63 Biscayne

[renegade6]

More pictures

[renegade6]

I haven't gotten much accomplished. I really need to shoot some primer and lay down some filler but, with the daytime high temps in the teens, that isn't going to happen anytime soon.

So, in the interim I decided to go ahead and plumb in my fuel cell. I shopped around a bit for lines and was going to go with the lines from Pegasus racing but, a bit too pricey for me. Instead I went with Aeroquip Starlite hose and fittings connecting the fuel cell to the Corvette filter/regulator. I will run one -6 line to the frame and it will connect to stainless hardline from there to the engine compartment.

The Starlite hose is very easy to work with. It cuts easily and the fittings are easy to install...Much more so than my last experience with doing hydraulic fittings with a crescent wrench and a vice.

The one change I will probably make is getting rid of the vent line and going with one of these PPM fuel cell vents http://pitstopusa.com/i-5081296-ppm-...l-vent-08.html

[Schwartz Perf]

I enjoy seeing the updates Brandon, keep up the good work! Everything is looking good so far, and you're becoming quite the sheet metal fabber

-Dale

[renegade6]

Thanks!

I've had a lot of help for the majority of it and one of these days I'll figure out the cut twice and measure once, I mean measure twice and cut once.

[waynieZ]

Nice job it looks good.

[renegade6]

Thanks

[rjsjea]

enjoy browsing through the update

Looks like you got a lot of moisture in the air.....seems to flash rust quick.

[renegade6]

The majority of the flash rust is from parking it outside under a tarp for a couple of months. Since I've put it in the garage it hasn't been too bad. No issues the last couple of months because all the moisture is frozen...

[renegade6]

I finally received the last of the bits for the fuel cell. The original return line elbow was too tall and it just brushed up against the fuel cell cover. It probably would have worked but, I didn't want to risk it. So, I used a -8 elbow and used the -8 to -6 reducer on the output. I also installed the PPM vent instead of using the hose loop. The vent is essentially like a large differential breather.

I finally got my 6L80E transmission. The last big piece to put in so I can finish up all of the mock up and pull the body back off of the frame. By the time I get to that stage hopefully it will be above 65 degrees so the paint will cure. I think the transmission will work without having to modify the cross-member but, as it is I had to turn it around. The clearance between the rear of the trans and the cross-member is close but, it isn't touching.

[renegade6]

I finally had some time to get some work done, after being gone away on a work trip for a couple of weeks. Time is getting short, I have to get this somewhat together before I move in June.

For this update, I mounted a shifter from a 2008 Malibu. Because it is such a tall shifter and my tunnel is also tall, I had to build a recess for it so that it would reduce the height. Additionally, the Malibu shifter cable wouldn't attach to the transmission with the original bracket so, I had to fabricate one of those as well.

Life would have been much easier if I had a brake and a shear but, I can't ask for everything