66 Project (Pro Driver?)

[67-ls1]

Air intake plenum behind drivers headlight.
Pypes 2.5” system with 50 series Flowmasters.

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I’m playing with a front spoiler design. This is still a work in progress. I put it in a jig and heated the crap out of it. It helped some but I probably needed to be more aggressive with the bends and heat.

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So after driving a few thousand miles and lowering the car a little more, the driveshaft rubbed the floor when carrying a passenger. I had already enlarged the trans tunnel and the forward part of the driveshaft tunnel but didn’t go back far enough.
So I’ve gutted the interior again and cut the floor out from the trans output flange all the way back to where it kicks up to the trunk.

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Cutout all the way to the back and now the tunnel is going back in. The tunnel under the back seat is flat topped to make the seat frame mods easier. Hopefully.
The complete tunnel will give me just under 3” more inches of clearance.
I’m still working on this so I’ll post more pics as I progress.
I still need to build a mount for the shifter and a mount for the custom console. A stock console would never fit these new floor boards.
And I’ll need to strip the rear seat back down to a bare frame and modify the frame to clear the new larger tunnel.

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I have literally 1000’s of additional pics if anyone wants anymore detailed photos of any aspect of my project. Or just questions...

[67-ls1]

I’ve carefully removed the upholstrey from the back seat to modify the seat frame to clear the new taller driveshaft tunnel. The frame is 3/16” rod so I fab’d up some pieces 2” taller and welded them in. The front edge where the upholstrey attaches with hog rings I fab’d up by shrinking, stretching and welding a piece of 18 gauge.

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Added Dynamat to the new sections of tunnel and i’m starting the carpet process. The new tunnel is so tall I had to cut the carpet down the middle otherwise it wouldn’t reach the door sills. I’ll seam in another piece forward of and behind the console.

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Buttoned up the carpet and custom console. Ready for a front end alignment and back on the road.

[chevymaher]

Looking good there.

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Finished up my front air dam.
I made plates to mount it behind the bumper. I thought it would look better back a bit from the bumpers edge.
It also peaks in the center and fades back to the sides and wheel wells.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted it black or body color so I sprayed it white with peeling paint. More like a lower valance. I can peel it off it I didn’t like it.
What do you guys think, black or body color?