 | Rear view with air shocks removed |
 | The trunk lid is closed in this shot. However, all of the lid adjusters have been removed in the past due to the amount of rust and bondo this car has in it. The lid will not close with all of the adjusters installed |
 | Here are the rear brakes. We found the lug pattern to be 4" in the rear while the fronts are 4.5". If you look closely, you can see the rear springs are painted just in the back area so when you are looking at them from the rear they appear to be new. |
 | Rear brake drum is way beyond specifications and very thin. Next to it you can see the 1" spacer and lug pattern adapter to make the wheels fit. Unfortunately, it made the wheels stick out further that the quarter panel so air shocks had to be installed. |
 | Front brakes. Lug pattern is 4.5" That is why there were adapters installed on the back |
 | Lower control arm bushings are shot. |
 | Nice wiring job. Household wire connectors and burnt factory connectors are not a good sign. In fact the whole dash harness was a mess. |
 | A/C control panel is held in with some electrical wire. Unfortunately, there is no a/c to control! No heat either as NOTHING works in this car. |
 | Horn button is held in by RTV since the clips were broken. |
 | Here is the back of the cluster. No oil pressure lights, dash lamps are glued in with weatherstrip adhesive and masking tape. |
 | The 340 motor had to be removed. Once the headers were removed, we found this heli coil to be half heartedly installed. This was a critical and costly mistake as the seller misrepresented the car. |
 | This "numbers matching" motor is apparently not. Motor is dated July 8, 1969. 4 years before the car was built. |
 | Here is the bottom view of the engine compartment looking up. As you can see, the top part of the engine compartment was painted so it would look good in pictures. The bottom sides of the aprons are rusty. This car was brown originally also. |
 | Owner specified and supplied a rear disc brake setup from Right Stuff Detailing. New axles with the 4.5" pattern were also replaced |
 | Completed view of the rear disc brake installation. These utilize Cadillac Eldorado rear disc brakes that require specific adjustments to make work properly. |
 | Removal of the leaking timing cover reveals a loose timing chain and a nearly worn through fuel pump eccentric. This engine must have a lot of miles on it. |
 | Front brakes and calipers were replaced also |
 | Lower control arms were sand blasted and new bushing pressed in |
 | Here is the ignition switch connector. Burnt and melted. No wonder nothing worked. |
 | Once the cluster was removed one can see the broken dash panel hidden by a trim panel. |
 | Dash has been disassembled for repainting and replacing the harness and a/c components. The brown stuff on the carpet is part of the mouse condos and bathroom remnants we found in the headliner when we removed it.. There was a hole in the headliner above the driver sunvisor for the mice to have a jumping point to get into the headliner and rest comfortably. |
 | Motor has been put back together and repainted. |
 | New Hooker Headers are placed in. This will be a very tight squeeze |
 | Motor has been installed after some degree of persuasion due to the headers. Headers are now being bolted in |
 | Driver side clearances are nonexistent. We had to notch an ear off of the steering box to get the headers to sit. |
 | Pulley and bracket assembly for the accessories are installed. We are updating the engine compartment side of the a/c system by using a new style compressor. It weighs less, will cool more efficiently and will drag substantially less horsepower out of the motor than old Ma Mopar's brick compressor |
 | The new customer provided aluminum radiator does not fit the original shroud as the radiator is smaller than the original We will have to make a closeout panel so the air can be drawn through the radiator properly |
 | We have made panels to close up the space. After seals have been made, the air will drawn through the radiator core properly. |
 | Another view of the radiator and accessories installed. |
 | Customer supplied us with this flimsy plastic gauge panel. We had to make a sheetmetal backing to reinforce it. This panel will replace the factory gauge cluster once finished. We also had to make grounds for the gauges as they were not provided. |
 | Here is the sheetmetal plate we made to reinforce the flimsy plastic panel |
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