cleaning off the dust

BBB-66-SD · Veteran Member

cleaning off the dust

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

don't care what the purist think. i'm still crazy over the big and little look.

RDubya · Poncho Master!

Great looking car!
Welcome aboard!

2drpost · Uber Guru

welcome!
it looks great! aww

how big is that buick under there? wink

BBB-66-SD · Veteran Member

Thanks ! I have not joined a forum like this in quite some time. I am really getting the itch to work on my car again. I am so glad that I didn't sell it :)

Its a '76 455 bored to 462 with 1970 ported heads. Trans is a th400. Headers are for an A-body 66-67 skylark.

-- Edited by BBB-66-SD on Friday 4th of December 2009 05:55:05 PM

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

beautifull car!!! Welcome I love the front mount dist very different

59poncho · Poncho Master!

looks like alot of fun to drive, welcome aboard.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Very sharp! Welcome to the site!

57poncho · Uber Guru

Maybe cut up but its still here and looks great. Also welcome aboard.

BBB-66-SD · Veteran Member

I just bought a new Hobart 187 mig to get crackling on the next faze of the car. I am going to replace the 15.5 x29 mickeys on 12" wide rims with 325-60-15 drag radials on 10" wide rims.

I am tossing the spool and 35 spline axles in favor of a 31 spline Trutrac posi carrier. I am thinking i might have room to mount the coilovers outboard of the frame rails as the radials will be slightly narrower. That will make room for a better exhaust system over the axle.

The biggest thing to overhaul is the ladder bars . They cause too much suspension binding on the street ,( cracked axle tube) so I am hoping that new ladder bars with big eurethane bushings instead of spherical rod ends will flex better. I could go 4-link but it's more complicated to tune, and I would probably have to cut into the rear floor area to fit the front brackets .

87 player bird · Poncho Master!

Welcome. I dunno, 4 link is the way to go, alittle more work to set it up, but man will it hook!

57poncho · Uber Guru

BBB-66-SD wrote:

Thanks for all the warm welcomes. Here are the ladder bars I am thinking about.http://autoweldchassis.com/lb.ivnu I hear what you are saying about 4 link, and I have not ruled that out.

link

http://autoweldchassis.com/lb.ivnu

Halfbreed · Addicted!

I recomend the Art Morrison Enterprises. He is a renowned suspension guru here in the States. His work is impeccable. He is just now completing Chevelle suspension development. This is noted on the following website. (www.artmorrison.com) Check it out and give Art a call. He is located in Fife, WA near Tacoma.

57poncho · Uber Guru

BBB-66-SD wrote:

Maybey this 4 link kit would fit under the floor. http://autoweldchassis.com/Big8.ivnu

link
http://autoweldchassis.com/Big8.ivnu

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

One more welcome.

As others have said, hate to see an original SD cut up, but you truly do have a beautiful car!

rabbit64cs · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

my buddy with a 67 lemans ( a-body) is running a home made trailing arm with pan hard, basically it's the triangulated suspension out of 70 chevy 1/2 ton. a fairly simple installation. there is a company out there that sells the basic kit, see them advertised in classic truck mags.

I can say this ...it hooks and handles like no other a-body I've been in. he's running a 500HP 455 with a tremec 5 spd and 3.41 gears...It's NUTS !!!!

food for thought....makes my stock 67 GTO feel pretty 'soft'

later....rog

-- Edited by rabbit64cs on Friday 4th of December 2009 07:48:54 PM

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

Congratulations on your beautiful '66, and for keeping it all these years. Looks mean in black. I love that body style.

I'm of the opinion that, within reason, some tasteful modifications are a good thing. We only get to live once. May as well go for the gusto.

I've made a number of changes to mine, and have never regretted it. I'm a NCRS guy's nightmare.
wink

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

Very nice ride. Will be doing the same sort of stuff on my sons 67 camaro. He wants ladder bar but I have been advising 4 link. That low profile four link kit looks interesting.

ARCADIAN · Poncho Master!

We should build "our" cars the way we like them. Your car looks great!

BBB-66-SD · Veteran Member

67HEAVEN wrote:

Congratulations on your beautiful '66, and for keeping it all these years. Looks mean in black. I love that body style.

I'm of the opinion that, within reason, some tasteful modifications are a good thing. We only get to live once. May as well go for the gusto.

I've made a number of changes to mine, and have never regretted it. I'm a NCRS guy's nightmare.

Beautiful vette! After having a car so long the thought of switching it up a bit does cross my mind occasionally I like the wide tires , but the weld wheels are very common . I like the copo dog dish hubcaps look on widened steelies . I know as soon as I get this beast on the road again I will not want to change the look at all biggrin

TINY · Guru

Welcom aboard! I would go 4 link for shure the set up is not the hard and I think art morison actually sells a great little how to book. That is one bad a$$ looking car, I love to cut things up and build them the way I like dont really care for stock stuff but I do appreciate nice resto's you car looks great! The copo wheels would be a nice touch real stealthy, the 455 is a a great torque monster, some day id like to build a 472 caddy motor and shoe horn it into a gremilin.

rabbit64cs · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

here's the kit I refered to

http://www.classictrucks.com/tech/0802ct_classic_performance_products_trailing_arm_conversion_kit/index.html

BBB-66-SD · Veteran Member

rabbit64cs wrote:

here's the kit I refered to

http://www.classictrucks.com/tech/0802ct_classic_performance_products_trailing_arm_conversion_kit/index.html

Thats pretty interesting. I wonder how it hook up ?

03cts sport · Uber Guru

The gauges look great too!

BBB-66-SD · Veteran Member

03cts sport wrote:

The gauges look great too!

Thanks, I had a spare instrument cluster and dash to experiment with. It was quite alot of work but I managed to fit it all up there. I like the guages to be mostly hidden. If you look close you can see the factory radio faceplate with the huge am radio guts removed . I installed toggle switches for fans / line lock where the radio dials used to be. I might get a shift light and mount it behind the radio faceplate glass.

-- Edited by BBB-66-SD on Friday 4th of December 2009 10:37:57 PM