Project 55

Intercooler Move and Wiring Re-do

Posted on Wed, 14/03/2012 - 10:15 by Lawrence

Hood Sliders Made

Posted on Fri, 17/02/2012 - 10:45 by Lawrence

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Intercooler Move and Wiring Re-do

Posted on Wed, 14/03/2012 - 10:15 by Lawrence

I hated the Intercooler sat way down low at the front of the car, and was convinced that it was going to get a stone through it on the motorway. The tubing also caught on the new wheels at full lock. As I reversed it out one Sunday to work on the truck I decided that was that and took it all off. I connected the Procharger straight to the intake and set about searching for a relatively cheap 76mm intercooler that would fit in between the lower hood lock bracket and the wing. A few ...

Hood Sliders Made

Posted on Fri, 17/02/2012 - 10:45 by Lawrence

With the hood hung back on, it was time to make the guides to save the wings taking a beating as you closed the hood and hold the back of it down when you're driving!. I bought a set of guides and wheels from a BMW and set about getting them roughly where I thought it should sit. The wheel part was relatively easy, as I just notched the crossmember where the hinges mounted and tacked a piece of flat bar into place. The guides themselves turned out to be a lot tougher. The length of the ...

Hood back on and Adjusted

Posted on Sun, 29/01/2012 - 21:20 by Lawrence

I had spent ages making a reverse tilt hood mechanism as I didn't have the original hinges, and thought it would be a good idea. Happy with it all I'd taken it back off and stuck the hood in the shed ready for the day when I'd be working on it. In the meantime I re-made the core support it all sat on so I thought I'd better re-fit it and check it still worked, and add some rollers and guides for the firewall edge of it. I got all the brackets back on, dropped the hood on, and climbed ...

Bumper Re-do

Posted on Mon, 23/01/2012 - 18:06 by Lawrence

I got the Bel Air out of the garage as normal to work on the truck, and left the door open for some fresh air. While i was working away on the truck I kept looking at the bumper on the Bel Air and thinking how much it bugged me. I didn't like the gaps between it and the body, the fact it was up on one side where the hanger was bent, and the overrider indentations. Apart from that I loved it!. I hit a bit of a snag with the truck which needed a think, so as I went in to make a cuppa, ...