progress on project

[bigdsr56]

Just a quick update. Just about done under hood. Motor's running fine. Welded up a mini console for shifter to sit on so I can grab gears better. Next week will bolt seats down & put new seat covers on. Slowly but surely!

[Bakas]

looks good! Nice and clean under the hood, I like the shifter jacked up like that im thinking of doing that with mine. When are we gonna see some time slips??

[s101982]

Made a mount like that for mine out of aluminum several years ago. Helped a ton as far as comfort at the track. No more reaching down to the floor to shift.

[Ryoung68]

Lookin good, must be a common problem with those Edelbrock valve covers, the fake Allen head plugs don't stay in very long, I have to keep some in the shop to replace those that pop out.

[wild572s10]

nice clean job and looks good

[inou2]

That is one clean engine bay! Looks great!

[HardinValleyMagic]

Looking clean!! Keep us posted!

[RONSTPIS10]

looking good nice clean underhood

[harleyboy]

lokks badazz man keep us posted.

[XTEN]

Looks good Big.Very sanitary.

[bigdsr56]

Thanks to all. It's no looker like all of your's, but I'm having a blast!

[HardinValleyMagic]

That makes it all worth while then. As long as you take pride in your ride!

[BigMean]

Look'n good Big! Like that shifter mod! Is that a Hurst quarter stick shifter? Clean angine inst!

[bigdsr56]

Yep, that's a Hurst Quarter-stick. Made about like B&M Pro-stick. I traded a V8 Vega motor mount kit that I've had forever for the shifter. I have always liked to keep my engine compartments clean & very simple. Looking under this hood looks no more different than any Chevelles,etc. that I've built over the years. Simplicity means less work & upkeep later on. Many thanks tho. More pics next week.

[manyfire]

looks great, feel like a student looking at all of your work, I wish i had half the talent.

[Bakas]

Just a quick update. Just about done under hood. Motor's running fine. Welded up a mini console for shifter to sit on so I can grab gears better. Next week will bolt seats down & put new seat covers on. Slowly but surely!

I just noticed your radiator brackets, I like that idea, more pics please.

[bigdsr56]

Thanks Manyfire! Old truck won't be too bad for a budget backyard build. There's plenty other guys on here that know a lot more than I do. So, you'll always be learning something new. I have on here for sure. Bakas, the radiator brackets are just some more of my "southern backyard ingenuity". Built a bunch of '55-'57 Chevys over the years & always cut the center of the radiator support out so you don't have to pull everything off next time you pull the engine. Just unbolt the center part & radiator & slide the motor/trans right thru. Besides, you can learn a lot just looking at all the pics on this site. Some really neat stuff been built on here.