Awesome, how does the air chamber align with the air cleaner base?

 

That is going to be one awesome ride. You will love the OD tranny. The Keisler will make the car a pleasure to drive. Keep us posted on your progress.

 

No hood yet. Want to finish all the wrenching in there before I drop in on. Frankly, I'm scared to try it! If my fingers weren't so sore, I'd cross them.

 

No new pictures, but I wanted to mention that I've got everything but the Spal and MSD wiring done. Should be driving this weekend.

Did the headers and sidepipes Wed and Thurs. Went well. Needed to trim a bit on the driver's side rocker, but no biggy. The headers fit just right. No hammering needed.

Did the clutch linkage this morning. Piece of cake. Pedal effort with the Centerforce II is very light, IMO. I was expecting a LOT heavier pedal. It's actually lighter than the stock 307ci clutch in my '69 pickup.

Also dropped the hood on just to see if it would fit. It does. Couldn't ask for better. The gasket on the cleaner base compresses about 1/2". Big weight off my shoulders. That's been nagging at me since I bought the Stealth intake...

Counted the revs on the Diff, too. 2.73. Man, that's low. I checked it twice, though. My car is a factory 4 speed L-36. The 2.73 isn't supposed to be an option except for the automatic. Somebody must have swapped it years ago. Looks like I'll need to get in there after all. Next winter I guess I'll drop in a Torsen diff and 3.50 gears.

 

Chris,

I did similar. I used foil tape then the insulated mat (foil backed from JCWhitney). I also have Zeroclearance under the car. I almost glued in some wood in those grooves. Instead I put down some sound deadener tiles (too expensive). They are 1/16" thick and also quite it down. I also put those under the footwells and lined the battery box and the area over the pumpkin. They cost $25 for 6 squares (12"x12") but really do quiet down the interior. Putting the rods in will definitely stiffen up the cargo floor.

In hindsight I might have got a 1/16 sheet of aluminium and put it in. Very little wieght and would stiffen the floor right up. You could glue or rivet it down.

 

CG I don't understand you said you named it MISN427 because someone stole the drive train the day before you picked up the car, then you said you've had the car since you were 2, just curious, and lost

 

My mom bought the car in '76 or '77. I was born in '74. The car has been in various states of disrepair over the years. At one time, my dad and I totally rebuilt it. That was in the eighties. I was about 10 or 12. Shortly before that, my parents were divorced. Dad got the car because mom wanted out fast and clean...no long legal battles. I lived with my mom. Dad never remarried and we didn't have what you would call a good relationship after the divorce. Rebuilding the car with him was the first and last thing he ever did with me. The years passed and I grew up, moved away, got married, had kids, etc. I never saw the car after about 1990. Dad moved it into a warehouse basement that the family has owned since the 50's. The upstairs of the storage area is a carpet store. They rented from us. My dad died this past January and left a very vague will. There were many thousands of items in the estate since dad was a business owner. It took several months to sort through everything since he was a sort of hermit. There was no logical filing system and no personal experience from which to draw since it had been 15 years prior that anyone in the family had dealt with him intimately. In the time between his death and the time we got everything identified and allocated, the car was stolen and stripped by the upstairs tenant's brother. As coincidence would have it, the theft took place exactly one day before I went to pick up the car. I had gone on a Thrus to arrange to pick it up the next day. When I got there, the building was locked. Ended up having to get it on the following saturday (one day later than I'd intended). When I got there, the car was stripped. I knew it wasn't intact because I'd helped rebuild it years earlier and then during the property walk-throughs and appraisals, we ran across it and did a close inspection of it for estate valuation.

Easy, huh?

 

Thanks you cured my curiosity (or noseyness)

 

---Quick update---

The '68 is on the road. It's NOT done; not by a long shot. But, it IS on the road. Took it out yesterday for the first drive. Great weather.

Front calipers are leaking pretty bad. They looked brand new. I guess 15 years of disuse dried out the seals. I'll have to research that a bit. Hadn't planned on doing the brakes. The rotors still have the factory machining swirls on them...

Blew the water pump pulley off last night. Sheared off at the mounting bolts. Must have been fatigue. Slipped a new one on and she ran like a champ for about 100 miles today.

No speedo. Waiting on Keisler.

No tach. not sure what's happening there. The cable turns the gauge and the dist. drive socket is turning...must be the joint between the two.

It stays a steady 180 (stat setting) on the highway and 195 (fan setting) idling in the driveway.