... dang, if I was just a betting man! LOL

Great story so far. Keep it up.

Ms Grumpy - I'm making a lot of compromises with this one as it will never be the factory Black on Black bench seat LS6/M22 car with no stripes I'd like it to be. One day after everything is paid for and I have no debt... or I find someone to give me a classic car loan :oP

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Here is the 4 speed with the early style shifter that isn't correct for this car. I'm in the process of looking for a Hurst Competition Plus shifter with a bench seat handle. I don't plan on running a console in this car.

This pic also shows how bad the chrome on my bumpers are too.

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Here is a shot of the shifter location mocked up on the trans, I'm missing the shifter mounting plate so the placement is off. I might just pick up a plate and see how this lines up in the car for the time being unless I find someone to trade. I need to make some time to go to the swap meets.

Looks like its going to be a good project. Keep the pictures coming as you go along.

Ray

Just a little update- got a Bellhousing out of a 1970 Nova for a big clutch, not the 621 but has more clearance than the 403 or 383 housing. I got the 454 flywheel with a GM Valeo clutch kit. It looks like the next chance I get to spend a little money it'll be on the 4 speed pedal conversion. I got a floor shift steering column that has the top end gutted on it, I'll have to either swap ober my ignition and turn signal stuff or start fresh out of the catalog. After that it will be a matter of hooking up the neutral safety switch and reverse lights. This is where I wish I had a lift in my garage.

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Here is a shot after some light cleaning and getting the bellhousing on. I got the other stuff still in the boxes and I'll have to remember to snap some pics while i'm working. I usually forget to stop and take pictures when i'm working on something. I don't like to stop once i'm moving along. I had to do a water pump in one of my Suburbans last night so it kept me from my night job. I played around with some stuff afterwards on the Chevelle.

The shadow came out pretty cool looking IMO. At this point i'm just waiting on getting my shifter mounting plate to correctly install everything. I'm debating on just getting everything together in the car for now and then later on in time pulling everything apart to detail it when it comes time for bodywork. I'm trying to keep from doing a frame-off resto on this one.

No pictures at the moment but I pulled the engine and trans, got the new clutch kit and flywheel all ready to install. Next month I'll be getting the clutch pedal kit when/if my budget allows. The engine is strong so I'm just going to do the rear main seal, Oil pan gasket, and front timing cover seal and gasket. I'll paint the block and accessories and then drop on a decent set of valve covers once I get it bolted in. I'm sticking with my old Hooker Super Comp headers for now because with the exception of a little surface rust they are very solid and the flanges are in great condition. I got a 5 gallon bucket of heavy duty degreaser from a supplier that deals with my job. This stuff is great! It'll even take off some of the paint if it sits on long enough. After using the cleaner, I'm going over everything with regular dawn dish soapy water so I don't have any paint adhesion issues. Over the years I stocked up a good supply of factory GM OEM hardware to replace some of the crap that has been changed over the years even though the car is fairly original. I'm doing a Delco 12SI alternator conversion in the process. I'm also playing with the idea of piecing together a factory serpentine belt setup similar to the style used in the mid-late 80's GM trucks. I already got the crankshaft water pump and alternator pulleys, and I'll retain the V-belts for the power steering pump and AC compressor but I'm still undecided with this. Whatever I do, I just want it to look as factory as possible. I'm going to be converting over to the GM large cap HEI ignition also.