[Greg Reid]

I don't know anything much about Holleys..so forgive me but..what's with the resistor?

[Mister Pontiac]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

I don't know anything much about Holleys..so forgive me but..what's with the resistor?

Looks like an electric choke, Greg. Is that what you're looking at?

[Mister Pontiac]

Oh wait, I see what you're looking at now. It does look like a resistor. Good question!

[Greg Reid]

Yeah, I'm assuming that it has something to do with dropping voltage to the e-choke but I don't know.

[ZeGermanHam]

Yep, that resistor is for the electric choke.

[ZeGermanHam]

Just a smaller update on the '66 this time around. The shop where I work on the GTO is still closed to me as a member, but my body guy is still chipping away with the metal work. Finished with the rust repair in the driver's front kick panel area, replaced the side cowl, got the rear underseat pan in, and tigged in the rear quarter patch panels.

[RedDirtRoad]

Really coming along there Karl
Nice work
Did you cut the dash out in half?

[ZeGermanHam]

Yeah, we decided it would be much easier and quicker to get at the rust in that corner if we made a few small cuts and removed that part of the dash. Will be easy to get it back in place.

[RedDirtRoad]

Yep
It’s one of those things that you look at and know the correct way to repair it. You rather take the easy way out but in the end you know not fixing it the correct way will bother you forever so you dive in and just do it the right way once and for good .

[62cat]

Coming along nicely. Well worth it.

[ZeGermanHam]

The shop where I work on my GTO has finally reopened with reduced hours and rules in place to keep people safe, so I am now able to put in some hours on the weekends.

Body work has been ongoing, with which is good. Trunk pan is welded in now, along with the floor pan under the rear seat. Now moving on to other smaller trouble spots.






Only had a little rust in the lower corner of the door opening, and some up higher. Also took the opportunity to plug all the holes that had been drilled into the body for "Ziebart" rustproofing by a previous owner.


I've got some rust in both c-pillars. Seemed daunting to fix, but is coming along pretty quickly for my body guy. Had to order replacement rain gutters, which aren't cheap for what they are. Especially given that we are only going to use a small section of them on each side.




Got a start on plumbing the frame. Copper-nickel tubing is pretty nice to work with so far.


Also got the the steering linkage and front springs in. Getting springs in is more challenging when you don't have the weight of the body & engine to hold things down! Had to buy a spring compressor, which worked very well. Nothing exploded and I still have all my eyes, fingers, and toes.

[RedDirtRoad]

Karl has been hard at work I see
I always love the updates
Great workmanship as usual too

[ZeGermanHam]

Thanks, Dominic! I can't take credit for the bodywork, though. That's the wizardry of my body guy Elliot. Great craftsman and all around excellent dude. I'm looking forward to finishing my work on the frame in the next week or two and then getting my engine & trans out of storage and freshening them up before going back on the frame. Very close to having a rolling frame again!

[62cat]

That chassis looks so nice. Much better shape than mine. Projects looking good.

[ZeGermanHam]

Thank you! I'm just glad that after deciding to save some $$$ by cleaning up and painting the chassis myself, the end result came out good and not amateur looking. Took me over 40 hours of my time over nights & weekends to strip, weld, and paint it, so it was quite the journey. And I'm very happy to let my angle grinder take a vacation for a while.

[ZeGermanHam]

How about a Sunday evening update... Things are humming along.

Rear passenger floor pan is now in.



The driver side lower dash has had the rust repaired along the bottom. Currently working on the passenger side.


Drive side lower dash welded back into place. Front driver floor pan welded in, but welds still need to be ground down. Passenger side lower dash cut out for rust repair along bottom.



Underside of dash after cleaning up with a wire wheel and stripping disc.


Cowl repair. There are a few more areas on the cowl that still need to be dealt with.



Passenger side C-pillar and rain gutter rust repair. Went through the same process on the driver side.




Frame is now 100% done (or let's say 99.8%). Finished with plumbing yesterday. Decided to deviate a little from the stock routing and ran a return line on the passenger side. With using oversized 3/8" fuel lines, it gets a little crowded if everything is on the driver side like stock. I actually don't plan to use the return line when the car is first back on the road, since my Holley didn't require one. However, I do plan on making the switch to EFI at some point down the road, so I decided I'd install a return line now while it's easy.

[Scarebird]

Depending on the type of FI unit, you may not need it there either. Most route their in tank pumps to a Corvette filter/regulator and the return right back to the tank.

That noted, it does make a nice vent line to a charcoal canister up front to kill gas smell in your garage.

[gassman_67]

I did the same fuel line setup, I'm going to use Pro Flo 4

[ZeGermanHam]

Originally Posted by gassman_67

I did the same fuel line setup, I'm going to use Pro Flo 4

Yeah, I'm intrigued by the Pro-Flo 4 package, too.

[gassman_67]

This is the setup I'm going to put on