1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto
I have some progress to update. The car is still pretty much a shell but will be on all fours soon. I ran into a snag with the aluminum strut rods I ordered from mancini racing. Apparently they packed the wrong strut rods in my A-body box. They sent me B/E body rods. So now I switched to the steel adjustable strut rods which should be here by the times I get back from visiting my folks this weekend. Since I couldn't finish the front suspension I wired up most of the engine bay and started on the dash wiring. I tried to make everything look clean and tidy. There is a lot of stuff around the master cylinder and hydraulic slave cylinder. I managed to find the perfect spot for the MaxiFuse box on the back driver's inner fender well.
The other cool thing was getting the Flaming River steering coupler milled down by another FABO member who is a machinist and who happens to be just about finished with the same modifications I've done except his is a 65 Dart. Milling the coupler allows extra space in between the headers for the steering shaft. The stock pot coupler works but I really didn't want to bother with that piece of sh*t. The other this I did was install the fuel tank. I used the Hammered Rustoleum ( Thanks John aka fastback340 for that little nugget) which turned out awesome. I also got the ADDCO rear sway bar installed. That was a ***** because my rear end was moved back 1" and the XHD leaf springs raised the rear end. Luckily I had some extra front sway bar end-links that were long enough. This car is really stiff compared to how it used to be. It should stop and go on rails now. Sent out my wheels to get widenend to 15x7.5 with 5.5" BS. Decided 255/60/15 will be best. No sense in trying to fit 275s without mini-tubbing.
Mechanical things left to do ......... Forget it.....too many other things to list primarily for my own sake.
Next will be getting the car back down to LA to get the final color sand and fitting of all the body parts. Need to get rolling on that pronto when I get back.
Here are some recent uninspiring pictures.
closer up. I used the same hole as the plastic wire hold down for the maxi-fuse mount. was cool.
Shaved Flaming River Steering Coupler by Ken.
Rear sway bar in with new gas tank
Progress in small steps at a time.
I have some progress to update. The car is still pretty much a shell but will be on all fours soon. I ran into a snag with the aluminum strut rods I ordered from mancini racing. Apparently they packed the wrong strut rods in my A-body box. They sent me B/E body rods. So now I switched to the steel adjustable strut rods which should be here by the times I get back from visiting my folks this weekend. Since I couldn't finish the front suspension I wired up most of the engine bay and started on the dash wiring. I tried to make everything look clean and tidy. There is a lot of stuff around the master cylinder and hydraulic slave cylinder. I managed to find the perfect spot for the MaxiFuse box on the back driver's inner fender well.
The other cool thing was getting the Flaming River steering coupler milled down by another FABO member who is a machinist and who happens to be just about finished with the same modifications I've done except his is a 65 Dart. Milling the coupler allows extra space in between the headers for the steering shaft. The stock pot coupler works but I really didn't want to bother with that piece of sh*t. The other this I did was install the fuel tank. I used the Hammered Rustoleum ( Thanks John aka fastback340 for that little nugget) which turned out awesome. I also got the ADDCO rear sway bar installed. That was a ***** because my rear end was moved back 1" and the XHD leaf springs raised the rear end. Luckily I had some extra front sway bar end-links that were long enough. This car is really stiff compared to how it used to be. It should stop and go on rails now. Sent out my wheels to get widenend to 15x7.5 with 5.5" BS. Decided 255/60/15 will be best. No sense in trying to fit 275s without mini-tubbing.
Mechanical things left to do ......... Forget it.....too many other things to list primarily for my own sake.
Next will be getting the car back down to LA to get the final color sand and fitting of all the body parts. Need to get rolling on that pronto when I get back.
Here are some recent uninspiring pictures.
closer up. I used the same hole as the plastic wire hold down for the maxi-fuse mount. was cool.
Shaved Flaming River Steering Coupler by Ken.
Rear sway bar in with new gas tank
Progress in small steps at a time.