1978 Caprice, the new on-going project! (Yes, I'm still alive!)

[88Vic]

Can't wait to hear it hooked up to the glasspacks, looks like those will help tremendously, stock manifolds were terrible on old cars.

[murphmobile2]

Oh, did my headers yesterday too!







https://youtu.be/dRBjyVwFoBg

[murphmobile2]

I had to run new calipers and hoses too. The first bleeder broke off, so I figured for how cheap they are, I might as well. I used turquoise enamel paint, then cleared over it with some VHT. It holds up okay enough, but looks killer at least.





Got my Mickey's on finally too! Looks like my heads have been redone at some point as well, those keepers sure do look clean...







Side note - Autolite plugs suck!! Four of mine were fouled out after about 2k on them. Back to Champions...

[murphmobile2]

Yep, I hate brake lines, let alone anything that holds brake fluid, more than any other part on a car! I'd rather do transmission work!

[88Vic]

Yeah brake work sucks. I just had to replace the rear calipers on my minivan because the pistons decided to crack and hold pressure. Another reason salt sucks, rusty brakes are the biggest pain ever.

[murphmobile2]

Oh how I love emergency repairs. The brake lines running off the master cylinder both rotted where they meet the frame. I went ahead and replaced all four lines up front and used Copper Nickel. I hate doing brake lines, so the plan is to never do them again!

[murphmobile2]

Probably the only shiny part under the car, other than the shocks! Transmission fluid came out where the vacuum hose connects, explains why it felt like it needed a tranny service...

[Kay-Tar]

Mmmmm sexy b-body box-ness

[p71towny]

Fuckin awesome! I love B bodies.

[murphmobile2]

Drums are repainted! Hammered black, hammered silver, then lightly coated with hammered black...

[murphmobile2]

I'm leaning towards the Grant 440, I can't stop looking at these and think it would go perfectly with the car's interior...

[88Vic]

I had a Grant Classic steering wheel on my C10 (the cheap one from O'Reilly, 834 series I think, small 11.5" diameter) and I liked it, made it a lot easier to get in an out of the truck, I could barely squeeze my legs under the huge stock steering wheel.

[murphmobile2]

Boom! 255's on the back!







To give an idea of how bad the tires were that I had replaced, this is the better of the two and my new spare. The old spare had the metal wires poking out of it, so by all means this one is at least better in an emergency.

[murphmobile2]

I kept seeing cars at the local cruise in's last summer with the tach in that spot, and it just grew on me, lol. I need an aftermarket steering wheel too. It's so big, and due to it's design it blocks the tach unless I'm turning!

Tires are going on today as well, I should have a photo by tonight with the 255's on the back!

[88Vic]

Yeah I don't know how I'd like having to look down to the tach. On my C10 it was clamped to the top of the steering column in front of the dash, and that got annoying at times, it was only out of the way when shifted into park. I'd rather it be mounted on top of the dash, to the left or right of the steering wheel, but it looks good being there, better to have one at all, least you can monitor it while it's warming up.