Mike'sincorrect66

Roy,
You are making this look too easy. One thing I now now about doing a body-off resto. It takes 3 people, 1 to operate the lift, 1 to guide the body, and 1 to take pictures. I feel like I've been standing in your driveway watching you! Thanks for all the pix, they are much appreciated.

Mike

67-427ci

Thanks Mike. It was a perfect weather day today so I mounted the wheels, rolled it outside and sprayed inside all the frame rails with a rust converter. While I was at it I washed the crud off the garage floor. The U-CoatIt floor sure cleans up nicely. The frame is complete now so I think I will mount the engine & drive train this week. That will give me some more floor space so I can swap positions with the body & frame.
Roy

Stingray1967

Roy,

Awesome job, you are doing what I'll be doing over the next months. Just got started this month on my body off resto of the rolling chassis.

Thanks for the pics, you do nice work!

Chris

67-427ci

Tonight my friend Mike came over and we got the engine and new Keisler TKO-600 5-speed installed (thanks Mike). I had to shim the rear motor mount 3/32" so the rear transmission housing would clear the cross-member. I will be curious to see how the clearances are after I get the body back on. Dialing-in the bell housing was a real pain. I had to use .007" offset dowel pins and even with that it took a lot of adjusting to get the total runout within .005". I can imagine how hard this would have been working under the car. With the body off it was pretty easy.
Roy

6T5C2

I've been following your thread since the start of the body off. Thanks for the pictures and great updates along the way. I really do feel like I'm there watching all the progress. Your car is awesome!

67-427ci

I pushed the chassis aside today and started looking at the body. The first thing I noticed during my inspection was some crud hanging out of the front cowl drain holes. I started working at it with a wire and was shocked at what came out. This should make a huge difference in how wet my carpets get in the rain.
Roy

Left Picture - Drivers side
Right Picture - Passenger side

67-427ci

I had some pretty bad carbon buildup on the back of my intake valves due to sucking oil through the intake gasket. I pulled the heads and took them to a machine shop today. They are going to dissassemble the heads, clean & reface the valves, boil the heads, remove all carbon & install a positive sealing valve seal (has umbrella seals now). Price is going to be $125 to $150.
Roy

drewdog66vette

also, love the web cam. great job, you have wayyyyy more patience than i do. wish i could do same thing. everytime my car goes on a lift for work i always spend some time with rust converter going over every spot i can. usually fumigate the inside of the frame through those small holes in the frame. i have spent a bunch on those cans of rust converter. but cheaper than pulling body off. and it is up on lift anyway. one thing i did as well was use shop vac with small attachment to suck all the junk out of frame. amazing the amount of small stuff that gets in there. my mechanic hated me after about 30 minutes, but hey, gotta keep your frame clean.

67-427ci

Gary Ramadei (forum member grt1999) is rebuilding my steering box. I should have it back later this week. Here are some of the pictures he has sent me. It sure looks better compared to what I sent him.
Roy

redonred

What a well executed paln!!!
Excellent photos -takes you right through lift off.
Thanks for the great postings!!!!!!!!!

67-427ci

Just got an email from Gary and the steering box is finished. I should have it back in a few days. Here are a few pic's of the finished product.
Roy

Venari

Mmmmm, that new rebuild smell.

Lookin' good.

Mark.

(With apologies to 'Robots.)

67-427ci

I did not have a lot of time to work on it this weekend, but I did get a few things done. Pulled the wiring harness from the front end along with the grille and the grille mounting brackets. Whoever worked on this prior to me took a lot of shortcuts. The grille mounting brackets were not held on with rivets. They had round machine screws (that were too small) without washers and were barely secure (I am replacing the brackets and using rivets). I even found a few metric bolts on the support brackets and there were no rubber bushings on the headlight motor support brackets (one bracket was not even connected). I also removed the radiator core support which I will sand blast and paint with POR-15.
Roy

TeamTruett

About the por-15, what finish are you using and are you using "Metal Prep" first. They have only glossy and semi gloss finishes. I wish they had a satin.

67-427ci

My car is a driver and will never be judged. I used the standard POR-15. Personally I like the glossy finish. I use metal prep on surfaces I do not sand blast. When the metal is sand blasted you do not need it.
Roy

67-427ci

My steering box came back from rebuild by Gary Ramadei (forum member gtr1999). He returned it with complete documentation of his work process, condition of the parts and spec's he set everything to, along with installation instructions. His communication during the rebuild process is excellent and he made a followup call to me today after I received it (I don't believe you will get these personal touches from some of the big name rebuilders). Thanks Gary.
Roy

67-427ci

Got my heads back from the machine shop today and they look new again. All the black gooey carbon is gone (from sucking oil throught the intake). While they were apart I had them touch up the valve faces & seats. They also machined the valve guides to install positive sealing valve seals instead of the standard umbrella seals. I'll get them installed this weekend and paint the upper half of the engine.
Roy

Corbrastang

That's a neat looking lower clutch rod-fully adjustable etc.
BTW, the car is looking great!

67-427ci

Cobrastang: Thanks for the comment. The clutch linkage is from SpeedDirect.com. It has spherical bearings on both the upper & lower rods and both are fully adjustable. In my opinion it smoothed out the clutch pedal movement a bit.
Roy

67-427ci

Today I got the heads installed along with the exhaust manifolds and side pipes. Still need to adjust the valves and install the intake manifold and carbs. After that I think the rolling chassis is pretty much complete. Now I can concentrate on the body wiring, etc. I also sand blasted the radiator core support. It would not fit in my blast cabinet so I borrowed a portable sand blast machine and did it outside. That sure was a mess and it really went through the blast media. FYI, 94 labor hours as of today.
Roy