63’ Chevy II Project “The Golden Girl”

[64G-lark]

Thanks Shane. I have watched your thread. Your skills are amazing and it cant believe how far you have come with your car.

[64G-lark]

One of the the issues I had to find a solution for was a gas filler location. The previous owner had the fender opening closed up and the filler neck came out in the trunk over the left rear wheel well. I didn’t like it being so far in the trunk and in a weird place to access. Having built a A-body car I decided to build it so the filler would come out the rear bumper behind the tag. The new mini tub eliminated the previous filler location. I told Randy what I wanted to do and asked if he could make a slight relief in the trunk floor.

[64G-lark]

Fabricated transmission tunnel.





I have lost count on how many times the engine transmission and the front sub frame have been in and out of this car.



Welded in the DSE clutch master mount. Welded up a DBW pedal mount, and vintage air mounts on the other side of the firewall.

[64G-lark]

Added a DSE fuel pump access panel to the trunk floor. I had the bottom of the car and trunk coated with a bed liner type coating. The inside just a satin black.









Painted the firewall the body color.



In this picture you can see the added crossmember that the truck arms are hinged off of. This crossmember goes from rocker to rocker and is also tied in to the DSE sub frame connectors.

[64G-lark]

The front sub frame and suspension was all blown back apart for paint.





Then back together temporarily. Randy and the guys at D & Z Customs did a great job with everything and gave me a solid foundation for everything I had planned. Not to mention doing it in a short amount of time. Thanks Randy.

[64G-lark]

At this point I hauled the car back to my home shop to be blown apart again.





I began attacking the time consuming stuff. I learned from my previous build to use Nicop for brake lines. I actually enjoy making them. I try to minimize the joints and I use stainless clamps to hold them in place. I was able to make the brake line from the proportioning valve to the rear axle in two pieces. Another little idea I came up with is to use heat shrink tubing on the lines were the clamps are. You just have to remember to slide it on before flaring your last fitting.
I used Banjo to A&N fittings for the steering rack as they provide the most clearance and the ability to clock them at any angle.




Not the best picture but this is a example of a line I made with the heat shrink on at the clamp locations.





I’m using Speedway Motors Headers made by Dynatech. They have 1 7/8” primary tubes and O2 bungs. They are a mild steel header and fit great. I did not like the three bolt flange on the collectors so I cut and ground the welds to remove them. Then changed to stainless steel V-band type instead. Then I sent them off to M & R coatings in Kodak, TN. To get coated. They do great work at a reasonable price if your looking to have any exhaust components coated.

Interesting story on the headers. When I ordered the suspension and subframe, Speedway was out of the headers and I was told they were on backorder. After checking for weeks on end they told me the demand wasn’t there and they wouldn’t be getting any more. I tried going straight to the source but minimum order qtys and Speedway owning the design kept that from happening. I looked at the Church Boys Racing Headers and at Ultimate. But they didn’t work for my application. I twisted Speedways arm a little and they ordered five more headers and I got a set at half the price for my trouble. So if you need LS headers for a 62-67 Chevy II they have four more at half price. Here’s a link for anyone interested.

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/G-Com...sh,205590.html

[WSSix]

The car looks great. Love the paint scheme. Keep up the great work!