1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto

Well I had a great day today. I finished up getting the steering column installed. It took a little bit of extra tweaking since I did some custom work on it to make it look like a floor shift column. Plus the set screw on Flaming River U-joint was a bear to get at because of the headers. I still need to put one more shim under the driver's side mount to get everything to clear just right.

The best part of the day was cruising around the block and getting the thumbs up from the neighbors as I peeled out of the driveway with a shell of a car. :cheers:

It has been a long time since the car has been on the road. I still have some kinks (small exhaust leak, vacuum leak at intake manifold, tune carb, new plug wires, alignment, bleed brakes again, etc) to work out but she's getting there.

Talk about a healthy shot of steroids going from a 273 2 bbl. auto to a sick as **** 340 5-speed. This car has some guts for sure. I was a little nervous about getting into her too hard since she's not street legal yet. I was tempted to do a nice burnout but too many cars on the street and I didn't want to get sideways.:toothy10:

So she is headed back down to LA for a fresh re-paint after all the hours I put into the body. She's going to look bitchin'. Hoping to have her back by Tuesday. In the mean time while my painter is knocking out the body I'll be colorsanding the doors and tying up other loose ends.

I'm in a crunch to get her as complete as possible for the Spring Fling. She will be there by trailer or on her own 4 feet. I will not cut any corners that's for sure.

Here are a couple of maiden voyage videos. You can see the exhaust leak on the bottom one and I flooded the carb. LOL. Wheel are really toed in too. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ8G1jDV2s8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LQ8adMSJ14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmj3s2l7Pk