LS swap '60 Chevy Sedan Delivery

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Time to start a thread for dads new project. This one isn't going to be anything like the GTO so don't compare the two haha

This is a car that my dad and his friend used to run around in right after my dad graduated high school. The friend kept the car and for about the last 30 years it sat behind his barn in a tiny town in Kansas. Dad bought it from last year when we took the GTO up there for a "drag Main" day where the old high school grads come back to this little town and drag main. There's also a parade and car show

Here are some pics of it from that weekend and a you can see it has cancer....bad!




Lift gate was smashed in a little on the pass side


Still had an old set of slicks on it





Dad wants it to be "old school" not going to be my style but this is 100% his toy so we are building it to be exactly what he wants
Started off with the slot mag wheels with white letter tires

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Interior in pretty bad shape too and there are a ton of parts just thrown in back






Original AC car you can see the vent on the lower dash and controls in the middle of the dash at the bottom




Showing some of the rust


the bullet hole is real. The story goes that the friend was running from the cops and raising cain going through the fields near their town. The cops shop at the car (I guess to shoot out the tire) and shot the door instead.

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Start of body work ( done by one of my dads customers)

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Dad wanted to keep it looking like it did back then. It was always primer so he had it painted with some enamel paint that looks like primer. The painted the interior a hot rod flat black






Flat black engine bay too

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The car is so dirty that John and I sweep under and around the car every 10 mins or so it seems like



If y'all haven't noticed this is the same body style as John's wagon. Cool coincidence I thought. This is how the car sat back then an dad likes it this high so that's how it's going to stay

(this is WITH the motor in the car)


Keeping with the old car theme we didn't clean up the motor or anything. I think it's cool that it will look like the car has been sittin for 30 years with this motor in it haha

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I am super proud of my lower radiator hose find. It looks stock I cut off about 6" off of a hose I found at oreilly. No idea what it fits but it was the same shape as the hanger I bent up
Gates part number 21503 (added in case anyone else needs it)



I was going to do rubber hose to the tranny cooler but John suggested hard line. I am glad we went that route it looks way better

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Lift gate fixed it's not 100% perfect but a damn good job considering

[BlueCoupeRedVert]

Looks cool Chris!

["MrEd"]

cool project but god sakes get rid of the expansion plug on the intake and put in a 1"3/8 freeze plug lol....

[2165 Turbo Rail]

cool project but god sakes get rid of the expansion plug on the intake and put in a 1"3/8 freeze plug lol....

I promise, when this is done that plug will be the least of your concerns. Wait till we get the SIDE PIPES on lol. Told ya. Keeping this exactly how dad wants it haha

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We just did some minor things today like heater hoses battery cables some wiring issues upper radiator hose stuff like that but I'm going back tonight maybe to finish the wiring harness

[HarrisonTX]

What tranny? Bad ass man. I love me some panels.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

4l60e. You'd think I would go straight to an 80 with the issues I had with the GTO. But this just a cam car so hope it will be fine

[HarrisonTX]

You just make this shit look so simple. I'm dying to swap a 5.3 in the 'bu, or my '69 chevy. There is a plethora or info and parts for both, just need some cash.