1970 RS Project by aps63

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The new brackets I fabbed and the stock exhaust hangers fit together great.
Did some cutting and welding on the exhaust today too.
Started with some exhaust extensions and some flanges and got them cut and tack welded.
Not a ton of progress but these days even a little is a step forward.

12-19-2013

I have been spending a bunch of time trying to find a new spot for my electric fuel pump. The transverse muffler takes up just about every inch of room. So, I have decided to go back to a mechanical fuel pump. Should be plenty for the motor that I have.

12-24-2013

Now that I have the stock exhaust hangers set up, I want to put one more hanger in for the tail pipes.
I was going to use this type. It doesn't really match the stock hangers that I have though.



I have seen this type used before and I really like them.



So I ordered 2 of these from Summitt Racing(for $5 each) and I will fab up the other part.

1-19-2014

For a while now I have been pondering the problem of my new power steering pump pulley not having enough contact area with the belt.
I have tried several times to relocate the power steering pump (using differant brackets) to no avail. Finally I decided to use an idler pulley.
Not having much room, the only possible location for it was on the a/c bracket. I basically spent the half the day on it.
Fabbing and then refabbing each small part of this puzzle until it goes together perfectly.
In the first picture you can see how the belt would not contact the power steering pump pulley enough. Now I just have to get a longer belt.

1-26-2014

Went to roll down the pass side window and the front of the glass dropped about a inch. Took the door apart to see what was wrong and found one of the rollers had broken. Just spent the day pulling both doors completly apart.
I have wanted to install electric windows for a while now and I guess this was my sign that it was time.
I have been looking at the Nu Relic's kit. The kit seems pretty complete. Includes the regulators, motors, wiring harness w/switches, and the wire conduit for between the door and body.

2-12-2014

Starting to rebuild the door glass. The right tools alway's make things easier.

2-13-2014

I changed all the hardware out on both windows in about 10 minutes.

2-18-2014

Thanks guy's.
Just added a new picture to my new garage. The Spectre Camaro.

2-23-2014

Do you mean how do they attach to the glass? If so, they just screw together.

Before I started the garage project I sold off 2 band saws that I had, mainly because they took up alot of room that I didn't have. I need to cut thicker metal often enough that I have wanted to get this combo for awhile now. It's portable and I can take it apart and hide it away in a drawer when I don't need it. Once I get the table I can use it to pie cut the exhaust ends and then finish up the exhaust.



Just got the first piece from some friends of mine for my birthday. Wife ordered the table for me and I'm now waiting for that. Very nice piece, it has 5 speeds and a light. The table comes with a foot pedal option for $20. I had to have it.

2-28-2014

Got my Swag table in and painted, saw hooked up, and I'm ready to cut some exhaust pipe this weekend.

3-3-2014

Did my first cuts with the new band saw and table. This will change things for me for sure. No more hack saw or sawzall to cut metal.