1963 bonneville Safari rebuild

[64 kiwi boni]

That’s a good days work done !!! 
now time to refill that trans fluid !!!!

I must say , all the years I used this thing!!!!

THIS has to be the greatest invention since Pontiac’s !!!!

 

Edited September 15 by 64 kiwi boni

[Fitzy]

Beer? Yep - I agree.

Why is the Boss's electric toothbrush in your workshop? You're gonna put her head in the vice and give her chompers the cleaning they deserve? Hard core.

[Wrongway]

Great progress bro! I've been waiting to see you start this! DAMN I'm excited!!! 

[64 kiwi boni]

6 minutes ago, Wrongway said:

Great progress bro! I've been waiting to see you start this! DAMN I'm excited!!! 

I know !!! It’s all the bosses fault ! She made me do other crap !!! 
I really enjoyed  getting this engine out and prepped … heaps more to do and it will take time but !!!! I have started 

8 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

Beer? Yep - I agree.

Why is the Boss's electric toothbrush in your workshop? You're gonna put her head in the vice and give her chompers the cleaning they deserve? Hard core.

Pfft 

you haven’t got a Milwaukee 3/8 have you !!!

it’s the best tooth brush ever !!! 😜😜😜😜😜

Edited September 15 by 64 kiwi boni

[Wrongway]

Bout damn time! Tell the boss no more "crap" jobs till after the engine mockup is done! Then post picks of the mockup and both black eyes 

[Fitzy]

I can't afford Milwaukee so I gots a Ryobi one. They are brilliant.

[64 kiwi boni]

14 minutes ago, Wrongway said:

Bout damn time! Tell the boss no more "crap" jobs till after the engine mockup is done! Then post picks of the mockup and both black eyes 

This is the bosses wagon 

so she’s excited about me getting on with it …. I can’t let on that , I love this shit !!! 
building is my favourite !! 

Edited September 15 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

14 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

I can't afford Milwaukee so I gots a Ryobi one. They are brilliant.

You know that’s the Prius of ratchets aye 

[JUSTA6]

6 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Dam trans fluids leaking again !!!!! Pffft 

Dextron ATF???

[B52bombardier1]

Don't forget to grab the drive-by-wire electronic throttle pedal and its Throttle Actuator Control module, if equipped.  I have also not seen the PCM, BCM or TCM in any of your pictures - plus their harnesses - grab all three.  I presume its an E38 PCM and HP Tuners should easily support making that work for you.

A 6L80E.  Wow!! Definitely grab the transmission cooler radiator thing for it plus the hoses.   See what the Holden uses for a transmission crossmember and take it from the donor - it could be handy later.  

Rick

 

[64 kiwi boni]

17 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

Don't forget to grab the drive-by-wire electronic throttle pedal and its Throttle Actuator Control module, if equipped.  I have also not seen the PCM, BCM or TCM in any of your pictures - plus their harnesses - grab all three.  I presume its an E38 PCM and HP Tuners should easily support making that work for you.

A 6L80E.  Wow!! Definitely grab the transmission cooler radiator thing for it plus the hoses.   See what the Holden uses for a transmission crossmember and take it from the donor - it could be handy later.  

Rick

 

yip grabbed all that Rick 👍

my sparky will unlock the ecu, remove the vats and put a tune in it and its a simple 4 wire loom to hook up.

JustA add a pic 

 

Edited September 16 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

17 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

Don't forget to grab the drive-by-wire electronic throttle pedal and its Throttle Actuator Control module, if equipped.  I have also not seen the PCM, BCM or TCM in any of your pictures - plus their harnesses - grab all three.  I presume its an E38 PCM and HP Tuners should easily support making that work for you.

A 6L80E.  Wow!! Definitely grab the transmission cooler radiator thing for it plus the hoses.   See what the Holden uses for a transmission crossmember and take it from the donor - it could be handy later.  

Rick

 

I grabbed the trans cross member as I recon I can make it work 

these 6L80e trans are wayyy taller so i will be fabricating up a whole new tunnel i expect 

but i do like the idea of 6 forward cogs for a cruiser 

[Wrongway]

  

[64 kiwi boni]

who says pop cant muti task !!!!!

we have 2 of our grandies for the whole weekend !!! so i put them to good use !!!!

today is chassis out day !!!!

and my 6 year old grandy likes using my Milwaukee ratchet !!!

 

 

We got the wagon in the garage and prepped for the lift 

Including marking the fire wall on the chassis 

Edited September 21 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

Come on guys !!!!

can you all give me a lift !!! Fitzy Frosty Joe JustA  Two lane  Andy Rick Del Paul !!!

Don’t mind the site foreman !!!!

Had to pull the gas tank justA find a place to lift from !!!

And we are out 

And the body is on a old trailer I bought justA for this job ! 

Edited September 21 by 64 kiwi boni

[Wrongway]

Hell yeah bro, looks like you earned a beer today! 

[64 kiwi boni]

Cheers wrongway 

Hay wrongway 

you know how you had issues with your bonnet ? 
take a look at these pics i took  today !!!!

as soon as i saw the 5mm spacer under the bottom plate of the bonnet hinge , i thought of you !!!!!

Did your hinges have that spacer ??????

[64 kiwi boni]

Check out the sticker on the side window of the Safari …

[Ringo64]

15 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Child labor is illegal over here in the states. Guess not over in Kiwi land 😛  

Good to get them enjoying it early! Well done!

[64 kiwi boni]

9 hours ago, Ringo64 said:

Child labor is illegal over here in the states. Guess not over in Kiwi land 😛  

Good to get them enjoying it early! Well done!

Does it count that we feed and watered them ? 

My grand son loves hands on work ... like his dad, i am simply training him for his first pontiac bulid , when he fits a hydrogen ice into his 68 gto when he gets the loan to buy the shell, works on it for the next  30 years and gets it complide for driving on the road 

 

right now !!! lets enjoy our fossel fuel , beacuse we are the last to be aloud to use it !!!

Edited September 22 by 64 kiwi boni

[Wrongway]

22 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Did your hinges have that spacer ??????

I did have a washer/spacer on that bolt. I found that the threads in that hole were messed up and the bolt wouldn't go in all the way. After running a tap through the hole, it threaded in justa fine. 

[64 kiwi boni]

Guys, i am looking for a solution for my efi in the 63 !

i need help finding a in tank pump kit that will suit the up inside the rear quarter tank, basically i have a vertical gas tank 

any one done a in tank  hi pressure pump on one of these ? 

[B52bombardier1]

Have you thought about an inline, 60 PSI fuel pump from Walbro?  Earlier, you mentioned a Tanks, Inc unit?  No luck there?

Rick

[64 kiwi boni]

9 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

Have you thought about an inline, 60 PSI fuel pump from Walbro?  Earlier, you mentioned a Tanks, Inc unit?  No luck there?

Rick

Rick, i cant seem to get hold of tanks inc ! web sites no working, emailed them and it bounced back !!

[B52bombardier1]

It works from here . . . . 

 

https://www.tanksinc.com/

 

Rick