Popular Post MRWEST Posted May 11, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2016 Heres a heap of assembly photos that i didnt put up during the build due to the colour being under wraps haha Final paint prep Out of the booth and first time in the sun! Off to fit up the chassis to the body Freshly painted underside Body going back on chassis 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRWEST Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 2 more new posts tonight above ^ Fitting up the panels Back home to assemble 2.5" Stainless exhaust fitment 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted May 11, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2016 3 more new posts above tonight ^ Fitment of the freshly chromed bumper and tail light bases, and rear trim etc First wedding for my mate, was best man so mrs drove the bridal party in it Talk among yourselfs //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/34313-the-westpala/page-9 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted May 16, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2016 Drove the car over to Hamilton on Saturday to leave with Greg @ Midnight Upholstery for his shop open day. Couldnt make it on the day but looks like it was a good one! Few pics taken by Earl @ Popeye Pics Talk among yourselfs http://oldschool.co....westpala/page-9 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted July 18, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2016 So have been busy getting through the cert list and nearly ready to go for a final check and hopefully a cert plate! Did a before and after comparison of the engine bay from when i bought to now: Massive thanks to Toby at BOP Polishers for the polishing, Mikey for the painting, Spun by Hutty for the trumpets, Eze Auto Electrics for the wiring job as well as Lakes Automotive in TGA for the hours at night helping me get shit sorted! Also Greg aka 64Valiant aka Midnight Upholstery was working for every hour possible before beach hop to get my car done amongst others, But wouldnt let me leave the shop till he gave the boot a quick trim. This is only temporary as have made a panel to go around the airbag tank and will trim this and the side panels to match the seats, Have bent up some 3/8 alloy hardlines for all lines going into the valve box to tidy that up and theyll be off to Toby for some polishing also. Should be sharp in theory! Talk among yourselfs http://oldschool.co....westpala/page-9 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted August 22, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2016 So good news! Has passed the Certification for all the mods late last week! Booked in/going for a VIN check today. Cert Plate should be here by the end of the week and need to take back to the repair certifier now its a complete car for his final tick of approval. Once thats done and any stuff the VIN man wants done then we should be gooooodddd to go! So close now! Yarns down here: http://oldschool.co....westpala/page-9 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted September 5, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2016 So VIN check went swimmingly thanks to David and the team at Automotive Advantage in Hamilton! Top notch. Fail list was pretty small - No cert plate (had been ticked off and was awaiting plate) - No repair cert paper work (hadnt taken back for final check) - No horn (Had taken off as was faulty and VIN was spur of the moment) - Issue with 2 headlights dipping the wrong way Have sorted it all and will hopefully get it back this week for a VIN/WOF and drive home legally! http://oldschool.co....westpala/page-9 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted September 11, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2016 So Friday was a pretty massive day in the life of the 64! Took her back to Hamilton, Neal fitted my Cert plate, took it back to the VIN inspector and got the minor items ticked off and a WOF issued! 4 Years and 2 months after buying shes legal to be on the road! First job after this was to head in to town and meet up with Kenny in his latest acquisition (Thunderbird) and Nick (In his freshly juiced Buick) for a beer at Little George. Shot of us parked up on Hood St Friday Afternoon. Still a few little bits and pieces to do and what not but we were able to spend the weekend cruising to the mount and clocking up some miles! Shot off the deck having a beer on Sat night! Yarns down here http://oldschool.co....westpala/page-9 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted November 21, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2016 So has been a busy month for the Impala. Had been meaning to take the ITB's off and balance them on the bench as well as service the injectors. Whipped them off and did that, found the idle screws and been locktighted shut so might explain a bit of a funny idle, Also got injectors serviced which turned out to have 3 a bit chocked up which may explain a couple of things also! While i had the intake off we thought we would do the valve stem seals as i had a set and some new head gaskets lying around, Whipped the heads off got them faced, got some LS7 lifters and new head bolts and put back together. Went to start and it was smoking out one bank, turns out one of the injectors got stuck wide open and was pissing fuel out the exhaust, Got another set of injectors which turned out to be off a later LS1 and 240cc instead off 300cc -.