67 Bel Air LS Conversion
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67 Bel Air LS Conversion My friend and Power Tour companion Mark Webster sold his Big Block 66 Impala last year and ended up buying an original paint 67 Bel Air Arizona car to replace it......All original 283, powerglide, Factory A/C car.............But......After watching Charley and his LS cars being trouble free during our trips........He has "Seen the Light" and went to the LS side (like me)......LOL......Just so happens I have no projects going on.......So.........Here we go ......another build thread.......LOL.....Here's the starting point.............
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Already have a Power JGC box and 4 wheel power disc brakes are in the picture also...........Thanks anyway......
Eric,.......Are you doing the Power Tour this year??
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67 Bel Air LS Conversion Go Ken go! You will no doubt catch up to my build soon! As others have already noted your builds are inspirational and we are looking forward to watching this one! Keith
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Not sure Ken. I have the week off, but was originally planning a trip up the east coast this year, but my GF has been in and out of the hospital this year so not sure it's going to happen. If it doesn't, I will at the very least drive to St Louis, and probably Nashville. We'll see....
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Started on the disassembly today.....Jacked the car up and went underneath..........Can you say WOW!!!........This car is so pristine it's crazy.........just a little surface rust and that's it......I'm posting a lot of pic's that show nothing other than the condition of the car........Then with the engine out........Mark did some checking around and we are going to keep the Factory A/C in place........Here are some pic's...........
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I didn't have any plans to work on Mark's car today.....But.......When I got home and opened the garage door the engine was calling me......there were a couple unknowns........the engine had a GM Muscle car pan that was already on it from it's previous installation in a 55 Chevy......so......We had talked about getting a Holley 302-1 pan because I knew that one would work out with the engine raised slightly with the motor mount adaptor plates like I made for my Impala install.. .......So......the first thing I did was to wash off the slight amount of Oil that was on the front crossmember.....(Probably the first time it was ever wet)...then I installed the adaptor plates .....installed the new mounts......and dropped it in......Took all of about 45 minutes......LOL......Everything fit perfectly with the exception of the pan sticking down below the crossmember by about two inches........But.....since the car will not be lowered it won't be a problem........I didn't install the trans yet........I will be clearancing the tunnel and installing it from the bottom..............Moving along.....
Bingo...............
Bingo...............
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Prothane Poly Mounts.......................Here's a link to the drawing......Scroll down to #215
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...ersion-11.html
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With the LS pans that are available.......they sit right on the crossmember....the thicker plates are designed to lift the engine up 1/2" and put the mounts in the stock position...............
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