Got the car running....again! (some pics)

We have had some pretty unusually warm temperatures here in Colorado up until Friday night/Saturday morning, when the temp dropped like a rock.

I knew the cold weather was coming, so I have been working on the car like a mad man before it hit, as my garage is not heated (yet).

As some of you remember, I had the car running a little over a month ago, but the transmission that I picked up was junk. So I bit the bullet and ended up getting a completely rebuilt trans.

I put the new trans in last Monday night.

I left work at noon on Thursday and worked till 11 getting the rest of it put back together (the shifter, hooking up the hydraulic clutch, etc.)

I was off on Friday and worked for another 5 hours trying to get the slave cylinder to bleed, fixing the steering column, added a new steering wheel, and redoing some dash wiring.

Finally as it was getting dark on Friday, I pulled it out of the garage and drove it around the neighborhood a bit. I was a short trip, and except for a small coolant leak, everything seemed to work great and the trans and clutch setup worked great too.

Anyway, I got done just in time. It snowed most of the day Saturday, and the high temp was something like 25. As I write this, 7:30 Sunday evening, its 16 degrees.

So, now its on to the floors and rocker panels. But I will wait till it gets warmer for that!

Here are a few pics.

The trans ready to go in.


The dash.


The dirty old engine, no small blocks here!


Rockers. OUCH!


Next. Drivers floor.


Pass floor.


In the garage.

 

My floor looked like that once.

 

Oh man!! What floor

 

what kind of gauges are those behind that noon tach?

 

They are Autometer. I think they call it their Street Rod series. I liked them because they were the closest I could find to the originals (black background w/white numbers).

The speedo is on the left; on the right I have the gas gauge and voltmeter. I mounted them on a 1/8 thick black plastic sheet, and mounted it behind the dash. That way I could still use the original chrome bezels and glass.

The oil pressure and water temp are mounted under the dash, in front of the shifter.

 

Also, what do you guys think about the caddie filter housing?

Im not sure if it looks right on there, I may go with something else.