Mikeee Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Discuss Here 1979 dirty 30. Mildly tinkered 4k with 5 speed. Kings in front 2" blocks in rear, some sort of boy racer exhaust that's only just tolerable enough to stay on the car. Impul Hoshinos now with proper fitting 205s, came with stretched pizza cutter rubbish. Also came with free rust and bog. All welded up ready to start making crappy bits shiny. Berroca piss yellow ain't gonna fly Door frames and centre pillar will make a big difference in black so did that last night. Doors don't need to come off again now which is good because I'm sick of that. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeee Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 1965 Pontiac Catalina Ventura sports coupe. 389 big block 4bbl. Torque Thrust 2 with 10 inch at rear with 295s. Factory sagged "suspension". Was extremely rusty when I got it. All glass out, new steel around front and rear shields, complete new rear deck panel, entire weather channel around boot, boot floor, rear pillars, front guards blah blah Was missing ignition key so was being started south Auckland flat blade styles. Binned the ignition barrel and made it push button. Probably need better switches though Interior was naff so ripped it all out, recovered the seats, new carpet etc. Where's the finished pic??? Did a quick bog and paint and now it's wof'd and reg'd. Full panel and paint on the backlog! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeee Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 1973 Plymouth Satellite/Roadrunner Performance built mopar 360, pretty biffo little donk, peels out nicely. Console stick shift. Cragar 10 inch at rear with 275s. Haven't done much to this one yet. It has aftermarket race buckets in it, so I sourced some original buckets and recovered them and the rear bench too. Needs minor rust work then full panel and paint as it was painted by lazy American bogsmiths. It's a horrid color so I'm not phased. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeee Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 1974 Corvette Crankin' 350 that's been pulled apart at some stage, has mild cam. Bought this when we needed a car to drive around when staying with my partner's uncle in Tennessee. I wanted a early 70s firebird or camaro, but this came up at a good price and the mrs twisted my arm so bought it. The condition was a little worse than I would have liked given the time frame I needed it on the road by and the fact I had to work outside in 35 degree muggy heat with tools found at walmart. Just like every American car I've ever owned, I had to rewire the signal and brake light circuits and other electrical faults. Replaced both seatbelts, door cards, carpet, dash and most interior bits. Needed new brake calipers, 4 tyres, and a good engine service. After finishing up in TN, we drove 2,000 miles to LA, via St Louis and across to Denver. Here's me wondering what the burning smell is broken down under a bridge in Kansas. Quick wire strip and tape job and we're on our way. Some pretty stuff in Aspen Full panel and paint when I get to it. Fibre glass body means no dents, factory color is a great metallic blue so piece of piss, will start and finish it in a weekend. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mikeee Posted July 11, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 11, 2016 Pic from my last house before I sold the '61 Tbird. With all the cars I had to store outside, the bloody KE was the one in the garage. Moved to a better house and they all get shelter now 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeee Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Tonight's jobs: Don't know who can be bothered painting engine bays while the engine is in it but I sure as hell can't. Bombed it with underseal will clean up the overspray on components later. Engine sure needs a dress up though, yuck! Also dealt to rust on underside of bootlid with grinder and brunox. Will paint that, the boot weather channels and front valance next 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeee Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Painted everything needed for all panels to stay on the car until painted. Under side of bonnet and boot lid, boot weather channel, front and side edges of cowl, inside edges of front guards and the front valance. Can't be bothered painting the inside of the boot, old yellow paint is cracked and flaky, will take ages to get it paintable. I blue'd the underside of the parcel tray so that'll do, I'll just bomb the rest of the yellow with underseal. Come to think of it, I would have blue'd the underside of the 6x9s in the parcel tray haha Unfortunately striken by the joys of garage painting with some debris ending up on the bootlid. Might need to be done again if it can't be salvaged. No big deal! Not much more to do now. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeee Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Going away overseas for a month in less than two weeks so won't be doing any more painting on the ke30 until I'm back, so did some stuff to the Pontiac for a change. Replaced every water hose, new thermostat and a coolant flush. Sadly the chrome water neck I bought was the wrong angle for the radiator hose so couldn't use it. Also replaced the valve covers with shiny ones. Had a nice new chrome edelbrock air filter that also didn't fit so will have to sort that later! New spark plugs and leads. Interiors not quite finished yet. Need to find the right size screws for passenger arm rest and recover the dash, but it's more or less done Went for a drive into town 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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