Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
MRWEST 2,346 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted May 16, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted July 18, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted August 22, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted September 5, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted September 11, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
MRWEST 2,346 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted February 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Report 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 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted February 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Report 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 post Share on other sites
Popular Post MRWEST 2,346 Posted January 29 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 29 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!! \ 20 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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