- cant bloody win. Anyways have chucked them back in and car is running and best it ever has. Mates wiring in a Link ECU this weekend and its off for a dyno tune at DTech next Monday so that should cross off all the motor work and have her 100% for summer!! Couple of pics below: Weekend just gone went hard with Mr Midnight Upholstery and finally got around to doing my boot upholstery how i always intended. Real happy with the result, just got some polished hard lines for the airbags to go in and its complete! Sharn down here //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/34313-the-westpala/page-10 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRWEST Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well has been a busy few weeks for the MRWEST 64, Have got it back from the Dyno after a few hickups but shes all tuned and running better than ever, The misses, pops and cackles and hesitation has all gone now we have the Link G3+ with G4 Extreme firmware wired in and tuned! Runs a heap better. Have also added balance pipe and it sounds a shiiiittt load better, less 2 hondas drag racing and more v8! Stoked on that one as wasnt overly stoked on its sound before. Has a nice idle now everythings been tuned up and adjusted and sounds decent enough with the hammer down, List of shit to do before xmas is long enough ill be busy but nothing major, Bring on some summer cruising!! Pic for fred Yarning down here http://oldschool.co....estpala/page-10 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted February 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2020 10,000km clocked up in the last 3 and a bit years since its been on the road. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/34313-the-westpala/page/10/#comments 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted February 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2020 NZV8 mag feature, Beach Hop mag cover car 2018 and has been driven all over the show and doesnt seem to miss a beat! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/34313-the-westpala/page/10/#comments 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted January 29, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2021 Have been using the old girl a fair bit, The Mrs got me a epic pencil drawing done for my birthday of the car last year. The brother took a mad shot of it a while back i just found again, one night. Bent a axle a couple of beach hops back some how so ended up getting some dutchman axles out of the states that were a bit beefier than standard, nice bits of kit and reasonable price Late last year had a bit of a hick up, Was jumpstarting the truck out of the boot of the Impala on a hot summers day, All of a sudden there was a huuuggeeeee bank, a cloud of steam/smoke and the car stopped. Run round to the open bonnet and found a big puddle of coolant, and a burst pipe, Turns out the fans must of tripped out for some reason, the car got so hot idling that somehow the top hose blew before the radiator or cap let go. Made a hell of a bang, and ended up on a tow truck home! Chucked a new hose on with some coolant and we were away again somehow!! \ 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted April 8, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2021 Eventful few months for the Impala. Gave her a bit of a once over before the wedding Doctor Cuts in the Mount gave her a good spruce up full cut/polish and groom before our wedding. And damn it came up good. A bit of much needed love after 12,000 + km of abuse. The grill i got from the states when i built the car was supposedly "triple chromed", looks more to have been "flash chromed" as had no copper coating underneath etc. It has flaked off over the years of driving. Thought id fix that up. Had Toby from BOP Polishers strip and polish the factory grill off the car and it came up mint. Bit of a comparision bit hard to tell in the photo but a good improvement Made it to the wedding in one piece then up to Beach Hop where we burned a shit load of gas and cruised all week. Not without its issues. Day 1 had a wheel bearing shit the bed catastrophically . Thankfully Ben (red 61 cant remember his user on here) rolled past and seen it on stands and gave me a message, turns out he had a new wheel bearing in his boot so shot round and the legend ended up doing half the job for me as well, we were back cruising within an hour which was awesome! Parked up watching the Thames cruise she was humming in the sun She needs a bit of love over winter, got a list of things iv wanted to sort out and tidy up that i never get to so going to pull her to bits next few months and get a few things sorted on her. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted August 2, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 Well have officially had her 10 years as of June/July. On the road for 5? (i think?), done 14,000km of pretty reliable driving really. Just gave the wiring a redo cause there were a few issues, Got it re dyno tuned and tidied up the cold start which was never amazing and shes good to go again for some more km's, Didnt make as much power as i expected (never had a dyno figure originally), given how good it goes but 239kw atw with 800NM of torque, thinking the block hugger headers are a bit of a restriction but alas it goes well anyway so not too stressed. My mate from Auzzie that comes over every year for Beach Hop got me a skateboard deck made with my car on which was bloody cool addition to the shed wall. Bring on another 12 months of cruising! 26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted March 26, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2023 Another year another heap of motoring done, Just knocked off Beach Hop 23 for the week, Plenty of trouble free cruising. Had a young fella last year so was wanting to get him a 64 Impala pedal car done to match my car. Managed to get finished the Wed morn of beach hop thanks to the lads who put in some big work the couple weeks before. We bought in the body from Pedal Car World in the States then Hayden at Jokers Wild Kustoms made a chassis for it for us and we got a 12V kids car and robbed it of the motor and steering. So its all remote control and when hes older will be able to drive himself. Then Mikey who painted my car originally got it all painted up to match my car. Came up bloody amazing! Cant keep the young fella out of it he was loving it. 30 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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