71 468/T56 Project
 

Well Guess I will start out like everyone else!

New to the forum and just been sittin back reading. Looking forward to seeing and reading even more.

Ok here is 1 of my projects. Had an all Original 71 RS/SS 396 Auto with A/C and decided it be best to sell instead of chopping it up!
So found a $500. beater on Ebay. Since I had a brand new set of wheels of the other 71 and just happen to have a pretty healthy 468 sittin in the shop floor since a 582 went in the big 4x4 (Now there is a money pit!) So with wheels motor needed a body and tranny. found the body a few years back and just waited and waited till the right deal come by on an LT1 style T-56 and it finally did so several $$$$$$$ later headers, clutch, radiator and much more were purchased and now its been blasted primed and trimmed for glass. Yes its a work on drive kinda car! LOL

Pic's coming soon as I post enough?
So how many post I need before I can post pics?

The magic number is 3. You're there now, give it a shot.

Well here are a couple to get started it looks like I am gonna have to down size a few first?

This was when we rolled in from Austin with it

Here is the typical rust under the window. I didnt get any before pics but you can tell where I had to cut it all out. will post more shortly.

Ok pics of tranny crossmember i made and some of the clutch master cylinder mounting. I lowered the fuse box 1-1/2. Once I Get all the mechanical working and driving good I will pull this all back apart to weld in fill and paint.
Will post linkage shortly

I try to do as much as I can to build my own stuff vs buying!
The damn kits are HIGHER then Girraffe P......................

Keep the pictures coming bro.

Wow two projects on the go, very nice. Again like i mentioned in the other thread try posting your pictures as stated on the sticky on how to post pictures, makes things a lot easier to see.

Look forward to reading about this project too.

I like to build whatever I can also! I'm too cheap to pay some of the prices these places are asking on parts. If I can make or adapt things from junkyard cars, then that's just money saved for other areas!

If you use a Fbody shifter, it will come up in the center of an automatic console. Instead of paying out the nose for a console and a shifter made to come up in the factory manual location. It looks better to me.

ok lets see if I got this right? Try one???
Anyway as she sat when I pulled it in from austin
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