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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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My dad has a triple black '64 SS. Wants to do LS/6 Speed, but there is very limited info.

What trans are you using? mounts? Any major issues?
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I have a LS3 with a TCI 4L60E! I ended up using the BRP engine mounts after trying other mounts. I also made my own tranny crossmember due to poor quality of other brands! Headers I used SANDERSON!!!
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Lol hopefully next year I will be!!! It's been 5 years since I have driven/torn it apart
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Man that looks cool... nice change to see a 6-4 get a more performance-oriented treatment as opposed to hydros, velour, and ridiculous etching and plating...
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Man that looks cool... nice change to see a 6-4 get a more performance-oriented treatment as opposed to hydros, velour, and ridiculous etching and plating...
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Well my this was my dads first car back in the 70's so he was a white boy with hydraulics so now it's my car and was my first. I decided to go a different route and he really likes what I am doing! I am plannin on painting it pearl white with satin black rims. Just a little different from other impalas out there.
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Nice car. I'm planning pearl as well, saw a custom bike painted a pearl color that looked awesome and the guy said it was Cadillac Mary Kay something (not pink).
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I'm having hard time choosing between Cadillac and Lexus pearl white!!! Maybe I will mix my own blend!
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Looking pretty cool. What size are the fronts? 18's? I'm getting ready for my 62 Biscayne swap, still wondering who to use for mounts for the engine/trans. Heard some good and bad with alot out there. Might end up making my own. Hard to justify $400.00 for brp's swap kit.
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They are 20" all around. Yea it was a lot harder to pay the price when I saw what the tranny crossmember looked like!!! I should have just built my engine mounts as well.
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