Glad is old school powered. I bet an updated EFI BBC & 6spd is FUN.

thank you. I havent gotten the pleasure of driving it with the efi yet, still things to work out on the tune and get the car aligned and things. but it was always fun with a carb so it can only get better. I had bounced the idea around of going LS but I would have only done it with a supercharger or something big like a lsx454.

once the engine went in, it was on to wiring. mounted the fuse panel in the trunk under the package tray, next to the battery. ecu went in the passenger footwell and is covered by a false floor my interior guy built. In the cars previous life i had attempted a few different dash panels and was never pleased with them. I thought about going back to a nearly total oe dash with dakota digital gauges, but some of my previous modifications altered the way those pieces wouldve fit. So I set out and built a gauge panel out of aluminum. I found some gauge bezels at a boat store that fit the classic instruments gauges I intended to run, with intention of honoring the oe style, but make it a bit better( at least i hoped). Worked out pretty well and I think the polished aluminum and chrome retro autosound radio and vintage air controls contrast nice against all the blue, with blue leather in its future.( matching relicate leather swatch posted on top the dash in one of the pics).
almost forgot, I had designed the gauge panel to come in and out because the wilwood masters are right behind it. originally as i was building it i had the panel held in place with magnets, but i didnt test it with the radio in and it made it a little too heavy for just the magnets, so theres two screws that come out first. still plenty easy when i need to check and add fluid. the car originally had a cheasy plastic collar around the column, which i replaced by molding in a 4 inch tube to make it all one piece and have it flow together.

well after I got the car running, it was off to Bux Customs for a complete interior. Chris and I have worked together on my moms nova (see super chevy article "momma said knock me out"). I had intended to keep the bench seat, but i couldnt modify the frame enough to make it clear the driveshaft tunnel. so Chris ordered bare bucket seat frames and completely fabricated the rear seat from scratch to clear the big tubs. the only pieces i supplied him were the door cranks, steering wheel, dashpad, and door panel tops, everything else was his doing. The leather is Relicate Napa leather in Marina blue. I wanted to keep the interior honoring the stock style of an original 67 but still make it high end and the guys at Bux absolutely nailed it. They even made a matching travel bag to go with it! the leather color looks different in every light, but in person its a near perfect match with the matte finish tanzanite blue body paint.

Very, very nice!

Beautiful work, the interior came out sweet!

Love the interior design and color choice! They did a great job.