looking to hire someone to come to my house/garage to help me with final assembly of my 69 convertible. I need someone with some experience mainly with bumpers and grille. I am somewhat at a loss and need a third hand with bumpers. I live in St. Anthony Village; one block East of NE M...

Lost in the 60s · Lost in the 60s

I got the '70 auto off the rack last week and pulled the clip and engine for the "new" one. I installed a new pilot bushing and an used flywheel/clutch assembly from John's old 350. The bell and 4 speed are from my '66. I'm going to use the bell and M20 from John's car in the '66. [IMG]https://i13...

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	It's all Bryan's fault... (Preview) I decided to bling out the Malibu a little bit since I think it has a bit of a 'grandpa car' look with the Rally's, and REALLY liked the rims Bryan put on his, so I'll blame him. Mine are 17's and not 18's/20's like Bryan as I'm still an old skool guy at heart, but like a little bigger rim than a 15". So...	SShink	5	1210	May 1, 2017 by Lost in the 60s
	Help swapping ring and pinion (Preview) I'm getting my new ring and pinion in this next week and am looking to save some money by doing as much labor myself as possible. I know i don't have the correct tools to correctly swap gears myself and am looking for someone wiser and with correct measuring tools to help. I can supply food and beer and can g...	Screechers	2	900	Apr 28, 2017 by 67ss
	Frame Question (Preview) Got a buddy thats doing some work on 65,000 mile completely original one owner 72 402 4 speed SS (U code). The car has spent a lot of time in storage and is in great shape. Owner just wants to drive it more now and wants it looked over and made safe for driving, fluids, belts, brakes etc. One of the first thi...	dashboard	3	1019	Apr 21, 2017 by Lost in the 60s
	Repair of trunk rear crossmember above rear axel help (Preview) Mitch have you changed your email as a message I sent you today was returned? I think I may be leaning towards replacing the whole crossmember. Here are a couple of photos. -- Edited by jim larson on Saturday 10th of December 2016 08:18:53 PM -- Edited by jim larson on Saturday 10th of December 2016 0...	jim larson	28	5867	Apr 20, 2017 by jim larson
	Mike's mystery 327 (Preview) I'll let mike tell all the backstory on this. What we are doing at this point is trying to get it running. Pulled the oil pan off checked everything on the bottom end and it looked good. Motor was supposed to be rebuilt and the rods have numbers on them so it appears to be true. Cam, lifters and cylinder wall...	67ss	34	4820	Apr 13, 2017 by OscarZ
	Why does it take 4 hours to change valve covers??? (Preview) Backstory: I have a SBC with centerbolt valve covers. No holes on LH side, breather and PCV on pass side. Need to have PCV in drivers side. Been running the tall, plain, polished valve covers for a bunch of years. Now that you're caught up... I stressed and shopped, trying to find something that had the s...	bowtie	0	717	Apr 13, 2017 by bowtie
	MITCH WAS RIGHT!!!!!! (Preview) We had a lively discussion this Saturday at the Club meeting. Discussion was relative to the moisture resistance of 2K primers/epoxies. In other words catalyzed products. Mitch was of the opinion that they were impervious to moisture. I differed. I contacted my paint rep. from BASF, he...	more ambition than brains	5	1235	Mar 21, 2017 by Lost in the 60s
	Rear Upper Trunk Crossmember Replacement. (Preview) As some of you may know, I am replacing the upper trunk crossmember. Due to the generosity of parts and help from Mitch, Karl, Randy, and Keith . I wonder if anyone would care to comment on what I can use to make sure rust doesn't come though the on the upper trunk pan. I about 6 hrs stripping it of paint and...	jim larson	3	1137	Mar 6, 2017 by more ambition than brains
	American Graffiti - '58 Impala (Preview) Awhile ago I mentioned my next venture in scale might be a tribute to the cars in "American Graffiti". Well I've gotten started on the Steve Bolander / Terry the Toad's '58 Impala. The reason I started with this car is that '58 Impala kits are readily available, and the car in the movie is a basically st...	John D	29	5131	Mar 3, 2017 by John D
	American Graffiti - '32 5-Window - Milner's Hot Rod (Preview) Well... I decided to do Milner's '32 5-window next. Starting out with Revell's "32 5-window 2in1" kit. I'm going to have to chop the top myself, cut the rear fenders, and probably fab the front "cycle" fenders from sheet-stock. I found an old "6 deuces" manifold in my scrap-box. Interestingly enough...	John D	34	6336	Mar 3, 2017 by John D
	Running engine stand upgrade (Preview) Put a bigger cooling fan on the stand today. It is a Ford Taurus two speed fan. Using just the high speed of it and man does it move some air. Dashboard saved this from the garbage a few years ago for me.	67ss	1	662	Jan 22, 2017 by dashboard
	40 Watt Skunkworks enters the Machine-Age (Preview) I've been looking for a setup like this for a few years now. You can either buy new - at a pretty stiff price for the base machine - then remortgage the house to buy tooling & accessories, or try and catch one on Craigslist or Ebay. In my experience while searching, these rigs only come up for sale used (...	John D	6	701	Jan 1, 2017 by John D
	I have decided to fix my car (Preview) Well, after much shopping and not finding the right car with the amount of money I had I have decided to fix my car. Part of the decision is influenced by the fact that I spent a chuck of change when we bought a house in Crystal but I am OK with that. I am still working on getting parts and will have a few questi...	4-door Chevelle	8	738	Dec 30, 2016 by Lost in the 60s
	Chev rollback (Preview) I've been getting the rollback road worthy for the past week. It needed a LOT of attention from age and sitting. The right rear wheel cylinder was completely blown and drenched the shoes. Instead of trying to dry them out I replaced them, and nearly every other component in the drums. The gear lube in th...	Lost in the 60s	9	994	Dec 13, 2016 by more ambition than brains
	Should I or shouldn't I (Preview) I got a funny little noise that has been bothering me. I am almost sure it is coming from my M20. I only hear the noise under certain circumstances. No noise in first or second gear. Mainly happen when cruising from 40-50 miles per hour and on a level grade and in 4th. Happens when I have almost no throt...	jim larson	10	822	Nov 4, 2016 by jim larson
	Another Custom Chevelle (Preview) Found this in a parking lot last weekend at a marina in Mendota Heights. Never found the owner, I would have liked to hear the story behind a build like this.	Chris S	9	910	Nov 3, 2016 by Dave Seitz
	best brand of wheel bearing (Preview) Hey guys, I've had the S10 up on the road now for about three months now and everything has been working fine. It sounds like I've got a wheel bearing going bad and I wanted your guys input on brand. I've replaced the side I'm almost positive that it is, before, I'm not sure how many miles ago, but it seems th...	cooz65	5	1157	Oct 27, 2016 by SShink
	396 engine build (Preview) Finally getting around to assembling this thing. Here are some specs: 1969 396 block bored 30 over, 1967 215 closed chamber heads with stock valve sizes and minor intake porting. Keith Black small dome pistons that puts compressions at 10.2:1. Lunati voodoo cam 227/233 duration and 542/554 lift...	67ss	10	1714	Oct 3, 2016 by Lost in the 60s
	Broken Motor Mount (Preview) Guess I came into the parking lot at work a little too hot this morning. Heard a bang but couldn't tell what it was. When I left the shifter almost hit the passenger seat. I will have to look harder for a fan shroud now.	Chris S	14	1435	Sep 16, 2016 by jim larson
	Anybody free this weekend? Help needed. (Preview) So this year I changed jobs to get into a "safer" line of work. Since I started at the new job I once again tore my rotator cuff and bicep. followed up by having a couple sheets of Melamine fall on my head giving me a concussion. So Monday I have surgery AGAIN and will have my arm in a sling and out of work for 6-1...	Dave Seitz	7	817	Aug 29, 2016 by Dave Seitz
	Long rant about Hurst Driveline Conversions and a tremec swap "kit" (Preview) After ogling the Tremec conversions at car shows for the past couple years, I finally decided to pull the trigger on a complete t-56 Magnum kit from Hurst Driveline Conversions this spring. If some of you are considering doing the same, I wanted you to know what you are getting into.I had inquired of...	Grajmahal	3	884	Aug 4, 2016 by Lost in the 60s
	How to wire HOT lamp in dash to come on (Preview) So, when my electric fan kicks on I want to have my HOT light come on in the dash. Silly I know but I want to know when my fan is actually running. It appears the dash is hot (+) and the temp sensor will provide a ground when it gets up to temp. I think I can use a relay but I can only provide a positive trigger and no...	4-door Chevelle	18	1014	Jul 26, 2016 by 4-door Chevelle
	Chris P.-Air Gap Intake Question (Preview) Chris, is this similar to the air gap we put on the vortec heads on the vert 350? Link to Knock Off Intake It looks similar, and is about $100 cheaper then Edelbrock, and yes it's China import so no debates about that from everyone please. I replaced the heater core in the '71 this weekend (not the funnest t...	SShink	3	593	Jul 24, 2016 by SShink
	Chevelle Stanitization 7.0 (Preview) The forum seems to be on life support or nearly catatonic, so thought I'd spice it up a bit. O.k., let the bashing begin... I'll beat you to it and call myself a Chevelle 'flipper', attention deficit disorder, wandering eye, or any other name you want to call me as we sold the vert. Yes, it h...	SShink	18	1441	Jul 18, 2016 by BLyke
	Cool project (Preview) I have had heat issues with my car since I have owned it only when sitting is traffic, not while driving. It was brought to my attention at Car Craft that the cooling fan sat behind the fan shroud which isn't helping any. For Christmas I received a larger spacer to move the fan into the shroud. Worked re...	Chris S	9	1116	Jul 5, 2016 by bowtie
	Moving toybox! (Preview) Another new adventure. Have cars stashed three different places. One I was buying, two rented. Purchased some land out south here (Farmington) Closed today and leased another building. Have a purchase agreement to sell the So. St. Paul location. Will be clearing everything out of Castle R...	more ambition than brains	19	1450	Jul 5, 2016 by more ambition than brains
	GM sport mirrors. (Preview) It looks like the Astre will be going down to the bodyshop sometime near the end of July.. The doors on the car had the economy chrome sideview mirrors and I would like to switch to the GM sport mirrors I pulled off of the cosworth vega parts car I have.. My question is had anyone ever rebuilt one ? The mirror...	Tony Hoffer	2	562	Jun 27, 2016 by Lost in the 60s
	Buffer Time (Preview) Finally feeling up to try out a new buffer. This one runs a bit slower than the last one but over 20% more horsepower.	Tim H	7	701	Jun 24, 2016 by Tim H
	Looking to hire a someone to help with final assembly (Preview) Greetings All! I am looking to hire someone to come to my house/garage to help me with final assembly of my 69 convertible. I need someone with some experience mainly with bumpers and grille. I am somewhat at a loss and need a third hand with bumpers. I live in St. Anthony Village; one block East of NE M...	GG 1969 Convert	3	668	Jun 7, 2016 by Jon H
	1970 SS 4 speed car (Preview) I got the '70 auto off the rack last week and pulled the clip and engine for the "new" one. I installed a new pilot bushing and an used flywheel/clutch assembly from John's old 350. The bell and 4 speed are from my '66. I'm going to use the bell and M20 from John's car in the '66. [IMG]https://i13...	Lost in the 60s	36	1775	Jun 5, 2016 by Lost in the 60s
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