Progress report 1981 upgrades
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From: IL, Chicago area.
St. Jude Donor '14-'15-'16
Progress report 1981 upgrades
Well here she sits, pretty much just a body, frame, and rear diff at this point. The goodies start getting put in today.
Here's the old weak heartbeat.....
Here's the new transplant waiting its turn.....
Here are some shots showing most everything stripped out....
and a trailer full of the tired old stock stuff that wont be making its way back into the car......
Then it back to the house where I'll spend the winter upgrading the seats, sound system, installing heat shield/sound insulation, and eliminating the vacuum headlight assembly.
Is it almost spring yet!!??
Here's the old weak heartbeat.....
Here's the new transplant waiting its turn.....
Here are some shots showing most everything stripped out....
and a trailer full of the tired old stock stuff that wont be making its way back into the car......
Then it back to the house where I'll spend the winter upgrading the seats, sound system, installing heat shield/sound insulation, and eliminating the vacuum headlight assembly.
Is it almost spring yet!!??
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Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Hutto Texas
That looks like a ZZ4 that you will be putting in to it. If so that is the best crate SB motor GM has ever made. I put one in a '69 Z28 clone I had awhile back. With a Holly 750 DP and the M-21 4spd it would just fly! You are making great progress. Keep us posted, we look forward to the finish product and test drive report.
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,634
Likes: 15
From: IL, Chicago area.
St. Jude Donor '14-'15-'16
That looks like a ZZ4 that you will be putting in to it. If so that is the best crate SB motor GM has ever made. I put one in a '69 Z28 clone I had awhile back. With a Holly 750 DP and the M-21 4spd it would just fly! You are making great progress. Keep us posted, we look forward to the finish product and test drive report.
The hard part is going to be spending the entire winter just looking at it.
