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Scr8p strikes again! I took my car to him to have a scratch in the hood fixed ...

I asked for a sunroof and he puts in a skylight.

been a long time since i posted in this thread......

haven't been doing much on the r/c side lately, but things are moving along at the shop. here's some pics (crappy cell phone pics) of a 63 impala that's getting close to being done.

"She's real fine..."


Lovin the gasser look

Sooooooo looks like the car your dad built for me

you really like that car don't you?

this is probably my favorite shot of that car.

Yup, that car is 100% my style

Just looked through the thread....man there's some awesome cars here

I too love the 55...I'd say it's of my favs too...

one question tho, what's the tank for in the front?

it's a fuel tank. being as though it's a street car it's not hooked up.

we got the freshly rebuilt 327 back in my dad's 55 chevy. just have to prime it, drop in the distributor, and fire it up.

scr8p wrote:you really like that car don't you?

this is probably my favorite shot of that car.

55olds-thatcher06.jpg

I bet that car is hellaciously loud with open headers, facing down, under the car.

so, we fired up the 409 in the impala (see above pics) today. guess what we found out? the fawking block is cracked.

so now that the car is more or less finished, we get to yank the engine. gotta love it..........

That sucks. I'm guessing you didn't have it Magnafluxed before building?

We didn't build it. It came to us built, painted, setup, dynoed and broken in. All we had to do was put it in the car, install the accesories and make the valve covers you see in the above pic.

It looks like an old repair that failed.

it's hard to see, but the impala has fenderwell headers. we decided to uncork the collectors this afternoon and fire it up.