Andy H

Yeah and that was the discussion,it will last. The radiator guy claimed that the aluminum ones last 2-4 years and can't be repaired so he had stopped selling them. And now we are playing with wires

So i pulled the radiator out and took it to the local radiator shop, yes there is a few left, this guy has been at the same location for 49 years started with his dad when he was 17. So radiator core old/ tired no good so my choices was $370 coldcase aluminum radiator from Summit or std 4 row recore $600 or 4 row high efficiency core recore $700. Ugh🙄 Decided to go with the high efficiency core and just bite the bullet, like my buddy said you can never have to much cooling especially since I'm in So Cal and i have an A/C car. Back on to wiring.

Yes, i like the wiring clean, like my buddy says cable management 😉

Got some stuff done,had a hard time getting the fitting for the pump and when I got it was to short, the oring at the bottom of the fitting is supposed to seal but it didn't reach, believe the fitting is for an Chevy LS conversion. Plan B was to put on an oring with a aluminum washer around it at the top and it's working so far. Installed the breaker, big disconnect relay and made the battery cables, also installed the cube relay's for the horn and headlights but still need to Wire those, have to fit one more relay somewhere for ignition also. Fired it up and it works great but found out that the radiator has a small leak do it has to come out, not to many radiator shops around anymore but we have one close by so have to see what he says.

Nice, that really came out good.

Found these ground straps on Amazon and s few more things i need. My plan is to rework the stock harness with some relay's for headlights and ignition for now and hopefully do a complete rewire later on. Might be a little bit got a house project that snow balled a little bit, was just suppose to be a fairly quick sand and paint job but turned into a medium termite repair job. Got the battery tray bolted in last weekend and it made it down the street and back so that's a good morale booster.

That is a nice piece, basically same thing i did but you don't have to go out and hunt down a donor air cleaner, didn't see a price?

I think that is pretty much what my plan is for now,

Perfect,at least all this gives me an idea how it's supposed to be, mine is not stock either so i can do my version of this. Found a bunch of ground straps on Amazon.

Got the rubber flaps installed in the wheel well opening, ordered some stainless staples and they fit perfectly. Getting closer to hook up some electrical so a question about where the grounds go. Ground from the battery goes to the block? From the engine to frame and in that case where? Where is the body grounded? The right side inner fender had a small ground strap so it will go back on. There is a lot of paint on everything so if don't run ground wires i know how it is going to be. It might be able to go down the street under it's own power next weekend for a short test drive.

Yes so by the time it's installed you won't see much of the pump but on the other hand if i have a leak and need to top of i have to take s few things apart so hopefully no leaks 😆

It's been a little slow going but got the a/c expansion valve replaced,the evaporator flushed out because when I install the fenders i will be hard to get to it. Painted the inner fenders, mocked up the left side and fabricated a mount for the electric power steering pump I'm going to use, i wasn't sure it was going to fit inside the fender but i think it will work out, have to fill and bleed the system before i bolt it down and install the battery, just ordered the fitting for the pump so hopefully I can use my new stock hose and the return is the same size as the fitting on the pump. I'll have to snap some more pictures over the weekend and post.

Not sure if it's true but I'll have heard that 2 door cars was actually cheaper then the 4 door equivalent back in the day.

Heat, ventilation,A/C all use vacuum on some cars, but yes i know what you mean with don't need heat i Live in So Cal😉

Should be fine, that's how mine is. What else do you need vacuum for? Brakes, distributor and heater/ ventilation?

Looking good, nice when it works right out of the box. Same thing i did with my stock 2bbl air cleaner to make it fit on the Edelbrock. Something else that my friend suggested and something I'm going to try is to install a delay relay for the choke so that it doesn't turn off so soon not so much for the choke but more for the fast idle , this is something he has done on several cars and claim that it makes them more drivable when they are warming up. They sure make you guys jump through hoops 🤯🙄 makes me realize how friggin spoiled we are.

That's kinda where I'm at, i got this Rust-Oleum white that a painter friend of mine is going to help me tweak so it gets closer to my white so i can use it for touch up, we'll see how that goes since I'm not much of a painter/ body guy 😄

Did a little test on the front fender to so see if I could clean up the paint a bit.

Sounds about right,i had to do something similar on the Edelbrock carb and i had the aftermarket intake manifold also so o had to Frankenstein the bracket for the cables also. Does yours have rods for trans and throttle?

Yeah no kidding, my wife's car was hit in a parking lot and it's a 2000 something and what a thin can.

Got a little bit of time today, first coat of black on the fenders. You can really see the crappy body work on the inside when they got painted but we we will have to deal with that another day.

Nice price tag🤯😳

Wire brushed the inside of the fenders and at least got them primered. Found this oil based primer, i was surprised that you could still buy it with all the regulations. Fired the engine up a few times over the weekend and it sounds pretty good, got the narrower belt installed an it definitely works better,

Got a new pump for the compressor because they don't have any spare parts for my old one so back in business but it has been raining pretty bad for the last couple of days and since i have to be out on the driveway I'll have to wait,is supposed to be better this weekend. I'll take the rain over what they have had in the Midwest and on the east coast anytime. I'll have to figure out what and how much to do with the outside of the car, it's not getting painted for now but maybe I can clean it up and make it look a little bit better, I'm no body guy so any Ideas?

Yes it sounds pretty good, ran it again today about a half an hour but since i don't have any sheet metal on in the front i can't drive it so fingers crossed, no on to the fenders and other stuff in the front.