Next up I sand blasted the slapper bars to get all the paint off, primed the bare metal and restored them back to yellow. These bars have been on the car since the early 70's and were in real nice shape. I soaked the hardware for a day to remove the old paint and then wire wheeled all the hardware before thread chasing everything. They are now freshly restored with new decals added, and the bars are being reinstalled later today.

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Once I finish installing the rear end and trial fitting some Cragar's, I'll probably do the front sub frame and restore the brake lines and power booster setup. Next to that I'll have to figure out what to do with the tunnel. P/O added this aluminum tin to close up the holes from the previous Ramrod shifter and popped this aluminum cover on with a bunch of pop rivets. Not exactly my style so last night...off it came.

If I run a factory shifter I'll section in some sheet metal and and weld in in nicely. I'm not really sure what shifter I'm going to run quite yet, and may go back to the Ramrod if I can get it rebuilt first. In either case this area will require some cleanup as a minimum. That could include welding up a bunch of drilled holes from many different shift boots having been installed. It's moving along nicely now.

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Thanks for the update! I love watching your progress with this car.

Are all those holes really just from different shifters?

I can only assume the holes are from different boots, relocation's, and likely a few cover plates added over the years where things were reconfigured.

One thing is certain, I'll be the guy to cleans it up and sets it right once I decide what shifter I'll be running. I have an M22 supercase to run in the car but still unsure if the Ramrod will be used with it. I actually want a Jerico trans but that will wait until another project.

Great progress Graeme. I vote for the Ramrod!

Roger that Damien. I'll mock this M-22 up on the bench and connect the Ramrod soon. I can then check it's operations before making the final choice. In the meantime I was banging away at the car again today and finished up the back end. Just need to flush and reinstall the tank here tonight and then I'm onto the front of the car.

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T-bolts for the front eye holes with J-Bolts in rear holes.

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Original drums were thin so I added some new ones. Old ones are now stored.

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For those who wanted to see them, Cragar's are now on the car.

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J-bolts mounted through the inner rear holes (factory position)

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Here's the 12 bolt after cleaning it all up and reinstalling it.

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Added some new Munroe shocks and will try them out.

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And there's the money shot. Car sits nice right now and lips are rolled.

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And here are the Lakewood's before adjusting the the front bumpers.

Great progress Graeme - looking just great! :3gears::3gears::3gears:

Thanks Sam. I took a few cues from the work you did on your beautiful Chevelle. It's fun seeing it take shape here, that's for sure.

Still banging away at the Nova here while it's freezing outside. Stored the front brakes away while adding some after market parts so it passes an upcoming safety inspection. The old booster was removed years ago and I couldn't find an original in time so I mounted the Chinese one for now. I know the cam I have won't make any vacuum but I was after the stock look so this is it for the time being. I'm also going to install a vacuum pump and stash it in behind the battery so I have enough vacuum for power brakes.

Cragar's are mounted up, new hard lines are complete, and I only have a couple short links to make at the hold off valve before bleeding the brakes this week. Installed the new heater core, finished up some work under the dash and started laying out some wiring for the engine bay. I found a new cowl panel since the old one was welded up and also took the fenders to my painter to cut the rust out of the bottom corners. He snuck them in for me and did a decent job of blending the paint, although the camera and lighting make it look more silver in the pictures. I'll get them back today but still have a weeks work left before they go on. Getting close to dropping the engine and trans in before fixing up the tunnel area. Finally, I mounted this NOS green line tach and the converted digital EB-9A box on the firewall. Still need to find a couple green line gauges for oil pressure, vacuum and temp. I'll mount those under dash when I find a set.

Because I love pressure, it's entered in for the World of Wheels in 2 weeks so I have to finish it up in two weeks. Thought it might be a fun car to throw into the Calgary show for the locals who appreciate old street cars. Hoping to finish the roll bar, tow tabs amd DS loop before then too.

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These should help it stop.

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4" Cragar's mounted up with Firestone 6.40' up front

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Cleaned up the sub frame and got all the hard lines ran. Only a couple left to plumb at the master now.

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Anyone have a couple green line gauges for under the dash they'd want to sell?

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Holding up the freshly painted cowl panel to show the color match to fenders.

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At this angle the blow ins look lighter, but he assured me it's closer than the picture appears?

Yeah Graeme, looking good!!! Keep ‘em coming!! :burnout: