67 Restoration - Shark Bait (NH)
 

Well my son and I thought we were buying a #'s match 67 last year but when it was delivered it was quickly obvious it wasn't. Good news is we kept the car and nocked the price down by $5K. Because it wasn't a #'s match we went crazy and painted it hugger orange with black bumble bee, yeah I know it wasn't available in this color scheme in 67. Here are some before/after and progress pics. The engine turned out to be a pretty good gem, 350, 4-bolt main, pulling 175 psi (+/-) 5% in all cylinders and less than 10% leak down. We still pulled it apart and gave it a new set of bearings and seals. Hopefully in the next couple weeks we'll be dropping the engine in. Pricetag so far including shipping $15K

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Nice Job.


Love the kiddy pool 'drip pan'.

Paint looks good. You painted it yourself?

Looks nice. Love the sleeper look of painting the alum manifold Chevy orange.

Hey, thanks, no we did the strip and prime and undercoat, I had a pro take over for the final coats of paint. We've been doing all the other work .. it's been a good learning process. Every bolt/screw/nut/wire was removed from the car.

Most of the big ticket items we replaced:
Master hardware kit.
New Quarters, the ones on it were done at one point in the 70's I'm guessing because they were brazed on.
Drivers side floor had a punch hole in it, looked like he ran over a stone wall so we replaced that.
Four new wiring kits from AAW, (Main Upgrade Kit/+Convertible/+Headlights/+RS)
Header Bow on Convertible
Complete deluxe interior with dash pad
Convertible top
Gasket kit (doors/trunk/convertible/....)
Axle Tube from a 72 Nova (old one had been cut & c-clip eliminators installed)
Full disk brake kit
Tubular A-Arms
Stearing links redone (ball joints)
Felpro Engine Gasket set
Pertronix Distributor

The nose was in pretty good shape. Just had to do a little adjusting to the headlight doors and buy some bushings/teflon washers and limit switches.

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Still looks nice.
I bet the logbook is getting thick.
Staying with externally reg'd alt or going internally reg'd?
If staying with ext reg'd, I suggest getting an electronic VR, Wells P/N VR715, transfer the cover to look like OE, and add a 63 amp 10DN alt.
RockAuto sells both.

Going internally regulated. The kit I got from AAW was an upgrade and didn't have the hookups for the VR/Horn Relays and a few other of the older setups. Because it's not all original I just figured on going with an internal regulated alt.

So AAW wired the new harness for an internal reg'd alt, cool!

So my kid came home from his Airforce base this weekend and we banged out the engine install and the convertible top install. Sorry I was so nervous during both that I only got after photos and not during.
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Looks like your project is moving right along, congrats on your son choosing the AF.