Sneak peak at my 66 Cutlass

[gearheads78]

Clutch fork needs to be 5-7 degrees toward the front. The angle was achieved using th adjustable ball. Notice how far the stud from the ball sticks out. Once marked it was pulled back apart to cut the excess off.


MMMMMMMM....... 5-speed finally in place


Now we are cookn'

[gearheads78]

Refurbished and redesigned throttle linkage done tonight. Another part with way too much time in.

before





after

[waynieZ]

Maybe you think too much time but it looks well worth it.

[gearheads78]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Maybe you think too much time but it looks well worth it.

Thanks

I don't really think its too much time. I just can't stand not being able to drive the car yet. Some days I want to just throw the rest together.

[gearheads78]

Brakes are on and now the rolling chassis is basicly complete. A few things to deal with in the body and then its time to finally start putting it all back together. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[waynieZ]

Your lucky most of my partsare still in boxes

[gearheads78]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Your lucky most of my partsare still in boxes

I was like that for 6 months of collecting parts before I started



Got a little done this afternoon. Curiosity has been killing me as to how this original paint will turn out if I spend a little time on it. Well I did a little test spot and it going to come out a lot better than I thought it might.

This is a quick before and after of how it will look.




The main thing I wanted to do today was fix the RH rear body mount. I parted out the most rusty 67 442 convertible I have ever seen a few months before starting this build. Not one body bolt did not come right out in that car but my rust free 66 had the RH rear bolt spin on me. I cut it off with a sawsall
the day I took the body off.

After thinking about it I decided to go through the bottom to keep from disturbing the perfect original paint in the trunk. I cut the piece out with a 1/16" wheel which was the smallest I could find. It still made the gap a lot larger than I wanted but it worked out in the end. I had to fill the big gap and I suck at welding upside down so the repair is not very pretty but it will work.



After cutting out the pieces I blasted it off and put it in a vise to compress the cage back together so the square nut would not spin. I welded a nut to the piece of bolt and was able to get it right out while still hot.

[gearheads78]

To help keep the same thing from happening again I decided to brace the cage a little by welding a coulpe pieces if 1/8" scrap.


I wanted to get it welded back in as flush as possible. So I used weld studs to give myself a handle to push or pull.


Other than dressing the welds here it is finished up.

[ScotI]

Nice job on all aspects!

[gearheads78]

Thanks man. I hope to be showing it off in person soon and you can tell me what you think.