Oh Yeah!! There's the right stuff to kill a large quantity of Chevrolets!!

I'll concede an Impala SS or a Caprice Classic. :lol:

Dracula's finger could kill any brand of car, even a Ford.

:D :cheers:

Yes sir that is the plan. :D Stay tuned :popcorn2:

Is THAT what your driving these days:headscratch: I should have known:mock:

Why are you making fun of my dainty little hand model fingers. You know how sensitive I am about that. :buttkick:

I've been trying to get some stuff done at the night job. You know all the glamorous stuff everyone who builds one of these cars suffers through.

Puling out the old 390 mock up motor on Thurs. It took me a couple hours mainly because the cherry picker won't fit under the crossmember for some reason. It's like the car sits only 5", or less, off the ground or something crazy like that.:) Just for the heck of it I weighed the car without the motor and trans to get an idea where I was starting. It will be cool to catalogue how the weight keeps adding up as the build progresses.

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That left uncovered a bunch of extra metal that needed to be cut our tonight.

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I got all of it but the top of the shock towers with a grinder but luckily I was saved by a skilled guy with a plasma cutter who finished the top of the shock towers off for me or I'd still be there.:faint:

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I got some help from a couple of young eager aspiring car builders to start stripping and cleaning the interior out. Man I'm glad they were around. It had gotten a little crusty from me letting it sit.

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Another couple of crappy days of cutting and cleaning and then it's on to the fun stuff.

:cheers:

Congrats on the progress Rob, that's got to feel good. Nice to have some help with that stuff as well.

That's a nice tunnel hump Rob, did RS make that?

I had to make my own for my TKO, Torino swap, it isn't as pretty...

Joe

Looking good T-Rob! :thumbsup:

Yeah Rob, that hump is sweet. I love the factory looking bead roll.

:thankyou: Feels good to actually get some hands on work done and shed some weight.:lol:

Yes RS made the hump.

Joe quit holding out :twak: let's see some pictures of that Torino :D

Marcus

The floors up to the bead roll portion are aftermarket replacement pieces then RS formed the hump and driveshaft tunnel.:thumbsup: Let's see some updates on your Chevelle thread.

:cheers:

She's making progress now!!!! :hapdance:

Looking good Rob, wait did I just say that. :thumbsup:

Nice Rob!! Now get it running!!! :D

Looks great Rob... just remember the longer you take, the more time I get to tweak the car, and hone my less-than-stellar driving skills :unibrow:

Ha Ha Ha , do it Rob you know you want to. :poke: :poke:

Flash,

It'd be nice if you'd have an extra one hangin in the closet for(d) when friends visit on those chilly NorCal days and nites.

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:gitrdun:


lol

It doesnt appear it comes in "Men's" size, only goes up to L :popcorn2:

Is that a PINK cherry picker??

Can I buy that from you for Baby Georgia Anne?


Now that you've taken something apart..... it'll be quite awhile before you'll have a need for it to put anything back together.

Looking good Rob, what's the plans for the dash. Are you going to use that stock dashpad frame to build something custom?

Yes you did:secret:

Maybe before yours.:D

I'm here for you :mock:

Every once and a While even a Ford get thrown a bone on this site.

Is there a need to sell it in a mans size :headscratch: I don't think so.:underchair:

Sure looks pink to me. It's not mine but as they say Anything is for sale for the right price.

If by quite a while you mean I won't need the engine hoist before SEMA you may be wrong.:popcorn2:

Gary you are correct. Brett pointed out to me that the metal shell from the stock dash should save some fab time.

:cheers:

Take it easy there, mine still runs!!! :D just because I'm painting mine doesn't mean it's "ALL" apart! :innocent:

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Careful Rob, known fact...those pink cherry pickers lift less!:action-smiley-027: :D

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Floorboards turned out great, nice work...been following along, some pretty cool stuff you got going on:tv_happy:

Now I'll jump on the band wagon, when you're finished, maybe we all(the entire forum): can go cruzin' in your car:underchair: :waveflag: Seriously tho, cool ride.

Oh.... that's not going to buff out!!



:lmao:

wow, 163 pages! and it feels like you're just now starting.

I'm sure some of us were pink "cherry" pickers once in our lives

not sure how you guys go back and quote each other...

but seriously, I haven't laughed so damn hard!

And "Lenie" filling Rob's Torino with "ALL" forum members, now that is just classic :lmao:

I called SHOTGUN last year!!

Somebody was making a mess in the shop. Rumor has it, that he likes to cut other peoples stuff up.

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Everyone seemed to like that trans tunnel RS did.:thumbsup:

So I cut part of it out.:slingshot:

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Took my Big, Heavy, Old, outdated, dinosaur of a tunnelport sideoiler over to the shop now that I'm ready to set it in the chassis for fitment. :D I set it on one of my scales while I was there just for fun.:popcorn2:

:cheers:


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Time to get yer scales cali-brated. :lol:

I'd just wedge section the entire car right down the middle - take about 6 inches out of it -- then whack it door to door about a foot….

Or you could just buy a '69 Camaro.

I know it hurts you to read it but the scale is right. You better get used to being disappointed by the lack of big numbers:mock:



Hey GW how many of those 69 Kit cars do you own?:underchair: :lmao: :lmao:

:cheers:

The two drop tops I owned had cowl shake so bad you'd loose the steering wheel if not held tightly with both hands….


The Z/28 Coupes I owned were all the "matching numbers" variety so they're "untouchable"…. and that whole thing gets real boring real fast unless you can afford to own the uber versions…


I'm a fan of cheap cars I can just beat on - drive - and move on when I'm ready. Oh - except if there's a "30" in the year -- then I want ultra expensive kit cars that I can sell for 35K or so when I'm done with 'em.

Go 450-475 dressed? Not bad....

Yep.

The stand the motor is on is probably 15 so subtract that to get 360lbs starting weight.

The Findanza flywheel is 14lbs
My CVR waterpump is 5.8 lbs and the adapters are another 3.
My 3G alt is 15.4 lbs
RST clutch and pressure plate are 22.5lbs.
PS pump I'm not sure but maybe 15lbs.
Holley carb 13 lbs

Most the oil is back in the tank.

That's 82 lbs + maybe another 5 to 7 for the AL brackets.

So it should be right about 450 or a little less.

Need to add headers though they might as well count as part of the motor.

:cheers:

BB's forever Rob! They have no idea!:Tomcat:

Rob, that's impressive. I never would have thought the engine would be that low weight, even with all the alum..
I have a few small parts for the dash if you need something. I won't be using on my car. Let me know what you may need, free to good home.
I also have a few exterior parts.

what did that bellhousing weigh? not too shabby. Tell Brett he should put you on payroll. :rules: