the pendejo: 67 impala

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by cantcatchmitch

oh man i wish that was ride height, maybe if i had the money for a morrison chassis or something of the like. thats actually as low as it goes for now(its laying headers) till i get my buddy with his tig over to make some stainless headers. then hopefully i can get her down another inch or two and drive with it a little lower.

ride height just untucks the front wheel, gives decent header clearance and i can actually turn without the wheels hitting the fenders.

Very nice. Have fun and keep us posted.

[cantcatchmitch]

it doesnt look like much, but ive kept myself busy on this old girl. in the past few weeks i built the whole exhaust, 3" mandrel bends with dynomax race bullets that im hoping arent too obnoxious for long trips. i got just about all the plumbing done in -8 stainless braided, of which i stripped the anodizing off all the fittings and polished them out, i also built stainless rad hoses, which are of course, polished. this weekend my friend and i aligned the car, and i got a few more pieces painted. the trans tunnels been modified for the six speed, and i got about a third of the car buffed out too. i also got a bunch of the trim repaired and back on the car to boot.

ive also been really busy with my dads car, his 496 big block powered 66 chevelle. this winter he picked up a jeffco transmission, which is clutchless, and like a lenco has a lever for every gear. it is straightup badass. well, that transmission isnt shaped anything like the richmond 6 speed that is now in my car, so we had to make a few, er mild changes. the middle three feet of the floor was cut out and reshaped. a removeable tunnel was built, runners were ran on the frame for strength and an easier way for a tranny mount, new trans mount was built, new 4" exhaust was built that doesnt hang so low under the car and its got new carpet now and a new parking brake lever from lokar. it was an exhausting project, but we knocked the whole deal out in about 2.5 weeks.















and a video.


let me know what you think guys.

[Leadfoot1]

Too cool!!!!

Very nice of you to put up that video too! I was going to ask how its shifted so i am anwsered!!!

One other question if you dont mind, i looked at your rad hoses and they are VERY nice. I would like to do something similar and am wondering where i can get some tubing for that? Also, what are those rubber sleeves? They look Sooooo clean!

Thanks, and keep on knocking down the work on the Imp, it gets better every post!

Lead.

Btw, love the color too!

[waynieZ]

It looks great. Glad to see more progress.