Project Impulse

[214Chevy]

Bro, that back tire is mean.... !!

[waynieZ]

Originally Posted by irishlsxer

Dude that is looking pretty slick..

X2 I like the wheels!

[IMPALA MAN]

I've been busy with the job lately on some projects. Of course it's been in the triple digits in temperature also. So the work was little if any. Here are some of the latest and more photos of the car.







Getting the quarter panel dialed in. Back window set in place for a visual.


Here is a pic of the "mock shocks" I built. These will keep the wheels at ride height when on jack stands.... Or on a car dolly.


Speaking of car dollies. How about this one? This is what I was doing instead of working on the actual car. This pic is after it was test fit together to make sure it all worked. In short...17 feet of 5X5 square tubing and 88 holes drilled. You have a bolt together deal.


Sandblasted then painted


Partial assembly


Sliding it under the car


Under the car and bolted to the frame


I had to upgrade the casters. 8" cast ones to make rolling easier.


This makes a huge difference. It puts the frame 24" off the ground, allows you to remove the wheels for welding and body work, work under the car, etc.


Some cool pics of the trunk pan and under the car.

[bonecrrusher]

That car dolly is cool.

[waynieZ]

That dolly should make some jobs alot easier. That primed quarter looks like you could cut yourself on the body line. Nice job.

[IMPALA MAN]

The body line was a bear. If you look at the car you can see this body line stretches the entire length of the car (front to back). It's so subtle that it's easy to lose when doing a little body mods. How did I get it straight? With Home Depot $19.99 laser level. Once the laser was on the car, I simply drew a pencil mark every few inches and I had it. This of course only works if the body line is perfectly straight.
Regarding the body line being razor sharp, you can thank a great friend of mine, Jim Ring. Don't get me wrong, my work doesn't hold a candle the The Ring Brothers, however they can provide some great tips. They don't produce cars like they do by being rookies. They are bad ass. I take it everyone knows the tape trick to get these lines so sharp?

[customshop1]

Looking good. very nice job s far keep up the good work hope to see it finished soon.
I am painting a Prostreet 78 Malibu this weekend. should be a pretty nice street car..

[IMPALA MAN]

It feels good to get this baby back on the ground. I am FINALLY making great headway on the project. I should be able to finish up the body work within the next few months and then do more mechanical tasks for the winter.








I will next be moving the rear axle forward about one inch to center the wheels in the wheel well an then lower the rear of the body about 3/4".

For anyone wanting to chime in, I am looking for opinions on paint schemes!!! It's not like I have a lot of other 77 Impalas to take any tips from.

[preston]

I love the every 2 year updates...Keep up the good work. I have no idea how you should paint a '77 Impala though. I keep thinking of that Fox Body Fairlane that had the outrageous American Flag paintjob on it I think it was a giveway car back in the 80's. I guess cuz the two cars have a similar profile. Personally I'm a fan of straightforward one color paint.

[WSSix]

Glad to see you're still plugging away on the build. I'm terrible with paint ideas on most cars, but I think I agree with Preston on going one color.