And so it begins!

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Wow is right! That's better then most 5 year old cars in the northeast look like. Nice project. It should be a nice driving car.

I didn't have any plans to work on Mark's car today.....But.......When I got home and opened the garage door the engine was calling me......there were a couple unknowns........the engine had a GM Muscle car pan that was already on it from it's previous installation in a 55 Chevy......so......We had talked about getting a Holley 302-1 pan because I knew that one would work out with the engine raised slightly with the motor mount adaptor plates like I made for my Impala install.. .......So......the first thing I did was to wash off the slight amount of Oil that was on the front crossmember.....(Probably the first time it was ever wet)...then I installed the adaptor plates .....installed the new mounts......and dropped it in......Took all of about 45 minutes......LOL......Everything fit perfectly with the exception of the pan sticking down below the crossmember by about two inches........But.....since the car will not be lowered it won't be a problem........I didn't install the trans yet........I will be clearancing the tunnel and installing it from the bottom..............Moving along.....






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Bingo...............

I didn't see it yet..... What size motor?

Just a Baby.........................5.3 with LS2 heads.......

Ken

Thanks for posting this up Ken. :thumbsup:

Going to 'dress up' the top end so it mimics an old school sbc/327 or leave it modern w/the LS2 intake??

Cool car. Love the factory wheels and pie tins!

Always fun to see an umolested car getting molested. Not a criticism, getting ready to do the same myself.

It's just so nice not to have to slice a car to a skeleton to get the rust out and then start getting back to square one after 3 months of body work and paint - if you're lucky.

What a sweet ride that's going to be.

I want to know how you got Mark away from big blocks... :stirthepot: