'66 Malibu N/SA - Page 5

Dwight Southerland · 07-05-2015, 06:25 PM

You need a washer and a longer spring. Somebody sold a kit back in the time before time.

Mark Yacavone · 07-05-2015, 07:15 PM

You just chop the wire thing off where the spring hooks to it and use the same spring.
Toss the adjuster ,and run the bottom spring from shoe to shoe, across the star wheel.
Like the price of doing it that way.

Dave Muller · 07-05-2015, 07:42 PM

Ah, I understand. Probably one of these days I'll do that. But there's a ton of stuff above it on my to-do list.

Dave Muller · 07-27-2015, 05:19 PM

It's amazing how many hours I can spend on bodywork with very little visual impact to show for it. But things have been moving along on this project.

I think I'm finally just about done with the patch panel on the left quarter:

I've also started fabricating the back firewall. Template made and transferred to sheet steel, which has now been trimmed.

And here's the third piece getting a test fitting:

Finally, I've started on the ignition and other wiring. here's the plate that will mount the main components:

The terminal strips will have all the connections out where I can get to them easily for emergency repairs. That's a bit of paranoia I picked up a few years back when my ignition switch locked up in the staging lanes at Las Vegas. Fortunately it was running and I was being called out to the water box, so I was okay for the moment. But when I got back to my pit space I had to kill the fuel pump and wait for it to run out of gas. Then I had to dig into the factory wiring harness.

I've let myself get distracted enough, now it's time to get back to body work. So it'll likely be a few weeks before there's anything new worth looking at.

impstocker · 07-27-2015, 05:46 PM

Dave I agree with the hours spent on body work just to make the car "allright" With my build of my 1965 Impala I am not a professional body guy so had to work slower. Since it is just a race car and not a show car I just did the best i can do. I cant afford to have someone else paint my car, that money has to go into other race parts!

Nice build !

Will Lamprecht
1965 Impala Div 1 i/sa IN PROGRESS.

Dave Muller · 07-27-2015, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by impstocker

Dave I agree with the hours spent on body work just to make the car "allright" With my build of my 1965 Impala I am not a professional body guy so had to work slower. Since it is just a race car and not a show car I just did the best i can do. I cant afford to have someone else paint my car, that money has to go into other race parts!

Nice build !

Will Lamprecht
1965 Impala Div 1 i/sa IN PROGRESS.

Thanks! I'm in the same boat, even doing body and paint myself I'm still on track to be several thousand $ over budget. As with my bracket car, it'll be a work horse, not a show pony. But it should look pretty decent. And it's not the first paint job I've done, just the first one in 30 years! (Yikes, I'm gettin' old!!!)

HandOverFist · 07-28-2015, 01:27 AM

You might have some misfire issues with that coil so close to the MSD box...I tried that myself years ago and it did not like it.

Dave Muller · 07-28-2015, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by HandOverFist

You might have some misfire issues with that coil so close to the MSD box...I tried that myself years ago and it did not like it.

Hmmm... Well, it could always go on the other side of the firewall. Or just higher up on the inside, there's some room to spare in that area.

HandOverFist · 07-28-2015, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Muller

Hmmm... Well, it could always go on the other side of the firewall. Or just higher up on the inside, there's some room to spare in that area.

That is what I ended up doing. The plate was mounted in the passenger floorboard and I moved the coil to the engine bay firewall.

Mark Yacavone · 07-28-2015, 12:28 PM

Rich, What was the specific problem ?
I've built several cars that way.
Maybe the digital deal won't do it, whatever it was.

07-05-2015, 06:25 PM	#41
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 1,980 Likes: 52 Liked 724 Times in 177 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA You need a washer and a longer spring. Somebody sold a kit back in the time before time. __________________

07-05-2015, 07:15 PM	#42
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,414 Likes: 2,581 Liked 4,447 Times in 1,693 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA You just chop the wire thing off where the spring hooks to it and use the same spring. Toss the adjuster ,and run the bottom spring from shoe to shoe, across the star wheel. Like the price of doing it that way. __________________ We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for..... Will Rogers

07-05-2015, 07:42 PM	#43
Dave Muller Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 491 Likes: 157 Liked 221 Times in 71 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA Ah, I understand. Probably one of these days I'll do that. But there's a ton of stuff above it on my to-do list.

07-27-2015, 05:19 PM	#44
Dave Muller Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 491 Likes: 157 Liked 221 Times in 71 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA It's amazing how many hours I can spend on bodywork with very little visual impact to show for it. But things have been moving along on this project. I think I'm finally just about done with the patch panel on the left quarter: I've also started fabricating the back firewall. Template made and transferred to sheet steel, which has now been trimmed. And here's the third piece getting a test fitting: Finally, I've started on the ignition and other wiring. here's the plate that will mount the main components: The terminal strips will have all the connections out where I can get to them easily for emergency repairs. That's a bit of paranoia I picked up a few years back when my ignition switch locked up in the staging lanes at Las Vegas. Fortunately it was running and I was being called out to the water box, so I was okay for the moment. But when I got back to my pit space I had to kill the fuel pump and wait for it to run out of gas. Then I had to dig into the factory wiring harness. I've let myself get distracted enough, now it's time to get back to body work. So it'll likely be a few weeks before there's anything new worth looking at. Last edited by Dave Muller; 07-07-2017 at 09:55 PM.

07-27-2015, 05:46 PM	#45
impstocker Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wingdale, NY Posts: 302 Likes: 27 Liked 54 Times in 16 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA Dave I agree with the hours spent on body work just to make the car "allright" With my build of my 1965 Impala I am not a professional body guy so had to work slower. Since it is just a race car and not a show car I just did the best i can do. I cant afford to have someone else paint my car, that money has to go into other race parts! Nice build ! Will Lamprecht 1965 Impala Div 1 i/sa IN PROGRESS.

07-28-2015, 01:27 AM	#47
HandOverFist VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 1,655 Likes: 8 Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA You might have some misfire issues with that coil so close to the MSD box...I tried that myself years ago and it did not like it. __________________ Rich Taylor I/SA - 321

07-28-2015, 12:28 PM	#50
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,414 Likes: 2,581 Liked 4,447 Times in 1,693 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA Rich, What was the specific problem ? I've built several cars that way. Maybe the digital deal won't do it, whatever it was. __________________ We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for..... Will Rogers